FURROW, fur'[=o], _n._ the trench made by a plough: any groove: a wrinkle
on the face.--_v.t._ to form furrows in: to groove: to wrinkle.--_n._
FURR'OW-WEED (_Shak._), a weed on ploughed land.---_adj._ FURR'OWY. [A.S.
_furh_; cf. Ger. _furche_, L. _porca_.]
FURTHER, fur'th[.e]r, _adv._ to a greater distance or degree: in
addition.--_adj._ more distant: additional.--_adv._ FUR'THERMORE, in
addition to what has been said, moreover, besides.--_adjs._ FUR'THERMOST,
most remote; FUR'THERSOME, tending to further or promote.--_adv._
FUR'THEST, at the greatest distance.--_adj._ most distant.--WISH ONE
FURTHER, to wish one somewhere else than here and now. [A.S. _furðor_, a
comp. of _fore_, with comp. suff.]
FURTHER, fur'_th_[.e]r, _v.t._ to help forward, promote.--_ns._
FUR'THERANCE, a helping forward; FUR'THERER, a promoter, advancer.--_adj._
FUR'THERSOME, helpful. [A.S. _fyrðran_.]
FURTIVE, fur'tiv, _adj._ stealthy: secret.--_adv._ FUR'TIVELY. [Fr.,--L.
_furtivus_--_fur_, a thief.]
FURUNCLE, f[=u]'rung-kl, _n._ an inflammatory tumour.--_adjs._ FURUN'CULAR,
FURUN'CULOUS. [L. _furunculus_.]
FURY, f[=u]'ri, _n._ rage: violent passion: madness: (_myth._) one of the
three goddesses of fate and vengeance, the Erinyes, or euphemistically
Eumenides--Tisiphone, Alecto, and Megæra--hence a passionate, violent
woman. [Fr. _furie_--L. _furia_--_fur[)e]re_, to be angry.]
FURZE, furz, _n._ the whin or gorse, a prickly evergreen bush with
beautiful yellow flowers.--_adjs._ FURZ'Y, FURZ'EN, overgrown with furze.
[A.S. _fyrs_.]
FUSAROLE, f[=u]'sa-r[=o]l, _n._ (_archit._) an astragal.--Also F[=U]'SAROL.
[Fr.,--L. _fusus_, spindle.]
FUSCOUS, fus'kus, _adj._ brown: dingy--(_Charles Lamb_) FUSC. [L. _fuscus_,
akin to _furvus_.]
FUSE, f[=u]z, _v.t._ to melt: to liquefy by heat.--_v.i._ to be melted: to
be reduced to a liquid.--_n._ FUSIBIL'ITY.--adjs. F[=U]'SIBLE, that may be
fused or melted--(_Milt._) F[=U]'SILE, F[=U]'SIL.--_ns._ F[=U]'SING-POINT,
the temperature at which any solid substance becomes liquid; F[=U]'SION,
act of melting: the state of fluidity from heat: a close union of things,
as if melted together.--AQUEOUS FUSION, the melting of certain crystals by
heat in their own water of crystallisation; DRY FUSION, the liquefaction
produced in salts by heat after the water of crystallisation has been
expelled; IGNEOUS FUSION, the melting of anhydrous salts by heat without
decomposition. [L. _fund[)e]re_, _fusum_, to melt.]
FUSE, f[=u]z, _n._ a tube filled with combustible matter for firing mines,
discharging shells, &c. [It. _fuso_--L. _fusus_, a spindle.]
FUSEE, FUZEE, f[=u]-z[=e]', _n._ the spindle in a watch or clock on which
the chain is wound: a match used for lighting a pipe or cigar in the open
air: a fuse: a fusil.--_adj._ F[=U]'SIFORM, spindle-shaped: tapering at
each end. [O. Fr. _fusée_, a spindleful--Low L. _fusata_--L. _fusus_, a
spindle.]
FUSEL-OIL, f[=u]'zel-oil, _n._ a nauseous oil in spirits distilled from
potatoes, barley, &c. [Ger. _fusel_, bad spirits.]
FUSIL, f[=u]'zil, _n._ a flint-lock musket. [O. Fr. _fuisil_, a
flint-musket, same as It. _focile_--Low L. _focile_, steel (to strike fire
with), dim. of L. _focus_, a fireplace.]
FUSIL, f[=u]'zil, _n._ (_her._) an elongated rhomboidal figure. [O. Fr.
_fusel_--L. _fusus_, a spindle.]
FUSILIER, FUSILEER, f[=u]-zil-[=e]r', _n._ formerly a soldier armed with a
fusil, now simply a historical title borne by a few regiments of the
British army (Northumberland, Royal Scots, &c.).
FUSILLADE, f[=u]z'il-[=a]d, _n._ a simultaneous or continuous discharge of
firearms.--_v.t._ to shoot down by a simultaneous discharge of
firearms.--_n._ FUSILL[=A]'TION, death by shooting. [Fr.,--_fusil_, a
musket.]
