Fuage
Fu´age, n. Same as Fumage.

Fubbery
Fub´ber•y, n. Cheating; deception. Marston. { Fub´by, Fub´sy } a. Plump; chubby; short and stuffy; as a fubsy sofa. [Eng.]
"A fubsy, good-humored, silly … old maid." Mme. D’Arblay. { Fu´cate, Fu´ca•ted } a. [L. fucatus, p. p. of fucare to color, paint, fr. fucus.] Painted; disguised with paint, or with false show.

Fuchs, n. [G., prop., a fox.] (German Univ.) A student of the first year.

Fuchsia
Fuch´si•a, n. ; pl. E. Fuchsias (#), L. Fuchsiae (#). [NL. Named after Leonard Fuchs, a German botanist.] (Bot.) A genus of flowering plants having elegant drooping flowers, with four sepals, four petals, eight stamens, and a single pistil. They are natives of Mexico and South America. Double- flowered varieties are now common in cultivation.

Fuchsine
Fuch´sine, n. [Named by the French inventor, from Fuchs a fox, the German equivalent of his own name, Renard.] (Chem.) Aniline red; an artificial coal-tar dyestuff, of a metallic green color superficially, resembling cantharides, but when dissolved forming a brilliant dark red. It consists of a hydrochloride or acetate of rosaniline. See Rosaniline.

Fucoid
Fu´coid, a. [ Fucus + - oid.] (Bot.) (a) Properly, belonging to an order of alga: ( Fucoideae) which are blackish in color, and produce oöspores which are not fertilized until they have escaped from the conceptacle. The common rockweeds and the gulfweed ( Sargassum) are fucoid in character. (b) In a vague sense, resembling seaweeds, or of the nature of seaweeds.

Fucoid
Fu´coid, n. (Bot.) A plant, whether recent or fossil, which resembles a seaweed. See Fucoid, a.

Fucus
Fu´cus, n. ; pl. Fuci (#). [L. rock lichen, orchil, used as a red dye, red or purple color, disguise, deceit.]
1. A paint; a dye; also false show. [Obs.]
2. (Bot.) A genus of tough, leathery seaweeds, usually of a dull brownish green color; rockweed. Formerly most marine algae were called fuci.

Fucusol
Fu´cu•sol, n. [ Fucus + L. oleum oil.] (Chem.) An oily liquid, resembling, and possibly identical with, furfurol, and obtained from fucus, and other seaweeds.

Fud, n. [Of uncertain origin.]
1. The tail of a hare, coney, etc. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Burns.
2. Woolen waste, for mixing with mungo and shoddy.

Fudder
Fud´der, n. See Fodder, a weight.

Fuddler
Fud´dler, n. A drunkard. [Colloq.] Baxter.

Fudge, n. [Cf. Prov. F. fuche, feuche, an interj. of contempt.] A made-up story; stuff; nonsense; humbug; — often an exclamation of contempt.

Fudge, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Fudged p. pr. & vb. n. Fudging.]
1. To make up; to devise; to contrive; to fabricate; as he never did the experiment, and merely fudged the data.
"Fudged up into such a smirkish liveliness." N. Fairfax.
2. To foist; to interpolate.
"That last "suppose" is fudged in." Foote.

Fudge, n. A kind of soft candy composed of sugar or maple sugar, milk, and butter, and often chocolate or nuts, boiled and stirred to a proper consistency.

Fudge wheel
Fudge" wheel" (Shoemaking) A tool for ornamenting the edge of a sole.

Fuegian
Fu•e´gi•an, a. Of or pertaining to Terra del Fuego. — n. A native of Terra del Fuego.

Fuel
Fu´el, n. [OF. fouail, fuail, or fouaille, fuaille, LL. focalium, focale, fr. L. focus hearth, fireplace, in LL., fire. See Focus.] [Formerly written also fewel. ]
1. Any matter used to produce heat by burning; that which feeds fire; combustible matter used for fires, as wood, coal, peat, etc.
2. Anything that serves to feed or increase passion or excitement. Artificial fuel, fuel consisting of small particles, as coal dust, sawdust, etc., consolidated into lumps or blocks.

Fuel
Fu´el, v. t.
1. To feed with fuel. [Obs.]
"Never, alas I the dreadful name, That fuels the infernal flame." Cowley.
2. To store or furnish with fuel or firing. [Obs.]
"Well watered and well fueled." Sir H. Wotton.

Fueler
Fu´el•er, n. One who, or that which, supplies fuel. [R.] [Written also fueller.] Donne.

Fuero
Fu•e´ro, n. [Sp., fr. L. forum.] (Sp. Law) (a) A code; a charter; a grant of privileges. (b) A custom having the force of law. (c) A declaration by a magistrate. (d) A place where justice is administered. (e) The jurisdiction of a tribunal. Burrill.

Fuff, v. t. & i. [Of imitative origin. Cf. Puff.] To puff. [Prov. Eng. A Local, U. S.] Halliwel.

Fuga
Fu´ga, n. [It.] (Mus.) A fugue.

Fugacious
Fu•ga´cious, a. [L. fugax, fugacis, from fugere: cf. F. fugace. See Fugitive.]
1. Flying, or disposed to fly; fleeing away; lasting but a short time; volatile.
"Much of its possessions is so hid, so fugacious, and of so uncertain purchase." Jer. Taylor.
2. (Biol.) Fleeting; lasting but a short time; — applied particularly to organs or parts which are short-lived as compared with the life of the individual.

Fugacity
Fu•gac´i•ty, a. [L fugacitas: cf. F. fugacite.]
1. The quality of being fugacious; fugaclousness; volatility; as fugacity of spirits. Boyle.
2. Uncertainty; instability. Johnson.

Fugacy
Fu´ga•cy, n. Banishment. [Obs.] Milton.

Fugato
Fu•ga´to, a. (Mus.) in the gugue style, but not strictly like a fugue. — n. A composition resembling a fugue.

Fugh, interj. An exclamation of disgust; foh; faugh. Dryden.

Fughetta
Fu•ghet´ta, n. [It.] (Mus.) a short, condensed fugue. Grove.

Fugitive
Fu´gi•tive, a. [OE. fugitif, F. fugitif, fr. L. fugitivus, fr. fugere to flee. See Bow to bend, and cf. Feverfew.]
1. Fleeing from pursuit, danger, restraint, etc., escaping, from service, duty etc.; as a fugitive solder; a fugitive slave; a fugitive debtor.
"The fugitive Parthians follow." Shak.
"Can a fugitive daughter enjoy herself while her parents are in tear?" Richardson
"A libellous pamphlet of a fugitive physician." Sir H. Wotton.
2. Not fixed; not durable; liable to disappear or fall away; volatile; uncertain; evanescent; liable to fade; — applied to material and immaterial things; as fugitive colors; a fugitive idea.
"The me more tender and fugitive parts, the leaves … of vegatables." Woodward. Fugitive compositions, Such as are short and occasional, and so published that they quickly escape notice.
Syn. — Fleeting; unstable; wandering; uncertain; volatile; fugacious; fleeing; evanescent.

Fugitive
Fu´gi•tive, n.
1. One who flees from pursuit, danger, restraint, service, duty, etc.; a deserter; as a fugitive from justice.
2. Something hard to be caught or detained.
"Or Catch that airy fugitive called wit." Harte. Fugitive from justice (Law), one who, having committed a crime in one jurisdiction, flees or escapes into another to avoid punishment.

Fugitively
Fu´gi•tive•ly, adv. In a fugitive manner.

Fugitiveness
Fu´gi•tive•ness, n. The quality or condition of being fugitive; evanescence; volatility; fugacity; instability.

Fugle
Fu´gle, v. i. To maneuver; to move hither and thither. [Colloq.]
"Wooden arms with elbow joints jerking and fugling in the air." Carlyle.

