Part 4656

<blockquote>Comes the blind <b>Fury</b> with the abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A stormy, turbulent violent woman; a hag; a vixen; a virago; a termagant.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Anger; indignation; resentment; wrath; ire; rage; vehemence; violence; fierceness; turbulence; madness; frenzy. See <er>Anger</er>.</syn>

<h1>Furze</h1> <Xpage=605>

<hw>Furze</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>firs</ets>, As. <ets>fyrs</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A thorny evergreen shrub (<spn>Ulex Europ\'91us</spn>), with beautiful yellow flowers, very common upon the plains and hills of Great Britain; -- called also <altname>gorse</altname>, and <altname>whin</altname>. The dwarf furze is <spn>Ulex nanus</spn>.</def>

<h1>Furzechat</h1> <Xpage=605>

<hw>Furze"chat"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The whinchat; -- called also <altname>furzechuck</altname>.</def>

<h1>Furzeling</h1> <Xpage=605>

<hw>Furze"ling</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An English warbler (<spn>Melizophilus provincialis</spn>); -- called also <altname>furze wren</altname>, and <altname>Dartford warbler</altname>.</def>

<h1>Furzen</h1> <Xpage=605>

<hw>Furz"en</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Furzy; gorsy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Holland.</i>

<h1>Furzy</h1> <Xpage=605>

<hw>Furz"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a. a.</tt><def>bounding in, or overgrown with, furze; characterized by furze.</def>

<i>Gay.</i>

<h1>Fusain</h1> <Xpage=605>

<hw>Fu"sain"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., the spindle tree; also, charcoal made from it.]</ety> <fld>(Eine Arts)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Fine charcoal of willow wood, used as a drawing implement.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A drawing made with it. See <er>Charcoal</er>, <tt>n.</tt> 2, and <cref>Charcoal drawing</cref>, under <er>Charcoal</er>.</def>

<h1>Fusarole</h1> <Xpage=605>

<hw>Fu"sa*role</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>fusarolle</ets>, fr. It. <ets>fusaruolo</ets>, fr. <ets>fuso</ets> spindle, shaft of a column. See <er>Fusee</er> a conical wheel.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A molding generally placed under the echinus or quarter round of capitals in the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian orders of architecture.</def>

<h1>Fuscation</h1> <Xpage=605>

<hw>Fus*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fuscare</ets>, <ets>fuscatum</ets>, to make dark, fr. <ets>fuscus</ets> dark.]</ety> <def>A darkening; obscurity; obfuscation.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Blount.</i>

<h1>Fuscin</h1> <Xpage=605>

<hw>Fus"cin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fuscus</ets> dark-colored, tawny.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>A brown, nitrogenous pigment contained in the retinal epithelium; a variety of melanin.</def>

<h1>Fuscine</h1> <Xpage=605>

<hw>Fus"cine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A dark-colored substance obtained from empyreumatic animal oil.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Fuscous</h1> <Xpage=605>

<hw>Fus"cous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fuscus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Brown or grayish black; darkish.</def>