Chapter 642

2. One who is unduly anxious about trifles. [R.]

I am a fuss and I don't deny it. W. D. Howell.

Fuss <Xpage=605>

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.

Fussily <Xpage=605>

Fuss"i*ly (?) , adv. In a fussy manner.

Byron.

Fussiness <Xpage=605>

Fuss"i*ness , n. The quality of being fussy.

Fussy <Xpage=605>

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.

Fast <Xpage=605>

Fast (?) , n. [OF. fust , F. f<?/t , fr. L. fustis stick staff.] (Arch.) The shaft of a column, or trunk of pilaster.

Gwilt.

Fust <Xpage=605>

Fust , n. [OF. fust cask, F. f<?/t cask, taste or smell of the caak, fustiness , cf. sentir le f<?/t to taste of the cask. See 1st Fust .] A strong, musty smell; mustiness.

Fust <Xpage=605>

Fust , v. i. To become moldy; to smell ill. [Obs.]

Fusted <Xpage=605>

Fust"ed , a. Moldy; ill-smelling. [Obs.]

Bp. Hall.

Fusteric <Xpage=605>

Fus"ter*ic (?) , n. The coloring matter of fustet.

Ure.

Fustet <Xpage=605>

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 Cptinus or Venice sumach, a shrub of Southern Europe, which yields a fine orange color, which, however, is not durable without a mordant.

Ure.

Fustian <Xpage=605>

Fus"tian (?) , n. [OE. fustan , fustian , OF. fustaine , F. futaine , It. fustagno , fr. LL. fustaneum , fustanum ; cf. Pr. fustani , Sp. fustan . So called from Fust\'bet , i. e., Cairo, where it was made.] 1. A kind of coarse twilled cotton or cotton and linen stuff, including corduroy, velveteen, etc.

2. An inflated style of writing; a kind of writing in which high-sounding words are used,' above the dignity of the thoughts or subject; bombast.

Claudius . . . has run his description into the most wretched fustian . Addison.

Fustian <Xpage=605>

Fus"tian , a. 1. Made of fustian.

2. Pompous; ridiculously tumid; inflated; bombastic; as, fustian history .

Walpole.

Fustianist <Xpage=605>

Fus"tian*ist , n. A writer of fustian. [R.]

Milton.

Fustic <Xpage=605>

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 .]

&hand; 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 .

Fustigate <Xpage=605>

Fus"ti*gate (?) , v. t. [L. fustigare , fr. fustis stick. See 1st Fust .] To cudgel. [R.]

Bailey.

Fustigation <Xpage=605>

Fus"ti*ga"tion (?) , n. [Cf. F. fustigation .] A punishment by beating with a stick or club; cudgeling.

This satire, composed of actual fustigation . Motley.

Fastilarian <Xpage=605>

Fas"ti*la"ri*an (?) , n. [From Fusty .] A low fellow; a stinkard; a scoundrel. [Obs.]

Shak.

Fustilug </, Fustilugs <Xpage=605>

Fus"ti*lug` (<?/) , Fus"ti*lugs` (?) , n. [ Fusty + lug someting heavy, to be drawn or carried.] A gross, fat, unwieldy person. [Obs.]

F. Junius.

Fusiness <Xpage=605>

Fus"i*ness (?) , n. A fusty state or quality; moldiness; mustiness; an ill smell from moldiness.

Fusty <Xpage=605>

Fusty (?) , a. [ Compar . Fustier (#) ; superl Fustiest .] [See 2d Fust .] 1. Moldy; musty; ill-smelling; rank. "A fusty plebeians."

Shak.

2. Moping. [Archaic]

A melancholy, fusty humor. Pepys.

Fussure <Xpage=605>

Fus"sure (?) , n. [L. fusura , fr. fundere , fusum . See Fuse , v. t. ] Act of fusing; fusion. [R.]

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Futchel <Xpage=606>

Futch"el (?) , n. The jaws between which the hinder end of a carriage tongue is inserted.

Knight.

Futile <Xpage=606>

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.

Futilely <Xpage=606>

Fu"tile*ly , adv. In a futile manner.

Futility <Xpage=606>

Fu"til`i*ty (?) , n. [L. futilitas : cf. F. futilit\'82 .] 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 <Xpage=606>

Fu"til*ous (?) , a. Futile; trifling. [Obs.]

Futtock <Xpage=606>

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 <Xpage=606>

Fu"tur*a*ble (?; 135) , a. Capable of being future; possible to occur. [R.]