Fugleman
Fu´gle•man, n. ; pl. Fuglemen (#). [G. flügelmann file leader; flügel wing (akin to E. fly) + mann man. Cf. Flugrelman.]
1. (Mil.) A soldier especially expert and well drilled, who takes his place in front of a military company, as a guide for the others in their exercises; a file leader. He originally stood in front of the right wing. [Written also flugelman.]
2. Hence, one who leads the way. [Jocose]

Fulahs
Fu´lahs•, Foo´lahs, n. pl.; sing. Fulah, Foolah . (Ethnol.) A peculiar African race of uncertain origin, but distinct from the negro tribes, inhabiting an extensive region of Western Soudan. Their color is brown or yellowish bronze. They are Mohammedans. Called also Fellatahs, Foulahs, and Fellani. Fulah is also used adjectively; as Fulah empire, tribes, language.

Fulbe
Ful´be, n. (Ethnol.) Same as Fulahs.

Fulciment
Ful´ci•ment, n. [L. fulcimentum, fr. fulcire to prop.] A prop; a fulcrum. [Obs.] Bp. Wilkins.

Fulcra
Ful´cra, n. pl. See Fulcrum.

Fulfill
Ful•fill´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Fulfilled p. pr. & vb. n. Fulfilling.] [OE. fulfillen, fulfullen, AS. fulfyllan; ful full + fyllan to fill. See Full, a. , and Fill, v. t.] [Written also fulfil. ]
1. To fill up; to make full or complete. [>Obs.] "Fulfill her week" Gen. xxix. 27.
"Suffer thou that the children be fulfilled first, for it is not good to take the bread of children and give to hounds." Wyclif (Mark vii. 27).
2. To accomplish or carry into effect, as an intention, promise, or prophecy, a desire, prayer, or requirement, etc.; to complete by performance; to answer the requisitions of; to bring to pass, as a purpose or design; to effectuate.
"He will, fulfil. the desire of them fear him." Ps. cxlv. 199.
"Here Nature seems fulfilled in all her ends." Milton.
"Servants must their masters’ minds fulfil. ." Shak.

Fulfillment
Ful•fill´ment, n. [Written also fulfilment.]
1. The act of fulfilling; accomplishment; completion; as the fulfillment of prophecy.
2. Execution; performance; as the fulfillment of a promise.

Fulgency
Fulgen•cy, n. [See fulgent.] Brightness; splendor; glitter; effulgence. Bailey.

Fulgid
Ful´gid, a. [L. fulgidus. See Fulgent.] Shining; glittering; dazzling. [R.] Pope.

Fulgor
Ful´gor, n. [L. fulgor, fr. fulgere to shine.] Dazzling brightness; splendor. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Fulgurant
Ful´gu•rant a. [L. fulgurans, p. pr. of fulgurare.] Lightening. [R.] Dr. H. More.

Fulgurata
Ful´gu•ra´ta, n. [NL.] (Electricity) A spectro-electric tube in which the decomposition of a liquid by the passage of an electric spark is observed. Knight.

Fulgurate
Ful´gu•rate, v. i. [L. fulguratus, p. p. of fulgurare to flash, fr. fulgur lightning, fr. fulgere to shine. See Fulgent.] To flash as lightning. [R.]

Fulguration
Ful´gu•ra•tion, n. [L. fulguratio: cf. F. fulguration.]
1. The act of lightening. [R.] Donne.
2. (Assaying) The sudden brightening of a fused globule of gold or silver, when the last film of the oxide of lead or copper leaves its surface; — also called blick.
"A phenomenon called, by the old chemists, fulguration." Ure.

Fulgurite
Ful´gu•rite, n. [L. fulguritus, p. p. of fulgurire to strike with lightning, fr. fulgur lightning: cf. F. fulgurite.] A vitrified sand tube produced by the striking of lightning on sand; a lightning tube; also the portion of rock surface fused by a lightning discharge.

Fulgury
Ful´gu•ry, n. [L. fulgur.] Lightning. [Obs.]

Fulham
Ful´ham, n. [So named because supposed to have been chiefly made at Fulham, in Middlesex, Eng.] A false die. [Cant] [Written also fullam.] Shak.

Fuliginosity
Fu•lig´i•nos´i•ty, n. [Cf. F. fuliginosite.] The condition or quality of being fuliginous; sootiness; matter deposited by smoke. [R.]

Fuliginous
Fu•lig´i•nous, a. [L. fuliginosus, from fuligo soot: cf. F. fuligineux. See Fume.]
1. Pertaining to soot; sooty; dark; dusky.
2. Pertaining to smoke; resembling smoke.

Fulimart
Fu´li•mart, n. Same as Foumart.

Full house. (Poker) A hand containing three of a kind and a pair, as three kings and two tens. It ranks above a flush and below four of a kind.

Fullage
Full´age, n. The money or price paid for fulling or cleansing cloth. Johnson.

Fullam
Ful´lam, n. A false die. See Fulham.

Full-bloomed
Full´-bloomed, a. Like a perfect blossom. "Full-bloomed lips." Crashaw.

Full-blown
Full´-blown, a.
1. Fully expanded, as a blossom; as a full-bloun rose. Denham.
2. Fully distended with wind, as a sail. Dryden.

Full-bottomed
Full´-bot´tomed, a.
1. Full and large at the bottom, as wigs worn by certain civil officers in Great Britain.
2. (Naut.) Of great capacity below the water line.

Full-butt
Full´-butt´, adv. With direct and violent opposition; with sudden collision. [Colloq.] L’Estrange.

Full-drive
Full•-drive´, adv. With full speed. [Colloq.]

Fuller
Full´er, n. [AS. fullere, fr. L. fullo. See Full, v. t.] One whose occupation is to full cloth. Fuller’s earth, a variety of clay, used in scouring and cleansing cloth, to imbibe grease. — Fuller’s herb (Bot.), the soapwort ( Saponaria officinalis), formerly used to remove stains from cloth. — Fuller’s thistle or weed (Bot.), the teasel ( Dipsacus fullonum) whose burs are used by fullers in dressing cloth. See Teasel.

Fuller
Full´er, n. [From Full, a. ] (Blacksmith’s Work) A die; a half- round set hammer, used for forming grooves and spreading iron; — called also a creaser.

Fuller
Full´er, v. t. To form a groove or channel in, by a fuller or set hammer; as to fuller a bayonet.

Fullery
Full´er•y, n. ; pl. Fulleries . The place or the works where the fulling of cloth is carried on.

Full-formed
Full´-formed, a. Full in form or shape; rounded out with flesh.
"The full-formed maids of Afric." Thomson.

Full-grown
Full´-grown, a. Having reached the limits of growth; mature. "Full-grown wings." Lowell.

Full-hearted
Full´-heart•ed, a. Full of courage or confidence. Shak.

Full-hot
Full´-hot, a. Very fiery. Shak.

Fulling
Full´ing, n. The process of cleansing, shrinking, and thickening cloth by moisture, heat, and pressure. Fulling mill, a mill for fulling cloth as by means of pesties or stampers, which alternately fall into and rise from troughs where the cloth is placed with hot water and fuller’s earth, or other cleansing materials.

Full-manned
Full´-manned, a. Completely furnished wiith men, as a ship.

Fullmart
Full´mart´, n. See Foumart. B. Jonson.

Fullonical
Ful•lon´i•cal, a. [L. fullonicus, from fullo a cloth fuller.] Pertaining to a fuller of cloth. [Obs.] Blount.

Full-orbed
Full´-orbed, a. Having the orb or disk complete or fully illuminated; like the full moon.

Full-sailed
Full´-sailed, a. Having all its sails set,; hence, without restriction or reservation. Massinger.

Full-winged
Full´-winged, a.
1. Having large and strong or complete wings. Shak.
2. Ready for flight; eager. [Archaic] Beau. & Fl.

