FUCHSIA, f[=u]'shi-a, a plant with long pendulous flowers, native to South
America. [Named after Leonard _Fuchs_, a German botanist, 1501-66.]
FUCUS, f[=u]'kus, _n._ a genus of seaweed containing the wrack and other
species: a dye: a disguise.--_adj._ FUCIV'OROUS, eating seaweed.--_n._
F[=U]'COID, fossil seaweed.--_adj._ containing fucoids.--_adj._
F[=U]'CUSED, painted. [L. _fucus_, seaweed.]
FUD, fud, _n._ (_Scot._) a hare's tail: the buttocks.
FUDDLE, fud'l, _v.t._ to stupefy with drink.--_v.i._ to drink to excess or
habitually:--_pr.p._ fudd'ling; _pa.p._ fudd'led.--_n._ intoxicating
drink.--_ns._ FUDD'LE-CAP, a hard drinker; FUDD'LER, a drunkard.--_adj._
FUDD'LING, tippling. [Cf. Dut. _vod_, soft, Ger. prov. _fuddeln_, to
swindle.]
FUDGE, fuj, _n._ stuff: nonsense: an exclamation of contempt.--_v.i._ and
_v.t._ to botch or bungle anything.--_adj._ FUD'GY, irritable: awkward.
FUEL, f[=u]'el, _n._ anything that feeds a fire, supplies energy,
&c.--_v.t._ (_arch._) to furnish with fuel.--_adj._ F[=U]'ELLED, furnished
with fuel.--_n._ F[=U]'ELLER, one who, or that which, supplies fuel for
fires. [O. Fr. _fowaille_--L. _focale_--L. _focus_, a fireplace.]
FUERO, fw[=a]'r[=o], _n._ the constitution of certain practically
autonomous states and communities in northern Spain and south-western
France--the Basque provinces, Navarre, Bearn, &c.: modes and tenures of
property, &c., nearly equivalent to the French customary law. [Sp.,--L.
_forum_.]
FUFF, fuf, _n._ (_Scot._) a puff: the spitting of a cat: a burst of
anger.--_v.t._ and _v.i._ to puff.--_adj._ FUFF'Y, light and soft.
FUGACIOUS, f[=u]-g[=a]'shus, _adj._ apt to flee away: fleeting.--_ns._
FUG[=A]'CIOUSNESS, FUGAC'ITY. [L. _fugax_, _fugacis_, from _fug[)e]re_, to
flee.]
FUGITIVE, f[=u]j'i-tiv, _adj._ apt to flee away: uncertain: volatile:
perishable: temporary: occasional, written for some passing occasion.--_n._
one who flees or has fled from his station or country: one hard to be
caught.--_ns._ F[=U]'GIE (_Scot._), a cock that will not fight, a runaway;
F[=U]'GIE-WARR'ANT, a warrant to apprehend a debtor about to abscond, prob.
from the phrase _in meditatione fugæ_; FUGIT[=A]'TION (_Scots law_),
absconding from justice: outlawry.--_adv._ FUG'ITIVELY.--_n._
FUG'ITIVENESS. [Fr.,--L. _fugitivus_, _fug[)e]re_, to flee.]
FUGLEMAN, f[=u]'gl-man, _n._ a soldier who stands before a company at drill
as an example: a ringleader, mouthpiece of others.--_v.i._ F[=U]'GLE
(_Carlyle_), to act like a fugleman. [Ger. _flügelmann_, the leader of a
file--_flügel_, a wing, _mann_, man.]
FUGUE, f[=u]g, _n._ (_mus._) a form of composition in which the subject is
given out by one part and immediately taken up by a second, its _answer_,
during which the first part supplies an accompaniment or counter-subject,
and so on.--_n._ FUG'UIST, one who writes or plays fugues. [Fr.,--It.
_fuga_--L. _fuga_, flight.]
FULCRUM, ful'krum, _n._ (_mech._) the prop or fixed point on which a lever
moves: a prop:--_pl._ FUL'CRUMS, FUL'CRA.--_adj._ FUL'CRATE, supported with
fulcrums. [L. _fulcrum_, a prop, _fulc[=i]re_, to prop.]