Not only to things future, but futurable . Fuller.

Future <Xpage=606>

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 <Xpage=606>

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]

Futureless <Xpage=606>

Fu"ture*less , a. Without prospect of betterment in the future.

W. D. Howells.

Futurely <Xpage=606>

Fu"ture*ly , adv. In time to come. [Obs.]

Raleigh.

Futurist <Xpage=606>

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 <Xpage=606>

Fu`tu*ri"tial (?; 135) , a. Relating to what is to come; pertaining to futurity; future. [R.]

Futurition <Xpage=606>

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 <Xpage=606>

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 <Xpage=606>

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.

Fuzz <Xpage=606>

Fuzz (?) , v. t. To make drunk. [Obs.]

Wood.

Fuzz <Xpage=606>

Fuzz , n. [Cf. Prov. E. fuzzy that ravels (of silk or cotton), D. voos spongy, fungous, G. faser filament. E. feaze to untwist.] Fine, light particles or fibers; loose, volatile matter.

Fuzz ball , a kind of fungus or mushroom, which, when pressed, bursts and scatters a fine dust; a puffball.

Fuzz <Xpage=606>

Fuzz , v. i. To fly off in minute particles.

Fuzzle <Xpage=606>

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 <Xpage=606>

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 .

-fy <Xpage=606>

-fy (?) . [Through French verbs in -fier , L. -ficare , akin to facere to do, make. See Fact .] A suffix signifying to make , to form into , etc.; as, aceti fy , ampli fy , dandi fy , Frenchi fy , etc .

Fy <Xpage=606>

Fy (?) , interj. [See Fie , interj .] A word which expresses blame, dislike, disapprobation, abhorrence, or contempt. See Fie .

Fyke <Xpage=606>

Fyke (?) , n. [D. fuik a bow net.] A long bag net distended by hoops, into which fish can pass easily, without being able to return; -- called also fyke net .

Cozzens.

Fyllot <Xpage=606>

Fyl"lot (?) , n. [Prov. fr. AS. fy<?/erf<?/te , fierf<?/te , fe\'a2werf<?/te . See Four , and Foot , n.] A rebated cross, formerly used as a secret emblem, and a common ornament. It is also called gammadion , and swastika . <-- Illustr. of two types of fyllot. -->

Fyrd, Fyrdung <Xpage=606>

Fyrd (?) , Fyr"dung (<?/) , n. [AS.; akin to E. fare , v. i. ] (Old. Eng. Hist.) The military force of the whole nation, consisting of all men able to bear arms.

The national fyrd or militia. J. R. Green.

Fytte <Xpage=606>

Fytte (?) , n. See Fit a song. [Archaic]

G.

G <Xpage=606>

G (?) 1. G is the seventh letter of the English alphabet, and a vocal consonant. It has two sounds; one simple, as in gave , go , gull ; the other compound (like that of j ), as in gem , gin , dingy . See Guide to Pronunciation , &sect;&sect; 231-6, 155, 176, 178, 179, 196, 211, 246.

The form of G is from the Latin, in the alphabet which it first appeared as a modified form of C. The name is also from the Latin, and probably comes to us through the French. Etymologically it is most closely related to a c hard, k y , and w ; as in c orn, g rain, k ernel; k in L. g enus, Gr. <?/; E. g arden, y ard; dra g , dra w ; also to ch and h ; as in g et, pre h ensile; g uest, h ost (an army); g all, ch oler; g ust, ch oose. See C .

2. (Mus.) G is the name of the fifth tone of the natural or model scale; -- called also sol by the Italians and French. It was also originally used as the treble clef, and has gradually changed into the character represented in the margin. See Clef . G&sharp; (G sharp) is a tone intermediate between G and A.

Gab <Xpage=606>

Gab (?) , n. [Cf. Gaff .] (Steam Engine) The hook on the end of an eccentric rod opposite the strap. See. Illust . of Eccentric .

Gab <Xpage=606>

Gab , n. [OE. gabbe gabble, mocking, fr. Icel. gabb mocking, mockery, or OF. gab , gabe ; perh. akin to E. gape , or gob . Cf. Gab , v. i. , Gibber .] The mouth; hence, idle prate; chatter; unmeaning talk; loquaciousness. [Colloq.]

Gift of gab , facility of expression. [Colloq.]

Gab <Xpage=606>

Gab , v. i. [OE. gabben to jest, lie, mock, deceive, fr. Icel. gabba to mock, or OF. gaber . See 2d Gab , and cf. Gabble .] 1. To deceive; to lie. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

2. To talk idly; to prate; to chatter.

Holinshed.