Fully
Ful´ly, adv. In a full manner or degree; completely; entirely; without lack or defect; adequately; satisfactorily; as to be fully persuaded of the truth of a proposition. Fully committed (Law), committed to prison for trial, in distinction from being detained for examination.
Syn. — Completely; entirely; maturely; plentifully; abundantly; plenteously; copiously; largely; amply; sufficiently; clearly; distinctly; perfectly.

Fulmar
Ful´mar (fulmär), n. [Icel. fulmar. See foul, and Man a gull.] (Zoöl.) One of several species of sea birds, of the family Procellariidae, allied to the albatrosses and petrels. Among the well-known species are the arctic fulmar ( Fulmarus glacialis) (called also fulmar petrel, malduck, and mollemock), and the giant fulmar ( Ossifraga gigantea).

Fulminate
Ful´mi•nate, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Fulminated p. pr. & vb. n. Fulminating.] [L. fulminatus, p. p. of fulminare to lighten, strike with lightning, fr. fulmen thunderbolt, fr. fulgere to shine. See Fulgent, and cf. Fulmine.]
1. To thunder; hence, to make a loud, sudden noise; to detonate; to explode with a violent report.
2. To issue or send forth decrees or censures with the assumption of supreme authority; to thunder forth menaces.

Fulminate
Ful´mi•nate, v. t.
1. To cause to explode. Sprat.
2. To utter or send out with denunciations or censures; — said especially of menaces or censures uttered by ecclesiastical authority.
"They fulminated the most hostile of all decrees." De Quincey.

Fulminate
Ful´mi•nate, n. [Cf. P. fulminate. See Fulminate, v. i.] (Chem.) (a) A salt of fulminic acid. See under Fulminic. (b) A fulminating powder. Fulminate of gold, an explosive compound of gold; — called also fulminating gold, and aurum fulminans.

Fulmination
Ful´mi•na•tion, n. [L. fulminatio a darting of lightning: cf. F. fulmination.]
1. The act of fulminating or exploding; detonation.
2. The act of thundering forth threats or censures, as with authority.
3. That which is fulminated or thundered forth; vehement menace or censure.
"The fulminations from the Vatican were turned into ridicule." Ayliffe.

Fulminatory
Ful´mi•na•to•ry, a. [Cf. F. fulminatoire.] Thundering; striking terror. Cotgrave.

Fulmine
Ful´mine, v. i. [F. fulminer. See Fulminate, v. ] To thunder. [Obs.] Spenser. Milton.

Fulmine
Ful´mine, v. t. To shoot; to dart like lightning; to fulminate; to utter with authority or vehemence.
"She fulmined out her scorn of laws Salique." Tennyson.

Fulmineous
Ful•min´e•ous, a. [L. fulmen thunder.] Of, or concerning thunder.

Fulminic
Ful•min´ic, a. [Cf. F. fulminique.] Pertaining to fulmination; detonating; specifically (Chem.), pertaining to, derived from, or denoting, an acid, so called; as fulminic acid. Fulminic acid (Chem.), a complex acid, H₂C₂N₂O₂, isomeric with cyanic and cyanuric acids, and not known in the free state, but forming a large class of highly explosive salts, the fulminates. Of these, mercuric fulminate, the most common, is used, mixed with niter, to fill percussion caps, charge cartridges, etc. Fulminic acid is made by the action of nitric acid on alcohol.

Fulness
Ful´ness, n. See Fullness.

Fulvid
Ful´vid, a. [LL. fulvidus, fr. L. fulvus.] Fulvous. [R.] Dr. H. More.

Fulvous
Ful´vous, a. [L. fulvus.] Tawny; dull yellow, with a mixture of gray and brown. Lindley.

Fum, v. i. To play upon a fiddle. [Obs.]
"Follow me, and fum as you go." B. Jonson.

Fumacious
Fu•ma´cious, a. [From Fume.] Smoky; hence, fond of smoking; addicted to smoking tobacco.

Fumade
Fu•made´, Fu•ma´do, n. ; pl. Fumades (#), Fumadoes (#). [Sp. fumodo smoked, p. p. of fumar to smoke, fr. L. fumare. See Fume, v. i.] A salted and smoked fish, as the pilchard.

Fumarate
Fu´ma•rate, n. (Chem.) A salt of fumaric acid.

Fumaric
Fu•mar´ic, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, fumitory ( Fumaria officinalis). Fumaric acid (Chem.), a widely occurring organic acid, extracted from fumitory as a white crystallline substance, C₂H₂(CO₂H)₂, and produced artificially in many ways, as by the distillation of malic acid; boletic acid. It is found also in the lichen, Iceland moss, and hence was also called lichenic acid.

Fumarine
Fu´ma•rine, n. [L. fumus smoke, fume.] (Chem.) An alkaloid extracted from fumitory, as a white crystalline substance.

Fumarole
Fu´ma•role, n. [It. fumaruola, fr. fumo smoke, L. fumus: cf. F. fumerolle, fumarolle.] A hole or spot in a volcanic or other region, from which fumes issue.

Fumatorium
Fu•ma•to´ri•um, n. ; L. pl.-ria (#). [NL., fr. L. fumare, fumatum, to smoke.] An air-tight compartment in which vapor may be generated to destroy germs or insects; esp., the apparatus used to destroy San Jose scale on nursery stock, with hydrocyanic acid vapor.

Fumatory
Fu´ma•to•ry, n. See Fumitory. [Obs.]

Fumatory
Fu´ma•to•ry, a. [See Fumatorium.] Pert. to, or concerned with, smoking. - - n. ; pl. -ries . A place for subjecting things to smoke or vapor.

Fumbler
Fum´bler, n. One who fumbles.

Fumblingly
Fum´bling•ly, adv. In the manner of one who fumbles.

Fume (fum), n. [L. fumus; akin to Skr. dhuma smoke, dhu to shake, fan a flame, cf. Gr. qy•ein to sacrifice, storm, rage, qy•mon, qy•mos, thyme, and perh. to E. dust: cf. OF. fum smoke, F. fumee. Cf. Dust, n. , Femerell, Thyme.]
1. Exhalation; volatile matter (esp. noxious vapor or smoke) ascending in a dense body; smoke; vapor; reek; as the fumes of tobacco.
"The fumes of new shorn hay." T. Warton.
"The fumes of undigested wine." Dryden.
2. Rage or excitement which deprives the mind of self-control; as the fumes of passion. South.
3. Anything vaporlike, unsubstantial, or airy; idle conceit; vain imagination.
"A show of fumes and fancies." Bacon.
4. The incense of praise; inordinate flattery.
"To smother him with fumes and eulogies." Burton. In a fume, in ill temper, esp. from impatience.

Fume, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Fumed p. pr. & vb. n. Fuming.] [Cf. F. fumer, L. fumare to smoke. See Fume, n. ]
1. To smoke; to throw off fumes, as in combustion or chemical action; to rise up, as vapor.
"Where the golden altar fumed." Milton.
"Silenus lay, Whose constant cups lay fuming to his brain." Roscommon.
2. To be as in a mist; to be dulled and stupefied.
"Keep his brain fuming." Shak.
3. To pass off in fumes or vapors.
"Their parts are kept from fuming away by their fixity." Cheyne.
4. To be in a rage; to be hot with anger.
"He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground." Dryden.
"While her mother did fret, and her father did fume." Sir W. Scott.To fume away, to give way to excitement and displeasure; to storm; also to pass off in fumes.

Fume, v. t.
1. To expose to the action of fumes; to treat with vapors, smoke, etc.; as to bleach straw by fuming it with sulphur; to fill with fumes, vapors, odors, etc., as a room.
"She fumed the temple with an odorous flame." Dryden.
2. To praise inordinately; to flatter.
"They demi-deify and fume him so." Cowper.
3. To throw off in vapor, or as in the form of vapor.
"The heat will fume away most of the scent." Montimer.
"How vicious hearts fume frenzy to the brain!" Young.

Fume, n. (Metal.) Solid material deposited by condensation of fumes; as lead fume (a grayish powder chiefly lead sulphate).

