FURUNCLE — FY NWAD FURUNCLE.1

FURUNCLE, n. [L. furunculus, furia, furo.] NWAD FURUNCLE.1

A small tumor or boil, with inflammation and pain, arising under the skin in the adipose membrane. NWAD FURUNCLE.2

FURY, n. [L. furor, furia, furo, to rage.] NWAD FURY.1

1. A violent rushing; impetuous motion; as the fury of the winds. NWAD FURY.2

2. Rage; a storm of anger; madness; turbulence. NWAD FURY.3

I do oppose my patience to his fury. NWAD FURY.4

3. Enthusiasm; heat of the mind. NWAD FURY.5

4. In mythology, a deity; a goddess of vengeance; hence, a stormy turbulent, violent woman. NWAD FURY.6

FURYLIKE, a. Raging; furious; violent. NWAD FURYLIKE.1

FURZ, n. NWAD FURZ.1

Gorse; whin; a thorny plant of the genus Ulex. NWAD FURZ.2

FURZY, a. Overgrown with furz; full of gorse. NWAD FURZY.1

FUSCITE, n. A mineral of a grayish or greenish black color, found in Norway. NWAD FUSCITE.1

FUSCOUS, a. [L. fuscus.] Brown; of a dark color. NWAD FUSCOUS.1

FUSE, v.t. s as z. [L. fundo, fusum, to pour out.] NWAD FUSE.1

To melt; to liquefy by heat; to render fluid; to dissolve. NWAD FUSE.2

FUSE, v.i. To be melted; to be reduced from a solid to a fluid state by heat. NWAD FUSE.3

FUSED, pp. Melted; liquefied. NWAD FUSED.1

FUSEE, n. s as z. [L. fusus, a spindle, from fundo, fudi, fusum.] NWAD FUSEE.1

The cone or conical part of a watch or clock, round which is wound the chain or cord. NWAD FUSEE.2

FUSEE, n. s as z. NWAD FUSEE.3

1. A small neat musket or firelock. But we now use fusil. NWAD FUSEE.4

2. Fusee or fuse of a bomb or granade, a small pipe filled with combustible matter by which fire is communicated to the powder in the bomb; but as the matter burns slowly, time is given before the charge takes fire, for the bomb to reach its destination. NWAD FUSEE.5

3. The track of a buck. NWAD FUSEE.6

FUSIBILITY, n. [See Fusible.] The quality of being fusible, or of being convertible from a solid to a fluid state by heat. NWAD FUSIBILITY.1

FUSIBLE, a. s as z. [L. fusus, from fundo.] NWAD FUSIBLE.1

That may be melted or liquefied. The earths are found to be fusible. NWAD FUSIBLE.2

FUSIFORM, a. [L. fusus, a spindle, and form.] NWAD FUSIFORM.1

Shaped like a spindle. NWAD FUSIFORM.2

FUSIL, a, s as z. [L. fusilis, from fusus, fundo.] NWAD FUSIL.1

1. Capable of being melted or rendered fluid by heat. NWAD FUSIL.2

2. Running; flowing, as a liquid. NWAD FUSIL.3

FUSIL, n. s as z. [L. fusus, fundo.] NWAD FUSIL.4

1. A light musket or firelock. NWAD FUSIL.5

2. A bearing in heraldry of a rhomboidal figure, named from its shape, which resembles that of a spindle. NWAD FUSIL.6

FUSILEER, n. [from fusil.] Properly, a soldier armed with a fusil; but in modern times, a soldier armed like others of the infantry, and distinguished by wearing a cap like a grenadier, but somewhat shorter. NWAD FUSILEER.1

FUSION, n. s as z. [L. fusio, from fundo, fusum.] NWAD FUSION.1

1. The act or operation of melting or rendering fluid by heat, without the aid of a solvent; as the fusion of ice or of metals. NWAD FUSION.2

2. The state of being melted or dissolved by heat; a state of fluidity or flowing in consequence of heat; as metals in fusion. NWAD FUSION.3

Watery fusion, the melting of certain crystals by heat in their own water of crystallization. NWAD FUSION.4

