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

<hw>Fust</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To become moldy; to smell ill.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Fusted</h1> <Xpage=605>

<hw>Fust"ed</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Moldy; ill-smelling.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Fusteric</h1> <Xpage=605>

<hw>Fus"ter*ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The coloring matter of fustet.</def>

<i>Ure.</i>

<h1>Fustet</h1> <Xpage=605>

<hw>Fus"tet</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>fustet</ets> (cf. Sp. & Pg. <ets>fustete</ets>), LL. <ets>fustetus</ets>, fr. L. <ets>fustis</ets> stick, in LL., tree, See <er>1st Fust</er>, and cf. <er>Fustic</er>.]</ety> <def>The wood of the Rhus Cptinus or Venice sumach, a shrub of Southern Europe, which yields a fine orange color, which, however, is not durable without a mordant.</def>

<i>Ure.</i>

<h1>Fustian</h1> <Xpage=605>

<hw>Fus"tian</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>fustan</ets>, <ets>fustian</ets>, OF. <ets>fustaine</ets>, F. <ets>futaine</ets>, It. <ets>fustagno</ets>, fr. LL. <ets>fustaneum</ets>, <ets>fustanum</ets>; cf. Pr. <ets>fustani</ets>, Sp. <ets>fustan</ets>. So called from <ets>Fust\'bet</ets>, i. e., Cairo, where it was made.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A kind of coarse twilled cotton or cotton and linen stuff, including corduroy, velveteen, etc.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An inflated style of writing; a kind of writing in which high-sounding words are used,' above the dignity of the thoughts or subject; bombast.</def>

<blockquote>Claudius . . . has run his description into the most wretched <b>fustian</b>. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fustian</h1> <Xpage=605>

<hw>Fus"tian</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Made of fustian.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Pompous; ridiculously tumid; inflated; bombastic; <as>as, fustian history</as>.</def>

<i>Walpole.</i>

<h1>Fustianist</h1> <Xpage=605>

<hw>Fus"tian*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A writer of fustian.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Fustic</h1> <Xpage=605>

<hw>Fus"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>fustoc</ets>, Sp. <ets>fustoc</ets>. Cf. <er>Fustet</er>.]</ety> <def>The wood of the <spn>Maclura tinctoria</spn>, a tree growing in the West Indies, used in dyeing yellow; -- called also <altname>old fustic</altname>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>fustoc</asp>.]</altsp>

<note>&hand; Other kinds of yellow wood are often called <i>fustic</i>; as that of species of <spn>Xanthoxylum</spn>, and especially the <spn>Rhus Cotinus</spn>, which is sometimes called <i>young</i> fustic to distinguish it from the <spn>Maclura</spn>. See <er>Fustet</er>.</note>

<h1>Fustigate</h1> <Xpage=605>

<hw>Fus"ti*gate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fustigare</ets>, fr. <ets>fustis</ets> stick. See <er>1st Fust</er>.]</ety> <def>To cudgel.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Bailey.</i>