Fumed oak (Cabinetwork) Oak given a weathered appearance by exposure in an air-tight compartment to fumes of ammonia from uncorked cans, being first given a coat of filler.

Fumeless
Fume´less, a. Free from fumes.

Fumer
Fum´er, n.
1. One that fumes.
2. One who makes or uses perfumes. [Obs.]
"Embroiderers, feather makers, fumers." Beau. & Fl.

Fumerell
Fu´mer•ell, n. (Arch.) See Femerell.

Fumetere
Fu´me•tere´, n. Fumitory. [Obs.]

Fumid
Fu´mid, a. [L. fumidus, fr. fumus smoke. See Fume.] Smoky; vaporous. Sir T. Broune. { Fu•mid´i•ty, Fu´mid•ness } n. The state of being fumid; smokiness.

Fumifugist
Fu•mif´u•gist, n. [L. fumus smoke + fugare to put to flight, fugere to flee.] One who, or that which, drives away smoke or fumes.

Fumify
Fu´mi•fy, v. t. [ Fume + - fy.] To subject to the action of smoke. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Fumigant
Fu´mi•gant, a. [L. fumigans, p. pr. of fumigare. See Fumigate.] Fuming. [R.]

Fumigator
Fu´mi•ga•tor, n. One who, or that which, fumigates; an apparattus for fumigating.

Fumigatory
Fu´mi•ga•to•ry, a. [Cf. F. fumigatoire.] Having the quality of purifying by smoke. [R.]

Fumily
Fum´i•ly, adv. Smokily; with fume.

Fuming
Fum´ing, a. Producing fumes, or vapors. Cadet’s fuming liquid (Chem.), alkarsin. — Fuming liquor of Libavius (Old Chem.), stannic chloride; the chloride of tin, SnCl₄, forming a colorless, mobile liquid which fumes in the air. Mixed with water it solidifies to the so-called butter of tin. — Fuming sulphuric acid. (Chem.) Same as Disulphuric acid, uder Disulphuric.

Fumish
Fum´ish, a. Smoky; hot; choleric.

Fumishness
Fum´ish•ness, n. Choler; fretfulness; passion.

Fumiter
Fu´mi•ter, n. (Bot.) Fumitory. [Obs.]

Fumitory
Fu´mi•to•ry, n. [OE. fumetere, F. fumeterre, prop., smoke of the ground, fr. L. fumus smoke + terra earth. See Fume, and Terrace.] (Bot.) The common uame of several species of the genus Fumaria, annual herbs of the Old World, with finely dissected leaves and small flowers in dense racemes or spikes. F. officinalis is a common species, and was formerly used as an antiscorbutic. Climbing fumitory (Bot.), the Alleghany vine ( Adlumia cirrhosa); a biennial climbing plant with elegant feathery leaves and large clusters of pretty white or pinkish flowers looking like grains of rice.

Fumosity
Fu•mos´i•ty, n. [Cf. OF. fumosite.] The fumes of drink. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Fumous
Fum´ous, a. [L. fumosus, fr. fumus smoke: cf. F. fumeux.]
1. Producing smoke; smoky.
2. Producing fumes; full of fumes.
"Garlic, onions, mustard, and such-like fumous things." Barough (1625).

Fumy
Fum´y, a. Producing fumes; fumous. "Drowned in fumy wine." H. Brooke.

Fun, n. [Perh. of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. & Gael. fonn pleasure.] Sport; merriment; frolicsome amusement. "Oddity, frolic, and fun." Goldsmith. To make fun of, to hold up to, or turn into, ridicule.

Funambulate
Fu•nam´bu•late, v. i. [See Funambulo.] To walk or to dance on a rope.

Funambulatory
Fu•nam´bu•la•to•ry, a.
1. Performing like a ropedancer. Chambers.
2. Narrow, like the walk of a ropedancer.
"This funambulatory track." Sir T. Browne.

Funambulist
Fu•nam´bu•list, n. A ropewalker or ropedancer. { Fu•nam´bu•lo, Fu•nam´bu•lus } n. [Sp. funambulo, or It. funambolo, fr. L. funambulus; funis rope (perh. akin to E. bind) + ambulare to walk. See Amble, and cf. Funambulist.] A ropewalker or ropedancer. [Obs.] Bacon.

Functional
Func´tion•al, a.
1. Pertaining to, or connected with, a function or duty; official.
2. (Physiol.) Pertaining to the function of an organ or part, or to the functions in general. Functional disease (Med.), a disease of which the symptoms cannot be referred to any appreciable lesion or change of structure; the derangement of an organ arising from a cause, often unknown, external to itself opposed to organic disease, in which the organ itself is affected.

Functionalize
Func´tion•al•ize, v. t. To assign to some function or office. [R.]

Functionally
Func´tion•al•ly, adv. In a functional manner; as regards normal or appropriate activity.
"The organ is said to be functionally disordered." Lawrence.

Functionary
Func´tion•a•ry, n. ; pl. Functionaries (#). [Cf. F. fonctionnaire.] One charged with the performance of a function or office; as a public functionary; secular functionaries.

Functionless
Func´tion•less, a. Destitute of function, or of an appropriate organ. Darwin.

Fund, n. [OF. font, fond, nom. fonz, bottom, ground, F. fond bottom, foundation, fonds fund, fr. L. fundus bottom, ground, foundation, piece of land. See Found to establish.]
1. An aggregation or deposit of resources from which supplies are or may be drawn for carrying on any work, or for maintaining existence.
2. A stock or capital; a sum of money appropriated as the foundation of some commercial or other operation undertaken with a view to profit; that reserve by means of which expenses and credit are supported; as the fund of a bank, commercial house, manufacturing corporation, etc.
3. pl. The stock of a national debt; public securities; evidences (stocks or bonds) of money lent to government, for which interest is paid at prescribed intervals; — called also public funds.
4. An invested sum, whose income is devoted to a specific object; as the fund of an ecclesiastical society; a fund for the maintenance of lectures or poor students; also money systematically collected to meet the expenses of some permanent object.
5. A store laid up, from which one may draw at pleasure; a supply; a full provision of resources; as a fund of wisdom or good sense.
"An inexhaustible fund of stories." Macaulay. Sinking fund, the aggregate of sums of money set apart and invested, usually at fixed intervals, for the extinguishment of the debt of a government, or of a corporation, by the accumulation of interest.

Fund, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Funded; p. pr. & vb. n. Funding.]
1. To provide and appropriate a fund or permanent revenue for the payment of the interest of; to make permanent provision of resources (as by a pledge of revenue from customs) for discharging the interest of or principal of; as to fund government notes.
2. To place in a fund, as money.
3. To put into the form of bonds or stocks bearing regular interest; as to fund the floating debt.

Fundament
Fun´da•ment, n. [OE. fundament, fundement, fondement, OF. fundement, fondement, F. fondement, fr. L. fundamentum foundation, fr. fundare to lay the bottom, to found, fr. fundus bottom. See Fund.]
1. Foundation. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. The part of the body on which one sits; the buttocks; specifically (Anat.), the anus. Hume.

Fundamentally
Fun•da•men´tal•ly, adv. Primarily; originally; essentially; radically; at the foundation; in origin or constituents. "Fundamentally defective." Burke.

Funded
Fund´ed, a.
1. Existing in the form of bonds bearing regular interest; as funded debt.
2. Invested in public funds; as funded money.

Fundholder
Fund´hold´er, a. One who has money invested in the public funds. J. S. Mill.

Funding
Fund´ing, a.
1. Providing a fund for the payment of the interest or principal of a debt.
2. Investing in the public funds. Funding system, a system or scheme of finance or revenue by which provision is made for paying the interest or principal of a public debt.

Fundless
Fund´less, a. Destitute of funds.

Fundus
Fun´dus (fun"dus), n. [L., bottom.] (Anat.) The bottom or base of any hollow organ; as the fundus of the bladder; the fundus of the eye.

