Part 4659

<blockquote>The universal <b>fusion</b> of races, languages, and customs . . . had produced a corresponding <b>fusion</b> of creeds. <i>C. Kingsley.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Watery fusion</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <cd>the melting of certain crystals by heat in their own water of crystallization.</cd></cs>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>The union, or binding together, of adjacent parts or tissues.</def>

<h1>Fusome</h1> <Xpage=605>

<hw>Fu"some</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>f<?/san</ets> to hasten, fr. <ets>f<?/s</ets> ready, prompt, quick; akin to OS. <ets>f<?/s</ets>, OHG. <ets>funs</ets>, Icel. <ets>fuss</ets> willing; prob. from the root of E. <ets>find</ets>.]</ety> <def>Handy; reat; handsome; notable.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<h1>Fuss</h1> <Xpage=605>

<hw>Fuss</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Fusome</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A tumult; a bustle; unnecessary or annoying ado about trifles.</def>

<i>Byron.</i>

<blockquote>Zealously, assiduously, and with a minimum of <b>fuss</b> or noise <i>Carlyle.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who is unduly anxious about trifles.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>I am a <b>fuss</b> and I don't deny it. <i>W. D. Howell.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fuss</h1> <Xpage=605>

<hw>Fuss</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Fussed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Fussing</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To be overbusy or unduly anxious about trifles; to make a bustle or ado.</def>

<i>Sir W. Scott.</i>

<h1>Fussily</h1> <Xpage=605>

<hw>Fuss"i*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a fussy manner.</def>

<i>Byron.</i>

<h1>Fussiness</h1> <Xpage=605>

<hw>Fuss"i*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being fussy.</def>

<h1>Fussy</h1> <Xpage=605>

<hw>Fuss"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Fussier</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl</tt> <er>Fussiest</er>.]</wordforms> <def>Making a fuss; disposed to make an unnecessary ado about trifles; overnice; fidgety.</def>

<blockquote>Not at all <b>fussy</b> about his personal appearance. <i>R. G. White.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fast</h1> <Xpage=605>

<hw>Fast</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>fust</ets>, F. <ets>f<?/t</ets>, fr. L. <ets>fustis</ets> stick staff.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>The shaft of a column, or trunk of pilaster.</def>

<i>Gwilt.</i>

<h1>Fust</h1> <Xpage=605>

<hw>Fust</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>fust</ets> cask, F. <ets>f<?/t</ets> cask, taste or smell of the caak, <ets>fustiness</ets>, cf. sentir le <ets>f<?/t</ets> to taste of the cask. See <er>1st Fust</er>.]</ety> <def>A strong, musty smell; mustiness.</def>