Part 4625

<hw>Fugh</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>interj.</tt> <def>An exclamation of disgust; foh; faugh.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Fughetta</h1> <Xpage=601>

<hw>Fu*ghet"ta</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>a short, condensed fugue.</def>

<i>Grove.</i>

<h1>Fugitive</h1> <Xpage=601>

<hw>Fu"gi*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>fugitif</ets>, F. <ets>fugitif</ets>, fr. L. <ets>fugitivus</ets>, fr. <ets>fugere</ets> to flee. See <er>Bow</er> to bend, and cf. <er>Feverfew</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Fleeing from pursuit, danger, restraint, etc., escaping, from service, duty etc.; <as>as, a <ex>fugitive</ex> solder; a <ex>fugitive</ex> slave; <ex>a fugitive</ex> debtor.</as></def>

<blockquote>The <b>fugitive</b> Parthians follow. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Can a <b>fugitive</b> daughter enjoy herself while her parents are in tear? <i>Richardson</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A libellous pamphlet of a fugitive physician. <i>Sir H. Wotton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Not fixed; not durable; liable to disappear or fall away; volatile; uncertain; evanescent; liable to fade; -- applied to material and immaterial things; <as>as, <ex>fugitive</ex> colors; a <ex>fugitive</ex> idea.</as></def>

<blockquote>The me more tender and fugitive parts, the leaves . . . of vegatables. <i>Woodward.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Fugitive compositions</col>, <cd>Such as are short and occasional, and so published that they quickly escape notice.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Fleeting; unstable; wandering; uncertain; volatile; fugacious; fleeing; evanescent.</syn>

<h1>Fugitive</h1> <Xpage=601>

<hw>Fu"gi*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who flees from pursuit, danger, restraint, service, duty, etc.; a deserter; <as>as, a <ex>fugitive</ex> from justice</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Something hard to be caught or detained.</def>

<blockquote>Or Catch that airy <b>fugitive</b> called wit. <i>Harte.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Fugitive from justice</col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>one who, having committed a crime in one jurisdiction, flees or escapes into another to avoid punishment.</cd></cs>

<h1>Fugitively</h1> <Xpage=601>

<hw>Fu"gi*tive*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a fugitive manner.</def>

<h1>Fugitiveness</h1> <Xpage=601>

<hw>Fu"gi*tive*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or condition of being fugitive; evanescence; volatility; fugacity; instability.</def>

<h1>Fugle</h1> <Xpage=601>

<hw>Fu"gle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To maneuver; to move hither and thither.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<blockquote>Wooden arms with elbow joints jerking and <b>fugling</b> in the air. <i>Carlyle.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fugleman</h1> <Xpage=601>

<hw>Fu"gle*man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Fuglemen</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[G. <ets>fl\'81gelmann</ets> file leader; <ets>fl\'81gel</ets> wing (akin to E. fly) + <ets>mann</ets> man. Cf. <er>Flugrelman</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>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.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>flugelman</asp>.]</altsp>