Funebrial
Fu•ne´bri•al (fu•ne"bri• al), a. [L. funebris belonging to a funeral, fr. funus funeral.] Pertaining to a funeral or funerals; funeral; funereal. [Obs.] [Written also funebral.] Sir T. Browne.

Funebrious
Fu•ne´bri•ous, a. Funebrial. [Obs.]

Funeral
Fu´ner•al (fu"ner• al), n. [LL. funeralia, prop. neut. pl. of funeralis of a funeral, fr. L. funus, funeris, funeral: cf. F. funerailles.]
1. The solemn rites used in the disposition of a dead human body, whether such disposition be by interment, burning, or otherwise; esp., the ceremony or solemnization of interment; obsequies; burial; — formerly used in the plural.
"King James his funerals were performed very solemnly in the collegiate church at Westminster." Euller.
2. The procession attending the burial of the dead; the show and accompaniments of an interment. "The long funerals." Pope.
3. A funeral sermon; — usually in the plural. [Obs.]
"Mr. Giles Lawrence preached his funerals." South.

Funeral
Fu´ner•al, a. [LL. funeralis. See Funeral, n. ] Per. taining to a funeral; used at the interment of the dead; as funeral rites, honors, or ceremonies. Shak. Funeral pile, a structure of combustible material, upon which a dead body is placed to be reduced to ashes, as part of a funeral rite; a pyre. — Fu´ner•al•ly, adv. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Funereal
Fu•ne´re•al, a. [L. funereus, fr. fentus a funeral.] Suiting a funeral; pertaining to burial; solemn. Hence: Dark; dismal; mournful. Jer. Taylor.
"What seem to us but sad funereal tapers May be heaven’s distant lamps." Longfellow. — Fu•ne´re•al•ly, adv.

Funest
Fu•nest´, a. [L. funestus, fr. funus a funeral, destruction: cf. F. funeste.] Lamentable; doleful. [R.] "Funest and direful deaths." Coleridge.
"A forerunner of something very funest." Evelyn.

Fungal
Fun´gal, a. Of or pertaining to fungi.

Fungate
Fun´gate, n. [Cf. F. fongate.] (Chem.) A salt of fungic acid. [Formerly written also fungiate.]

Funge, n. [L. fungus mushroom, dolt.] A blockhead; a dolt; a fool. [Obs.] Burton.

Fungi
Fun´gi, n. pl. (Bot.) See Fungus.

Fungi
Fun´gi, n. pl. (Bot.) A group of thallophytic plants of low organization, destitute of chlorophyll, in which reproduction is mainly accomplished by means of asexual spores, which are produced in a great variety of ways, though sexual reproduction is known to occur in certain Phycomycetes, or so-called algal fungi. The Fungi appear to have originated by degeneration from various algae, losing their chlorophyll on assuming a parasitic or saprophytic life. By some they are divided into the subclasses Phycomycetes, the lower or algal fungi; the Mesomycetes, or intermediate fungi; and the Mycomycetes, or the higher fungi; by others into the Phycomycetes; the Ascomycetes, or sac-spore fungi; and the Basidiomycetes, or basidial-spore fungi.

Fungi Imperfecti
Fun"gi Im•per•fec"ti, pl. [L. imperfecti imperfect.] (Bot.) A heterogenous group of fungi of which the complete life history is not known. Some undoubtedly represent the conidium stages of various Ascomycetes. The group is divided into the orders Sphaeropsidales, Melanconiales, and Moniliales.

Fungia
Fun´gi•a, n. [NL., fr. L. fungus mushroom: cf. F. fongie.] (Zoöl.) A genus of simple, stony corals; — so called because they are usually flat and circular, with radiating plates, like the gills of a mushroom. Some of them are eighteen inches in diameter.

Fungian
Fun´gi•an, a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Fungidae, a family of stony corals. — n. One of the Fungidae.

Fungibles
Fun´gi•bles, n. pl. [LL. ( res) fungibiles, probably fr. L. fungi to discharge. "A barbarous term, supposed to have originated in the use of the words functionem recipere in the Digeste." Bouvier. "Called fungibiles, quia una alterius vice fungitur." John Taylor (1755). Cf. Function.]
1. (Civ. Law) Things which may be furnished or restored in kind, as distinguished from specific things; — called also fungible things. Burrill.
2. (Scots Law) Movable goods which may be valued by weight or measure, in contradistinction from those which must be judged of individually. Jamieson.

Fungicide
Fun´gi•cide, n. [ Fungi + -cide, fr. L. caedere to kill.] Anything that kills fungi. — Fun•gi•ci´dal (#), n.

Fungiform
Fun´gi•form, a. [ Eungus + -form: cf. F. fongiforme.] Shaped like a fungus or mushroom. Fungiform papillae (Anat.), numerous small, rounded eminences on the upper surface of the tongue.

Fungilliform
Fun•gil´li•form, a. Shaped like a small fungus.

Fungin
Fun´gin, n. [L. fungus mushroom: cf. F, fongine, fungine.] (Chem.) A name formerly given to cellulose found in certain fungi and mushrooms.

Fungite
Fun´gite, n. [L. fungus mushroom: cf. F. pongite.] (Paleon.) A fossil coral resembling Fungia.

Fungivorous
Fun•giv´o•rous, a. [L. fungus + vorare to eat greedily: cf. F. fongivore.] (Zoöl.) Eating fungi; — said of certain insects and snails.

Fungoid
Fun´goid, a. [ Fungus + - oil: cf. F. fongoïde.] Like a fungus; fungous; spongy.

Fungologist
Fun•gol´o•gist, n. A mycologist.

Fungology
Fun•gol´o•gy, n. [ Fungus + -logy.] Mycology.

Fungosity
Fun•gos´i•ty, n. [Cf. F. fungosite, fongosite.] The quality of that which is fungous; fungous excrescence. Dunglison.

Fungous
Fun´gous, a. [L. fungosus: cf. F. fungueux.]
1. Of the nature of fungi; spongy.
2. Growing suddenly, but not substantial or durable.

Fungus
Fun´gus, n. ; pl. L. Fungi (#), E. Funguses (#). [L., a mushroom; perh. akin to a doubtful Gr. sponge, for ; if so, cf. E. sponge.]
1. (Bot.) Any one of the Fungi, a large and very complex group of thallophytes of low organization, — the molds, mildews, rusts, smuts, mushrooms, toadstools, puff balls, and the allies of each. The fungi are all destitute of chorophyll, and, therefore, to be supplied with elaborated nourishment, must live as saprophytes or parasites. They range in size from single microscopic cells to systems of entangled threads many feet in extent, which develop reproductive bodies as large as a man’s head. The vegetative system consists of septate or rarely unseptate filaments called hyphae; the aggregation of hyphae into structures of more or less definite form is known as the mycelium. See Fungi, in the Supplement.
2. (Med.) A spongy, morbid growth or granulation in animal bodies, as the proud flesh of wounds. Hoblyn.

Funic
Fu´nic, a. (Anat.) Funicular.

Funicle
Fu´ni•cle, n. [L. funiculus, dim. of funis cord, rope: cf. F. funicule funicle (in sense 2). Cf. Funambulo.] (Bot.)
1. A small cord, ligature, or fiber.
2. (Bot.) The little stalk that attaches a seed to the placenta.

Funiculus
Fu•nic´u•lus, n. ; pl. Funiculi (#). [L., a little cord. See Funicle.]
1. (Anat.) A cord, baud, or bundle of fibers; esp., one of the small bundles of fibers, of which large nerves are made up; applied also to different bands of white matter in the brain and spinal cord.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) A short cord which connects the embryo of some myriapods with the amnion. (b) In Bryozoa, an organ extending back from the stomach. See Bryozoa, and Phylactolema.

Funis
Fu´nis, n. [L., a rope. ] A cord; specifically, the umbilical cord or navel string.

