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<h1>Fulsome</h1> <Xpage=602>

<hw>Ful"some</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Full</ets>, a. + <ets>-some</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Full; abundant; plenteous; not shriveled.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>His lean, pale, hoar, and withered corpse grew <b>fulsome</b>, fair, and fresh. <i>Golding.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Offending or disgusting by overfullness, excess, or grossness; cloying; gross; nauseous; esp., offensive from excess of praise; <as>as, fulsome flattery</as>.</def>

<blockquote>And lest the <b>fulsome</b> artifice should fail Themselves will hide its coarseness with a veil. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Lustful; wanton; obscene; also, tending to obscenity.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Fulsome ewes."

<i>Shak.</i>

-- <wordforms><wf>Ful"some*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Ful"some*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Fulvid</h1> <Xpage=602>

<hw>Ful"vid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>fulvidus</ets>, fr. L. <ets>fulvus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Fulvous.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Dr. H. More.</i>

<h1>Fulvous</h1> <Xpage=602>

<hw>Ful"vous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fulvus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Tawny; dull yellow, with a mixture of gray and brown.</def>

<i>Lindley.</i>

<h1>Fum</h1> <Xpage=602>

<hw>Fum</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To play upon a fiddle.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Follow me, and <b>fum</b> as you go. <i>B. Jonson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fumacious</h1> <Xpage=602>

<hw>Fu*ma"cious</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From Fume.]</ety> <def>Smoky; hence, fond of smoking; addicted to smoking tobacco.</def>

<mhw><h1>Fumade, Fumado</h1> <Xpage=602>

<hw>Fu*made"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Fu*ma"do</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt></mhw>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Fumades</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <plw>Fumadoes</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[Sp. <ets>fumodo</ets> smoked, p. p. of <ets>fumar</ets> to smoke, fr. L. <ets>fumare</ets>. See <er>Fume</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt>]</ety> <def>A salted and smoked fish, as the pilchard.</def>

<h1>Fumage</h1> <Xpage=602>

<hw>Fu"mage</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>fumage</ets>, <ets>fumaige</ets>, fr. L. <ets>fumus</ets> smoke.]</ety> <def>Hearth money.</def>

<blockquote><b>Fumage</b>, or fuage, vulgarly called smoke farthings. <i>Blackstone.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fumarate</h1> <Xpage=602>

<hw>Fu"ma*rate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A salt of fumaric acid.</def>

<h1>Fumaric</h1> <Xpage=602>

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