FUSS, n. [allied perhaps to Gr. to blow or puff.] NWAD FUSS.1

A tumult; a bustle; but the word is vulgar. NWAD FUSS.2

FUST, n. [L. fustis, a staff.] The shaft of a column. NWAD FUST.1

FUST, n. A strong musty smell. NWAD FUST.2

FUST, v.i. To become moldy; to smell ill. NWAD FUST.3

FUSTED, a. Moldy; ill smelling. NWAD FUSTED.1

FUSTET, n. The wood of the Rhus cotinus, which yields a fine orange color. NWAD FUSTET.1

FUSTIAN, n. NWAD FUSTIAN.1

1. A kind of cotton stuff, or stuff of cotton and linen. NWAD FUSTIAN.2

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; a swelling style; bombast. NWAD FUSTIAN.3

Fustian is thoughts and words ill sorted. NWAD FUSTIAN.4

FUSTIAN, a. Made of fustian. NWAD FUSTIAN.5

1. In style, swelling above the dignity of the thoughts or subject; too pompous; ridiculously tumid; bombastic. NWAD FUSTIAN.6

FUSTIANIST, n. One who writes bombast. NWAD FUSTIANIST.1

FUSTIC, n. [L. fustis.] The wood of the Morus tinctoria, a tree growing in the West Indies, imported and used in dyeing yellow. NWAD FUSTIC.1

FUSTIGATION, n. [L. fustigatio, from fustigo, to beat with a cudgel, from fustis, a stick or club.] Among the Ancient Romans, a punishment by beating with a stick or club, inflicted on freemen. NWAD FUSTIGATION.1

FUSTINESS, n. A fusty state or quality; an ill smell from moldiness, or moldiness itself. NWAD FUSTINESS.1

FUSTY, a. [See Fust.] Moldy; musty; ill smelling; rank; rancid. NWAD FUSTY.1

FUTILE, a. [L. futilis, from futio, to pour out; effutio, to prate or babble; Heb. to utter rashly or foolishly.] NWAD FUTILE.1

1. Talkative; loquacious; tattling. NWAD FUTILE.2

2. Trifling; of no weight or importance; answering no valuable purpose; worthless. NWAD FUTILE.3

3. Of no effect. NWAD FUTILE.4

FUTILITY, n. Talkativeness; loquaciousness; loquacity. [In this sense, not now used.] NWAD FUTILITY.1

1. Triflingness; unimportance; want of weight or effect; as, to expose the futility of arguments. NWAD FUTILITY.2

2. The quality of producing no valuable effect, or of coming to nothing; as the futility of measures or schemes. NWAD FUTILITY.3

FUTILOUS, a. Worthless; trifling. [Not used.] NWAD FUTILOUS.1

FUTTOCK, n. [It is more probably corrupted from foot-lock.] NWAD FUTTOCK.1

In a ship, the futtocks are the middle timbers, between the floor and the upper timbers, or the timbers raised over the keel which form the breadth of the ship. NWAD FUTTOCK.2

FUTURE, a. [L. futurus.] That is to be or come hereafter; that will exist at any time after the present, indefinitely. The next moment is future to the present. NWAD FUTURE.1

1. The future tense, in grammar, is the modification of a verb which expresses a future act or event. NWAD FUTURE.2

FUTURE, n. Time to come; a time subsequent to the present; as, the future shall be as the present; in future; for the future. In such phrases, time or season is implied. NWAD FUTURE.3

FUTURELY, adv. In time to come. [Not used.] NWAD FUTURELY.1

FUTURITION, n. The state of being to come or exist hereafter. NWAD FUTURITION.1

FUTURITY, n. Future time; time to come. NWAD FUTURITY.1

1. Event to come. NWAD FUTURITY.2

All futurities are naked before the all-seeing eye. NWAD FUTURITY.3

2. The state of being yet to come, or to come hereafter. NWAD FUTURITY.4

FUZZ, v.i. To fly off in minute particles. NWAD FUZZ.1

FUZZ, n. Fine, light particles; loose, volatile matter. NWAD FUZZ.2

FUZZBALL, n. A kind of fungus or mushroom, which when pressed bursts and scatters a fine dust. NWAD FUZZBALL.1

1. A puff. NWAD FUZZBALL.2

FUZZLE, v.t. To intoxicate. NWAD FUZZLE.1

FY, exclam. A word which expresses blame, dislike, disapprobation, abhorrence or contempt. NWAD FY.1

Fy, my lord, fy! a solider, and afraid! NWAD FY.2