Funk, n. [OE. funke a little fire; akin to Prov. E. funk touchwood, G. funke spark, and perh. to Goth. fn fire.] An offensive smell; a stench. [Low]

Funk, v. t. To envelop with an offensive smell or smoke. [Obs.] King.

Funk, v. i.
1. To emit an offensive smell; to stink.
2. To be frightened, and shrink back; to flinch; as to funk at the edge of a precipice. [Colloq.] C. Kingsley.To funk out, to back out in a cowardly fashion. [Colloq.]
"To funk right out o’ political strife." Lowell (Biglow Papers). { Funk, Funk´ing } n. A shrinking back through fear. [Colloq.] "The horrid panic, or funk (as the men of Eton call it)." De Quincey.

Funk, n. One who funks; a shirk; a coward. [Colloq.]

Funk, v. t.
1. To funk at; to flinch at; to shrink from (a thing or person); as to funk a task. [Colloq.]
2. To frighten; to cause to flinch. [Colloq.] { Fuse, or Fuze }, n. (Elec.) A wire, bar, or strip of fusible metal inserted for safety in an electric circuit. When the current increases beyond a certain safe strength, the metal melts, interrupting the circuit and thereby preventing possibility of damage.

Funky
Funk´y, a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, great fear, or funking. [Colloq. Eng.]

Funnel
Fun´nel, n. [OE. funel, fonel, prob. through OF. fr, L. fundibulum, infundibulum, funnel, fr. infundere to pour in; in in + fundere to pour; cf. Armor. founil funnel, W. ffynel air hole, chimney. See Fuse, v. t.]
1. A vessel of the shape of an inverted hollow cone, terminating below in a pipe, and used for conveying liquids into a close vessel; a tunnel.
2. A passage or avenue for a fluid or flowing substance; specifically, a smoke flue or pipe; the iron chimney of a steamship or the like. Funnel box (Mining), an apparatus for collecting finely crushed ore from water. Knight. — Funnel stay (Naut.), one of the ropes or rods steadying a steamer’s funnel.

Funny
Fun´ny, a. [ Compar. Funnier superl. Funniest.] [From Fun.] Droll; comical; amusing; laughable. Funny bone. See crazy bone, under Crazy.

Funny
Fun´ny, n. ; pl. Funnies . A clinkerbuit, narrow boat for sculling. [Eng.]

Fur (fûr), n. [OE. furre, OF. forre, fuerre, sheath, case, of German origin; cf. OHG. fuotar lining, case, G. futter; akin to Icel. foðr lining, Goth. fodr, scabbard; cf. Skr. patra vessel, dish. The German and Icel. words also have the sense, fodder, but this was probably a different word originally. Cf. Fodder food, Fother, v. t., Forel, n. ]
1. The short, fine, soft hair of certain animals, growing thick on the skin, and distinguished from the hair, which is longer and coarser.
2. The skins of certain wild animals with the fur; peltry; as a cargo of furs.
3. Strips of dressed skins with fur, used on garments for warmth or for ornament.
4. pl. Articles of clothing made of fur; as a set of furs for a lady (a collar, tippet, or cape, muff, etc.).
"Wrapped up in my furs." Lady M. W. Montagu.
5. Any coating considered as resembling fur; as: (a) A coat of morbid matter collected on the tongue in persons affected with fever. (b) The soft, downy covering on the skin of a peach. (c) The deposit formed on the interior of boilers and other vessels by hard water.
6. (Her.) One of several patterns or diapers used as tinctures. There are nine in all, or, according to some writers, only six. See Tincture.

Fur, a. Of or pertaining to furs; bearing or made of fur; as a fur cap; the fur trade. Fur seal (Zoöl.) one of several species of seals of the genera Callorhinus and Arclocephalus, inhabiting the North Pacific and the Antarctic oceans. They have a coat of fine and soft fur which is highly prized. The northern fur seal ( Callorhinus ursinus) breeds in vast numbers on the Prybilov Islands, off the coast of Alaska; — called also sea bear.

Fur, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Furred p. pr. & vb. n. Furring.]
1. To line, face, or cover with fur; as furred robes. "You fur your gloves with reason." Shak.
2. To cover with morbid matter, as the tongue.
3. (Arch.) To nail small strips of board or larger scantling upon, in order to make a level surface for lathing or boarding, or to provide for a space or interval back of the plastered or boarded surface, as inside an outer wall, by way of protection against damp. Gwill.

Furacity
Fu•rac´i•ty, n. [L. furacitas.] Addictedness to theft; thievishness. [Obs.]

Furbelow
Fur´be•low, n. [Prov. F. farbala, equiv. to F. falbala, It. falbalà .] A plaited or gathered flounce on a woman’s garment.

Furbelow
Fur´be•low, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Furbelowed p. pr. & vb. n. Furbelowing.] To put a furbelow on; to ornament.

Furbisher
Fur´bish•er, n. [Cf. F. fourbisseur.] One who furbishes; esp., a sword cutler, who finishes sword blades and similar weapons. { Fur´cate, Fur´ca•ted } a. [L. furca fork. See Fork.] Forked; branching like a fork; as furcate twigs.

Furciferous
Fur•cif´er•ous, a. [L. furcifer yoke bearer, scoundrel; furca fork, yoke, fork-shaped instrument of punishment + ferre to bear.] Rascally; scandalous. [R.] "Furciferous knaves." De Quincey.

Furcula
Fur´cu•la, n. [L., a forked prop, dim. of furca a fork.] (Anat.) A forked process; the wishbone or furculum.

Furcular
Fur´cu•lar, a. Shaped like a fork; furcate.

Furculum
Fur´cu•lum, n. [NL., dim. of L. furca a fork.] (Anat.) The wishbone or merrythought of birds, formed by the united clavicles.

Furdle
Fur´dle, v. t. [See Fardel, and cf. Furl.] To draw up into a bundle; to roll up. [Ods.]

Furfuraceous
Fur´fu•ra´ceous, a. [L. furfuraceus.] Made of bran; like bran; scurfy.

Furfuran
Fur´fu•ran, n. [L. furfur bran.] (Chem.) A colorless, oily substance, C₄H₄O, obtained by distilling certain organic substances, as pine wood, salts of pyromucic acid, etc.; — called also tetraphenol.

Furfuration
Fur´fu•ra´tion, n. [L. furfur bran, scurf.] Falling of scurf from the head; desquamation.

Furfurine
Fur´fu•rine, n. (Chem.) A white, crystalline base, obtained indirectly from furfurol.

Furfurol
Fur´fu•rol, n. [L. furfur bran + oleum oil.] (Chem.) A colorless oily liquid, C₄H₃O.CHO, of a pleasant odor, obtained by the distillation of bran, sugar, etc., and regarded as an aldehyde derivative of furfuran; — called also furfural.

Furfurous
Fur´fu•rous, a. Made of bran; furfuraceous. [R.] "Furfurous bread." Sydney Smith.

Furial
Fu´ri•al, a. [L. furialis: cf. OF. furial.] Furious; raging; tormenting. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Furibundal
Fu•ri•bun´dal, a. [L. furibundus, fr. furere to rage.] Full of rage. [Obs.] G. Harvey.

Furies
Fu´ries, n. pl. See Fury, 3.

Furilic
Fu•ril´ic, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, furile; as furilic acid.

Furioso
Fu´ri•o´so, a. & adv. [It.] (Mus.) With great force or vigor; vehemently.

Furious
Fu´ri•ous, a. [L. furiosus, fr. furia rage, fury: cf. F. furieux. See Fury.]
1. Transported with passion or fury; raging; violent; as a furious animal.
2. Rushing with impetuosity; moving with violence; as a furious stream; a furious wind or storm.
Syn. — Impetuous; vehement; boisterous; fierce; turbulent; tumultuous; angry; mad; frantic; frenzied. — Fu´ri•ous•ly, adv. — Fu´ri•ous•ness, n.