FULFIL, fool-fil', _v.t._ to complete: to accomplish: to carry into
effect:--_pr.p._ fulfil'ling; _pa.p._ fulfilled'.--_ns._ FULFIL'LER;
FULFIL'LING, FULFIL'MENT, full performance: completion: accomplishment.
[A.S. _fullfyllan_--_full_, full, _fyllan_, to fill.]
FULGENT, ful'jent, _adj._ shining: bright.--_n._ FUL'GENCY.--_adv._
FUL'GENTLY.--_adj._ FUL'GID, flashing.--_ns._ FUL'GOR, FUL'GOUR,
splendour.--_adj._ FUL'GOROUS, flashing. [L. _fulgent_, pr.p. of
_fulg[=e]re_, to shine.]
FULGURATE, ful'g[=u]-r[=a]t, _v.i._ to flash as lightning.--_adjs._
FUL'GURAL, pertaining to lightning; FUL'GURANT, flashing like
lightning.--_ns._ FULGUR[=A]'TION, in assaying, the sudden and final
brightening of the fused globule; FUL'GUR[=I]TE, a tube of vitrified sand
frequent in loose sandhills--prob. due to lightning--_adj._ FUL'GUROUS,
resembling lightning.
FULHAM, ful'am, _n._ a die loaded at the corner.--Also FULL'AM, FULL'AN.
[Prob. the place-name _Fulham_.]
FULIGINOUS, f[=u]-lij'i-nus, _adj._ sooty: smoky.--_n._
FULIGINOS'ITY.--_adv._ FULIG'INOUSLY. [L., _fuligo_, soot.]
FULL, fool, _adj._ having all it can contain: having no empty space:
abundantly supplied or furnished: abounding: containing the whole matter:
complete: perfect: strong: clear: (_coll._) drunk: at poker, consisting of
three of a kind and a pair.--_n._ completest extent, as of the moon:
highest degree: the whole: time of full-moon.--_v.t._ to draw up or pucker
the cloth on one side more than on the other.--_adv._ quite: to the same
degree: with the whole effect: completely.--_adjs._ FULL'-[=A]'CORNED
(_Shak._), full-fed with acorns; FULL'-AGED, having reached one's
majority.--_n._ FULL'-BLOOD, an individual of pure blood.--_adjs._
FULL'-BLOOD'ED; FULL'-BLOOMED, in perfect bloom; FULL'-BLOWN, blown or
fully expanded, as a flower; FULL'-BOTT'OMED, having a full or large
bottom, as a wig.--_n._ FULL'-DRESS, the dress worn on occasions of state
or ceremony.--_adjs._ FULL'-EYED, with large prominent eyes; FULL'-FACED,
having a full or broad face; FULL'-FED, fed to plumpness; FULL'-FRAUGHT
(_Shak._), full-stored; FULL'-GROWN, grown to maturity; FULL'-HAND'ED,
bearing something valuable, as a gift; FULL'-HEART'ED, full of heart or
courage: elated; FULL'-HOT (_Shak._), heated to the utmost; FULL'-LENGTH,
extending the whole length (_n._ a portrait showing such); FULL-MANNED
(_Shak._), having a full crew.--_ns._ FULL'-MOON, the moon with its whole
disc illuminated, when opposite the sun; FULL'NESS, FUL'NESS, the state of
being filled so as to have no part vacant: the state of abounding in
anything: completeness: satiety: largeness: force and volume, as of sound:
(_Shak._) plenty, wealth.--_adjs._ FULL'-ORBED, having the orb or disc
fully illuminated, as the full-moon: round; FULL'-SAILED, unbounded,
absolute: moving onwards under full sail; FULL-SPLIT (_slang_), with all
one's might or speed; FULL'-SUMMED, complete in all its parts.--_n._
FULL'-SWING, the full extent or utmost limit.--_adj._ FULL'-WINGED
(_Shak._), having perfect or strong wings.--_adv._ FULL'Y, completely:
entirely.--FULL BACK (_football_), see BACK.--AT THE FULL, at the height,
as of one's good fortune, &c.; IN FULL, without reduction; IN THE FULLNESS
OF TIME, at the proper or destined time.--TO THE FULL, in full measure,
completely. [A.S. _full_; Goth. _fulls_, Ice. _fullr_, Ger. _voll_.]