FUSS, fus, _n._ a bustle or tumult: haste, flurry.--_v.i._ to be in a
bustle.--_adv._ FUSS'ILY.--_n._ FUSS'INESS, a needless state of
bustle.--adj. FUSS'Y. [Imit.]
FUST, fust, _n._ the shaft of a column. [O. Fr. _fust_ (Fr. _fût_)--L.
_fustis_, a stick.]
FUST, _v.i._ See FUSTY.
FUSTANELLE, fus-ta-nel', _n._ a white kilt worn by Greek men. [Mod. Gr.
_phoustani_, Albanian _fustan_--It. _fustagno_, fustian.]
FUSTET, fus'tet, _n._ the smoke-tree or Venetian sumach, or its wood.
[Fr.,--L. _fustis_, a stick.]
FUSTIAN, fust'yan, _n._ a kind of coarse, twilled cotton fabric, including
moleskin, velveteen, corduroy, &c.: a pompous and unnatural style of
writing or speaking: bombast: a liquor made of white wine with yolk of
eggs, lemon, spices, &c.--adj. made of fustian: bombastic.--_v.i._
FUST'IANISE (_Holmes_), to write bombastically.--_n._ FUST'IANIST, one who
writes bombast. [O. Fr. _fustaigne_ (Fr. _futaine_)--It. _fustagno_--Low L.
_fustaneum_, from Ar. _Fostat_ (a suburb of Cairo) in Egypt, where first
made.]
FUSTIC, fus'tik, _n._ the wood of a West Indian tree, formerly much used as
a dye.--Also FUS'TOC. [Fr. _fustoc_, yellow--Sp. _fustoc_--L. _fustis_.]
FUSTIGATION, fus-ti-g[=a]'shun, _n._ a beating with a stick.--_v.t._
FUS'TIGATE, to thrash with a stick. [L. _fustig[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_, to beat
with a stick--_fustis_, a stick.]
FUSTILARIAN, fus-ti-l[=a]'ri-an, _n._ (_Shak._) a low fellow, a
scoundrel.--_n._ FUS'TILUGS (_prov._), a frowzy woman.
FUSTY, fust'i, _adj._ smelling of the wood of the cask, as wine:
ill-smelling.--_v.i._ Fust (_Shak._) to grow or smell mouldy.--_adj._
Fust'ed, mouldy.--_n._ Fust'iness. [O. Fr. _fust_, wood of a cask--L.
_fustis_.]
FUSUS, f[=u]'sus, _n._ a genus of Gasteropods, usually referred to the
Murex family. [L.]
FUTCHEL, fuch'el, _n._ a piece of timber lengthwise of a carriage,
supporting the splinter-bar and the pole.
FUTHORC, f[=u]'thork, _n._ the Runic alphabet. [From the first six letters,
_f_, _u_, _þ_, _o_ or _a_, _r_, _k_.]
FUTILE, f[=u]'t[=i]l, _adj._ useless: unavailing: trifling.--_adv._
F[=U]'TILELY.--_ns._ FUTILIT[=A]'RIAN, one who gives himself to profitless
pursuits; FUTIL'ITY, uselessness. [Fr.,--L. _futilis_--_fund[)e]re_, to
pour.]
FUTTOCK, fut'uk, _n._ one of the separate pieces of timber composing the
frame of a ship.--_ns. pl._ FUTT'OCK-PLATES, iron plates with dead-eyes,
crossing the sides of the top-rim perpendicularly; FUTT'OCK-SHROUDS, short
pieces of rope or chain which secure the lower dead-eyes and futtock-plates
of topmast rigging to a band round a lower mast. [Perh. corrupted from
_foot-hooks_.]
FUTURE, f[=u]t'[=u]r, _adj._ about to be: that is to come: (_gram._)
expressing what will be.--_n._ time to come.--_n._ FUT'URE-PER'FECT
(_gram._), a tense expressing action viewed as past in reference to an
assumed future time (L. _amavero_=I shall have loved).--_v.i._ FUT'URISE,
to form the future tense.--_ns._ FUT'URIST, one whose chief interests are
in what is to come; FUTURITION (-ish'un), future existence: accomplishment;
FUTUR'ITY, time to come: an event or state of being yet to come. [Fr.,--L.
_futurus_, fut.p. of _esse_, to be.]
FUZE, f[=u]z, _n._ Same as FUSE.
FUZZ, fuz, _v.i._ to fly off in minute particles with a fizzing sound like
water from hot iron.--_n._ fine light particles, as dust, down, &c.--_n._
FUZZ'BALL, a kind of fungus, whose head is full of a fine dust. [Ety. dub.]
FUZZLE, fuz'l, _v.t._ (_prov._) to intoxicate.
FUZZY, fuz'i, _adj._ covered with fuzz, fluffy.--_adv._ FUZZ'ILY.--_n._
FUZZ'INESS.
FY, f[=i], _interj._ Same as FIE.