Gabarage <Xpage=606>

Gab"ar*age (?) , n. A kind of coarse cloth for packing goods. [Obs.]

Gabardine, Gaberdine <Xpage=606>

Gab`ar*dine" , Gab`er*dine" (<?/) , n. [Sp. gabardina ; cf. It. gavardina , OF. galvardine , calvardine , gavardine , galeverdine ; perh. akin to Sp. & OF. gaban a sort of cloak or coat for rainy weather, F. caban great coat with a hood and sleeves, It. gabbano and perh. to E. cabin .] A coarse frock or loose upper garment formerly worn by Jews; a mean dress.

Shak.

Gabber <Xpage=606>

Gab"ber (?) , n. 1. A liar; a deceiver. [Obs.]

2. One addicted to idle talk.

Gabble <Xpage=606>

Gab"ble (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Gabbled (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Gabbling (?) .] [Freq. of gab . See Gab , v. i. ] 1. To talk fast, or to talk without meaning; to prate; to jabber.

Shak.

2. To utter inarticulate sounds with rapidity; as, gabbling fowls .

Dryden.

Gabble <Xpage=606>

Gab"ble , n. 1. Loud or rapid talk without meaning.

Forthwith a hideous gabble rises loud Among the builders. Milton.

2. Inarticulate sounds rapidly uttered; as of fowls.

Gabbier <Xpage=606>

Gab"bier (?) , n. One who gabbles; a prater.

Gabbro <Xpage=606>

Gab"bro (?) , n. [It.] (Geol.) A name originally given by the Italians to a kind of serpentine, later to the rock called euphotide, and now generally used for a coarsely crystalline, igneous rock consisting of lamellar pyroxene (diallage) and labradorite, with sometimes chrysolite (olivine gabbro).

Gabel <Xpage=606>

Ga"bel (?) , n. [F. gabelle , LL. gabella , gabulum , gablum ; of uncertain origin. Cf. Gavel tribute.] (O. Eng. Law) A rent, service, tribute, custom, tax, impost, or duty; an excise.

Burrill.

He enables St. Peter to pay his gabel by the ministry of a fish. Jer. Taylor.

Gabeler <Xpage=606>

Ga"bel*er (?) , n. (O. Eng. Law) A collector of gabels or taxes.

Gabelle <Xpage=606>

Ga`belle" (?) , n. [F. See Gabel .] A tax, especially on salt. [France]

Brande & C.

Gabelleman <Xpage=606>

Ga*belle"man (?) , n. A gabeler.

Carlyle.

Gaberdine <Xpage=606>

Gab`er*dine" (?) , n. See Gabardine .

Gaber-lunzie <Xpage=606>

Gab"er-lun`zie (?) , n. [Gael. gabair talker + lunndair idler.] A beggar with a wallet; a licensed beggar. [Scot.]

Sir W. Scott.

Gabert <Xpage=606>

Gab"ert (?) , n. [Cf.F. gabare , Arm. kobar , gobar .] A lighter, or vessel for inland navigation. [Scot.]

Jamieson.

Gabion <Xpage=606>

Ga"bi*on (?) , n. [F., from It. gabbione a large cage, gabion, from gabbia cage, L. cavea . See Cage .] 1. (Fort.) A hollow cylinder of wickerwork, like a basket without a bottom. Gabions are made of various sizes, and filled with earth in building fieldworks to shelter men from an enemy's fire.

2. (Hydraul. Engin.) An openwork frame, as of poles, filled with stones and sunk, to assist in forming a bar dyke, etc., as in harbor improvement.

Gabionade <Xpage=606>

Ga`bi*on*ade" (?) , n. [F. gabionnade .] 1. (Fort.) A traverse made with gabions between guns or on their flanks, protecting them from enfilading fire.

2. A structure of gabions sunk in lines, as a core for a sand bar in harbor improvements.

Gabionage <Xpage=606>

Ga"bi*on*age (?) , n. [F. gabionnage .] (Mil.) The part of a fortification built of gabions.

Gabioned <Xpage=606>

Ga"bi*oned (?) , p. a. Furnished with gabions.

Gabionnade <Xpage=606>

Ga`bion`nade" (?) , n. See Gabionade .

Gable <Xpage=606>

Ga"ble (?) , n. A cable. [Archaic]

Chapman.

Gable <Xpage=606>