FULL, fool, _v.t._ to press or pound cloth in a mill: to scour and thicken
in a mill.--_ns._ FULL'AGE, the charge for fulling cloth; FULL'ER, a
bleacher or cleanser of cloth; FULLER'S-EARTH, a soft earth or clay,
capable of absorbing grease, used in fulling or bleaching cloth;
FULLER'S-THISTLE, -WEED, the teasel; FULL'ERY, the place or works where
fulling of cloth is carried on; FULL'ING-MILL, a mill in which woollen
cloth is fulled. [O. Fr. _fuler_--Low L. _full[=a]re_--L. _fullo_, a
cloth-fuller.]
FULLER, fool'er, _n._ a half-round set-hammer.
FULMAR, ful'mar, _n._ a species of petrel inhabiting the Shetland Isles,
&c., valuable for its down, feathers, and oil. [Perh. Norse _fúll_, foul.]
FULMINATE, ful'min-[=a]t, _v.i._ to thunder or make a loud noise: to issue
decrees with violence, or with menaces of grave censure.--_v.t._ to cause
to explode: to send forth, as a denunciation--(_Milt._) FUL'MINE.--_n._ a
compound of fulminic acid with mercury, &c.--_adj._ FUL'MINANT,
fulminating: (_path._) developing suddenly.--_n._ a thunderbolt,
explosive.--_adj._ FUL'MINATING, crackling, exploding, detonating.--_n._
FULMIN[=A]'TION, act of fulminating, thundering, or issuing forth: a
chemical explosion: a denunciation.--_adjs._ FUL'MINATORY; FULMIN'EOUS,
FUL'MINOUS, pertaining to thunder and lightning; FULMIN'IC, pertaining to
an acid used in preparing explosive compounds. [L. _fulmin[=a]re_,
_-[=a]tum_--_fulmen_ (for _fulgimen_), lightning--_fulg[=e]re_, to shine.]
FULSOME, fool'sum, _adj._ cloying or causing surfeit: nauseous: offensive:
gross: disgustingly fawning.--_adj._ FUL'SOMELY.--_n._ FUL'SOMENESS. [A.S.
_full_, full, and affix _-some_.]
FULVOUS, ful'vus, _adj._ deep or dull yellow: tawny.--Also FUL'VID. [L.
_fulvus_, tawny.]
FUM, fum, _n._ a fabulous Chinese bird, one of the symbols of imperial
dignity.--Also FUNG.
FUMACIOUS, f[=u]-m[=a]'shi-us, _adj._ smoky: fond of smoking.
FUMADO, f[=u]-m[=a]'do, _n._ a smoked fish, esp. a pilchard. [Sp.,--L.
_fum[=a]re_, to smoke.]
FUMAGE, f[=u]m'[=a]j, _n._ hearth-money.
FUMAROLE, f[=u]m'a-r[=o]l, _n._ a smoke-hole in a volcano or sulphur-mine.
[Fr. _fumerole_--L. _fumus_, smoke.]
FUMBLE, fum'bl, _v.i._ to grope about awkwardly: to handle awkwardly: to
stammer in speech: to find by groping.--_v.t._ to manage awkwardly.--_n._
FUM'BLER.--_adv._ FUM'BLINGLY. [Dut. _fommelen_, to fumble; cf. Dan.
_famle_, Ice. _fâlma_, to grope about.]
FUME, f[=u]m, _n._ smoke or vapour: any volatile matter: heat of mind,
rage, a passionate person: anything unsubstantial, vain conceit.--_v.i._ to
smoke: to throw off vapour: to be in a rage: to offer incense to.--_n._
FUM'ATORY, a place for smoking or fumigation.--_adjs._ F[=U]'MID, smoky;
FUMIF'EROUS, producing fumes.--_n._ FUMOS'ITY, quality of being fumous:
(_pl._) the fumes arising from over eating or drinking.--_adjs._ FUM'OUS,
FUMOSE', FUM'Y, producing fumes. [O. Fr. _fum_--L. _fumus_, smoke.]
FUMET, f[=u]'met, _n._ the dung of deer, hares, &c. [O. Fr. _fumets_,
_fumer_--L. _fim[=a]re_, to dung.]