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<h1>Fustigation</h1> <Xpage=605>

<hw>Fus"ti*ga"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>fustigation</ets>.]</ety> <def>A punishment by beating with a stick or club; cudgeling.</def>

<blockquote>This satire, composed of actual <b>fustigation</b>. <i>Motley.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fastilarian</h1> <Xpage=605>

<hw>Fas"ti*la"ri*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Fusty</er>.]</ety> <def>A low fellow; a stinkard; a scoundrel.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Fustilug </, Fustilugs</h1> <Xpage=605>

<hw><hw>Fus"ti*lug`</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <hw>Fus"ti*lugs`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Fusty</ets> + <ets>lug</ets> someting heavy, to be drawn or carried.]</ety> <def>A gross, fat, unwieldy person.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>F. Junius.</i>

<h1>Fusiness</h1> <Xpage=605>

<hw>Fus"i*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A fusty state or quality; moldiness; mustiness; an ill smell from moldiness.</def>

<h1>Fusty</h1> <Xpage=605>

<hw>Fusty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar</tt>. <er>Fustier</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>superl</tt> <er>Fustiest</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[See <er>2d Fust</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Moldy; musty; ill-smelling; rank.</def> "A <i>fusty</i> plebeians."

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Moping.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<blockquote>A melancholy, <b>fusty</b> humor. <i>Pepys.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fussure</h1> <Xpage=605>

<hw>Fus"sure</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fusura</ets>, fr. <ets>fundere</ets>, <ets>fusum</ets>. See <er>Fuse</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>Act of fusing; fusion.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

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<h1>Futchel</h1> <Xpage=606>

<hw>Futch"el</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The jaws between which the hinder end of a carriage tongue is inserted.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Futile</h1> <Xpage=606>

<hw>Fu"tile</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>futilis</ets> that easily pours out, that easily lets loose, vain, worthless, from the root of <ets>fundere</ets> to pour out: cf. F. <ets>futile</ets>. See <er>Fuse</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Talkative; loquacious; tattling.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Talkers and <b>futile</b> persons. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Of no importance; answering no useful end; useless; vain; worthless.</def> "<i>Futile</i> theories."

<i>I. Taylor.</i>