Furniment
Fur´ni•ment, n. [Cf. F. fourniment. See Furnish.] Furniture. [Obs.] Spenser.

Furnisher
Fur´nish•er, n. One who supplies or fits out.

Furnishment
Fur´nish•ment, n. The act of furnishing, or of supplying furniture; also furniture. [Obs.] Daniel.

Furniture
Fur´ni•ture, n. [F. fourniture. See Furnish, v. t.]
1. That with which anything is furnished or supplied; supplies; outfit; equipment.
"The form and all the furniture of the earth." Tillotson.
"The thoughts which make the furniture of their minds." M. Arnold.
2. Articles used for convenience or decoration in a house or apartment, as tables, chairs, bedsteads, sofas carpets, curtains, pictures, vases, etc.
3. The necessary appendages to anything, as to a machine, a carriage, a ship, etc. (a) (Naut.) The masts and rigging of a ship. (b) (Mil.) The mountings of a gun. (c) Builders’ hardware such as locks, door and window trimmings. (d) (Print) Pieces of wood or metal of a lesser height than the type, placed around the pages or other matter in a form, and, with the quoins, serving to secure the form in its place in the chase.
4. (Mus.) A mixed or compound stop in an organ; — sometimes called mixture.

Furrier
Fur´ri•er, n. [Cf. F. fourreur.] A dealer in furs; one who makes or sells fur goods.

Furriery
Fur´ri•er•y, n.
1. Furs, in general. Tooke.
2. The business of a furrier; trade in furs.

Furring
Fur´ring, n.
1. (Carp.) (a) The leveling of a surface, or the preparing of an air space, by means of strips of board or of larger pieces. See Fur, v. t., 3. (b) The strips thus laid on.
2. (Shipbuilding) Double planking of a ship’s side.
3. A deposit from water, as on the inside of a boiler; also the operation of cleaning away this deposit.

Furry
Fur´ry, a. [From Fur.]
1. Covered with fur; dressed in fur. "Furry nations." Thomson.
2. Consisting of fur; as furry spoils. Dryden.
3. Resembling fur.

Furtherer
Fur´ther•er, n. One who furthers. or helps to advance; a promoter. Shak.

Furthermore
Fur´ther•more´, adv. or conj. Moreover; besides; in addition to what has been said.

Furthermost
Fur´ther•most´, a. Most remote; furthest.

Furthersome
Fur´ther•some, a. Tending to further, advance, or promote; helpful; advantageous. [R.]
"You will not find it furthersome." Carlyle.

Furthest
Fur´thest, a. superl. Most remote; most in advance; farthest. See Further, a.

Furthest
Fur´thest, adv. At the greatest distance; farthest.

Furtive
Fur´tive, a. [L. furtivus, fr. furtum theft, fr. fur thief, akin to ferre to bear: cf. F. furtif. See Fertile.] Stolen; obtained or characterized by stealth; sly; secret; stealthy; as a furtive look. Prior.
"A hasty and furtive ceremony." Hallam.

Furuncle
Fu´run•cle, n. [L. furunculus a petty thief, a boil, dim. of fur thief: cf. F. furoncle.] (Med.) A superficial, inflammatory tumor, suppurating with a central core; a boil.

Furuncular
Fu•run´cu•lar, a. Of or pertaining to a furuncle; marked by the presence of furuncles.

Fury
Fu´ry, n. [L. fur.] A thief. [Obs.]
"Have an eye to your plate, for there be furies." J. Fleteher.

Fury
Fu´ry, n. ; pl. Furies (#). [L. furia, fr. furere to rage: cf. F. furie. Cf. Furor.]
1. Violent or extreme excitement; overmastering agitation or enthusiasm.
"Her wit began to be with a divine fury inspired." Sir P. Sidney.
2. Violent anger; extreme wrath; rage; — sometimes applied to inanimate things, as the wind or storms; impetuosity; violence. "Fury of the wind." Shak.
"I do oppose my patience to his fury." Shak.
3. pl. (Greek Myth.) The avenging deities, Tisiphone, Alecto, and Megaera; the Erinyes or Eumenides.
"The Furies, they said, are attendants on justice, and if the sun in heaven should transgress his path would punish him." Emerson.
4. One of the Parcae, or Fates, esp. Atropos. [R.]
"Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life." Milton.
5. A stormy, turbulent violent woman; a hag; a vixen; a virago; a termagant.
Syn. — Anger; indignation; resentment; wrath; ire; rage; vehemence; violence; fierceness; turbulence; madness; frenzy. See Anger.

Furzechat
Furze´chat´, n. (Zoöl.) The whinchat; — called also furzechuck.

Furzeling
Furze´ling, n. (Zoöl.) An English warbler ( Melizophilus provincialis); — called also furze wren, and Dartford warbler.

Furzen
Furz´en, a. Furzy; gorsy. [Obs.] Holland.

Furzy
Furz´y, a. Abounding in, or overgrown with, furze; characterized by furze. Gay.

Fusain
Fu´sain´, n. [F., the spindle tree; also charcoal made from it.] (Fine Arts) (a) Fine charcoal of willow wood, used as a drawing implement. (b) A drawing made with it. See Charcoal, n. 2, and Charcoal drawing, under Charcoal.

Fuscin
Fus´cin, n. [L. fuscus dark- colored, tawny.] (Physiol. Chem.) A brown, nitrogenous pigment contained in the retinal epithelium; a variety of melanin.

Fuscine
Fus´cine, n. (Chem.) A dark-colored substance obtained from empyreumatic animal oil. [R.]

Fuscous
Fus´cous, a. [L. fuscus.] Brown or grayish black; darkish.
"Sad and fuscous colors, as black or brown, or deep purple and the like." Burke.

Fuse (fuz), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Fused (fuzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Fusing.] [L. fusus, p. p. of fundere to pour, melt, cast. See Foundo to cast, and cf. Futile.]
1. To liquefy by heat; to render fluid; to dissolve; to melt.
2. To unite or blend, as if melted together.
"Whose fancy fuses old and new." Tennyson.

Fuse, v. i.
1. To be reduced from a solid to a fluid state by heat; to be melted; to melt.
2. To be blended, as if melted together. Fusing point, the degree of temperature at which a substance melts; the point of fusion.

Fuse, n. [For fusee, fusil. See 2d Fusil.] (Gunnery, Mining, etc.) A tube or casing filled with combustible matter, by means of which a charge of powder is ignited, as in blasting; — called also fuzee. See Fuze. Fuse hole, the hole in a shell prepared for the reception of the fuse. Farrow.

Fusel
Fu´sel, n. , Fu"sel oil. [G. fusel bad liquor.] (Chem.) A hot acrid oily liquid accompanying many alcoholic liquors (as potato whisky corn whisky etc.) as an undesirable ingredient and consisting of several of the higher alcohols and compound ethers but particularly of amyl alcohol hence specifically applied to amyl alcohol.

Fuselage
Fu´se•lage, n. (Aëronautics) An elongated body or frame of an aëroplane or flying machine; sometimes, erroneously, any kind of frame or body. Many aëroplanes have no fuselage, properly so called. { Fuse, or Fuze plug }.
1. (Ordnance) A plug fitted to the fuse hole of a shell to hold the fuse.
2. A fusible plug that screws into a receptacle, used as a fuse in electric wiring. { Fu´thorcFu´thork }, n. [Written also futharc, futhark.] The Runic alphabet; — so called from the six letters f, u, þ ( th), o (or a), r, c ( =k).
"The letters are called Runes and the alphabet bears the name Futhorc from the first six letters." I. Taylor. The spelling futharc represents most accurately the original values of these six Runic letters.

Fusibility
Fu´si•bil´i•ty, n. [Cf. F. fusibilite.] The quality of being fusible.

