Part 4623

<blockquote>I am too <b>fuddled</b> to take care to observe your orders. <i>Steele.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fuddle</h1> <Xpage=601>

<hw>Fud"dle</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To drink to excess.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<h1>Fuddler</h1> <Xpage=601>

<hw>Fud"dler</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A drunkard.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<i>Baxter.</i>

<h1>Fudge</h1> <Xpage=601>

<hw>Fudge</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Prov. F. <ets>fuche</ets>, <ets>feuche</ets>, an interj. of contempt.]</ety> <def>A made-up story; stuff; nonsense; humbug; -- often an exclamation of contempt.</def>

<h1>Fudge</h1> <Xpage=601>

<hw>Fudge</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Fudged</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Fudging</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To make up; to devise; to contrive; to fabricate.</def>

<blockquote><b>Fudged</b> up into such a smirkish liveliness. <i>N. Fairfax.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To foist; to interpolate.</def>

<blockquote>That last "suppose" is <b>fudged</b> in. <i>Foote</i></blockquote>.

<h1>Fudge wheel</h1> <Xpage=601>

<hw>Fudge" wheel"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Shoemaking)</fld> <def>A tool for ornamenting the edge of a sole.</def>

<h1>Fuegian</h1> <Xpage=601>

<hw>Fu*e"gi*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to Terra del Fuego.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>A native of Terra del Fuego.</def></def2>

<h1>Fuel</h1> <Xpage=601>

<hw>Fu"el</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>fouail</ets>, <ets>fuail</ets>, or <ets>fouaille</ets>, <ets>fuaille</ets>, LL. <ets>focalium</ets>, <ets>focale</ets>, fr. L. <ets>focus</ets> hearth, fireplace, in LL., fire. See <er>Focus</er>.]</ety> <altsp>[Formerly written also <asp>fewel.</asp>]</altsp> <p><b>1.</b> Any matter used to produce heat by burning; that which feeds fire; combustible matter used for fires, as wood, coal, peat, etc.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Anything that serves to feed or increase passion or excitement.</def>

<cs><col>Artificial fuel</col>, <cd>fuel consisting of small particles, as coal dust, sawdust, etc., consolidated into lumps or blocks.</cd></cs>

<h1>Fael</h1> <Xpage=601>

<hw>Fa"el</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To feed with fuel.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Never, alas I the dreadful name, That <b>fuels</b> the infernal flame. <i>Cowley.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To store or furnish with fuel or firing.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Well watered and well <b>fueled</b>. <i>Sir H. Wotton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fueler</h1> <Xpage=601>

<hw>Fu"el*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, supplies fuel.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> <altsp>[Written also <asp>fueller</asp>.]</altsp>