Fusible
Fu´si•ble, a. [F. fusible. See Fuse, v. t.] CapabIe of being melted or liquefied. Fusible metal, any alloy of different metals capable of being easily fused, especially an alloy of five parts of bismuth, three of lead, and two of tin, which melts at a temperature below that of boiling water. Ure. — Fusible plug (Steam Boiler), a piece of easily fusible alloy, placed in one of the sheets and intended to melt and blow off the steam in case of low water.

Fusil
Fu´sil, a. [L. fusilis molten, fluid, fr. fundere, fusum, to pour, cast. See Fuse, v. t.]
1. Capable of being melted or rendered fluid by heat; fusible. [R.] "A kind of fusil marble" Woodward.
2. Running or flowing, as a liquid. [R.] "A fusil sea." J. Philips.
3. Formed by melting and pouring into a mold; cast; founded. [Obs.] Milton.

Fusil
Fu´sil, n. [F. fusil, LL. fosile a steel for kindling fire, from L. focus hearth, fireplace, in LL. fire. See Focus, and cf. Fusee a firelock.] A light kind of flintlock musket, formerly in use.

Fusil
Fu´sil, n. [See 3d Fusee.] (Her.) A bearing of a rhomboidal figure; — named from its shape, which resembles that of a spindle. It differs from a lozenge in being longer in proportion to its width.

Fuss, n. [Cf. Fusome.]
1. A tumult; a bustle; unnecessary or annoying ado about trifles. Byron.
"Zealously, assiduously, and with a minimum of fuss or noise" Carlyle.
2. One who is unduly anxious about trifles. [R.]
"I am a fuss and I don’t deny it." W. D. Howell.

Fuss, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Fussed p. pr. & vb. n. Fussing.] To be overbusy or unduly anxious about trifles; to make a bustle or ado. Sir W. Scott.

Fussiness
Fuss´i•ness, n. The quality of being fussy.

Fussy
Fuss´y, a. [ Compar. Fussier superl Fussiest.] Making a fuss; disposed to make an unnecessary ado about trifles; overnice; fidgety.
"Not at all fussy about his personal appearance." R. G. White.

Fusted
Fust´ed, a. Moldy; ill- smelling. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Fusteric
Fus´ter•ic, n. The coloring matter of fustet. Ure.

Fustet
Fus´tet, n. [F. fustet (cf. Sp. & Pg. fustete), LL. fustetus, fr. L. fustis stick, in LL., tree, See 1st Fust, and cf. Fustic.] The wood of the Rhus Cotinus or Venice sumach, a shrub of Southern Europe, which yields a fine orange color, which, however, is not durable without a mordant. Ure.

Fustianist
Fus´tian•ist, n. A writer of fustian. [R.] Milton.

Fustic
Fus´tic, n. [F. fustoc, Sp. fustoc. Cf. Fustet.] The wood of the Maclura tinctoria, a tree growing in the West Indies, used in dyeing yellow; — called also old fustic. [Written also fustoc.] Other kinds of yellow wood are often called fustic; as that of species of Xanthoxylum, and especially the Rhus Cotinus, which is sometimes called young fustic to distinguish it from the Maclura. See Fustet.

Fustilarian
Fus´ti•la´ri•an, n. [From Fusty.] A low fellow; a stinkard; a scoundrel. [Obs.] Shak. { Fus´ti•lug•, Fus´ti•lugs• }, n. [ Fusty + lug something heavy, to be drawn or carried.] A gross, fat, unwieldy person. [Obs.] F. Junius.

Fusty, a. [ Compar. Fustier (#); superl Fustiest.] [See 2d Fust.]
1. Moldy; musty; ill-smelling; rank. "A fusty nut." "Fusty plebeians." Shak.
2. Moping. [Archaic]
"A melancholy, fusty humor." Pepys.

Futile
Fu´tile ( 277), a. [L. futilis that easily pours out, that easily lets loose, vain, worthless, from the root of fundere to pour out: cf. F. futile. See Fuse, v. t.]
1. Talkative; loquacious; tattling. [Obs.]
"Talkers and futile persons." Bacon.
2. Of no importance; answering no useful end; useless; vain; worthless. "Futile theories." I. Taylor.
"His reasoning … was singularly futile." Macaulay.

Futility
Fu´til•i•ty, n. [L. futilitas: cf. F. futilite.]
1. The quality of being talkative; talkativeness; loquaciousness; loquacity. [Obs.]
2. The quality of producing no valuable effect, or of coming to nothing; uselessness.
"The futility of this mode of philosophizing." Whewell.

Futilous
Fu´til•ous, a. Futile; trifling. [Obs.]

Futtock
Fu´ttock, n. [Prob. corrupted fr. foothook.] (Naut.) One of the crooked timbers which are scarfed together to form the lower part of the compound rib of a vessel; one of the crooked transverse timbers passing across and over the keel. Futtock plates (Naut.), plates of iron to which the dead-eyes of the topmast rigging are secured. — Futtock shrouds, short iron shrouds leading from the upper part of the lower mast or of the main shrouds to the edge of the top, or through it, and connecting the topmast rigging with the lower mast. Totten.

Futurable
Fu´tur•a•ble ( 135), a. Capable of being future; possible to occur. [R.]
"Not only to things future, but futurable." Fuller.

Future
Fu´ture ( 135), a. [F. futur, L. futurus, used as fut. p. of esse to be, but from the same root as E. be. See Be, v. i.] That is to be or come hereafter; that will exist at any time after the present; as the next moment is future, to the present. Future tense (Gram.), the tense or modification of a verb which expresses a future act or event.

Future
Fu´ture, n. [Cf. F. futur. See Future, a. ]
1. Time to come; time subsequent to the present (as the future shall be as the present); collectively, events that are to happen in time to come. "Lay the future open." Shak.
2. The possibilities of the future; — used especially of prospective success or advancement; as he had great future before him.
3. (Gram.) A future tense. To deal in futures, to speculate on the future values of merchandise or stocks. [Brokers’ cant]

Futurely
Fu´ture•ly, adv. In time to come. [Obs.] Raleigh.

Futurism
Fu´tur•ism, n. (Painting) A movement or phase of post-impressionism (which see, below). G.

Futurist
Fu´tur•ist, n.
1. One whose chief interests are in what is to come; one who anxiously, eagerly, or confidently looks forward to the future; an expectant.
2. (Theol.) One who believes or maintains that the fulfillment of the prophecies of the Bible is to be in the future.

Futuritial
Fu•tu•ri´tial ( 135), a. Relating to what is to come; pertaining to futurity; future. [R.]

Futurition
Fu•tu•ri´tion, n. [Cf. F. futurition.] The state of being future; futurity. [R.]
"Nothing … can have this imagined futurition, but as it is decreed." Coleridge.

Futurity
Fu•tu´ri•ty, n. ; pl. Futurities .
1. State of being that is yet to come; future state.
2. Future time; time to come; the future.
3. Event to come; a future event.
"All futurities are naked before the All-seeing Eye." South.

Fuze, n. A tube, filled with combustible matter, for exploding a shell, etc. See Fuse, n. Chemical fuze, a fuze in which substances separated until required for action are then brought into contact, and uniting chemically, produce explosion. — Concussion fuze, a fuze ignited by the striking of the projectile. — Electric fuze, a fuze which is ignited by heat or a spark produced by an electric current. - - Friction fuze, a fuze which is ignited by the heat evolved by friction. — Percussion fuze, a fuze in which the ignition is produced by a blow on some fulminating compound. — Time fuze, a fuze adapted, either by its length or by the character of its composition, to burn a certain time before producing an explosion.

Fuzzle
Fuz´zle, v. t. [Cf. LG. fuseln to drink common liquor, fr. fusel bad liquor.] To make drunk; to intoxicate; to fuddle. [Obs.] Burton.

Fuzzy
Fuzz´y, a. [See Fuzz, n. ]
1. Not firmly woven; that ravels. [Written also fozy.] [Prov. Eng.]
2. Furnished with fuzz; having fuzz; like fuzz; as the fuzzy skin of a peach.