Fub Fub transitive verb [ The same word as
fob to cheat.]
To put off by trickery; to cheat. [ Obsolete]
I have been fubbed off, and fubbed off, and fabbed off, from this day to that day.
Shak.
Fub, Fubs Fub, Fubs noun [ Confer
Fob a pocket.]
A plump young person or child. [ Obsolete]
Smart.
Fubbery Fub"ber·y noun Cheating; deception. Marston.
Fubby, Fubsy Fub"by, Fub"sy adjective Plump; chubby; short and stuffy; as a fubsy sofa. [ Eng.]
A fubsy , good-humored, silly . . . old maid.
Mme. D'Arblay.
Fucate, Fucated Fu"cate, Fu"ca·ted adjective [ Latin
fucatus , past participle of
fucare to color, paint, from
fucus .]
Painted; disguised with paint, or with false show.
Fuchs Fuchs noun [ G., prop., a fox.]
(German Univ.) A student of the first year.
Fuchsia Fuch"si·a noun ;
plural English
Fuchsias , Latin
Fuchsiæ . [ New Latin Named after Leonard
Fuchs , a German botanist.]
(Botany) A genus of flowering plants having elegant drooping flowers, with four sepals, four petals, eight stamens, and a single pistil. They are natives of Mexico and South America. Double- flowered varieties are now common in cultivation.
Fuchsine Fuch"sine noun [ Named by the French inventor, from
Fuchs a fox, the German equivalent of his own name,
Renard .]
(Chemistry) Aniline red; an artificial coal-tar dyestuff, of a metallic green color superficially, resembling cantharides, but when dissolved forming a brilliant dark red. It consists of a hydrochloride or acetate of rosaniline. See Rosaniline .
Fucivorous Fu·civ"o·rous adjective [
Fucus + Latin
vorare to eat.]
(Zoology) Eating fucus or other seaweeds.
Fucoid Fu"coid adjective [
Fucus +
- oid .]
(Botany) (a) Properly, belonging to an order of alga: ( Fucoideæ ) which are blackish in color, and produce oöspores which are not fertilized until they have escaped from the conceptacle. The common rockweeds and the gulfweed ( Sargassum ) are fucoid in character. (b) In a vague sense, resembling seaweeds, or of the nature of seaweeds.
Fucoid Fu"coid noun (Botany) A plant, whether recent or fossil, which resembles a seaweed. See Fucoid , adjective
Fucoidal Fu·coid"al adjective 1. (Botany) Fucoid. 2. (Geol.) Containing impressions of fossil fucoids or seaweeds; as, fucoidal sandstone.
Fucus Fu"cus noun ;
plural Fuci . [ Latin rock lichen, orchil, used as a red dye, red or purple color, disguise, deceit.]
1. A paint; a dye; also, false show. [ Obsolete]
2. (Botany) A genus of tough, leathery seaweeds, usually of a dull brownish green color; rockweed. » Formerly most marine algæ were called
fuci .
Fucusol Fu"cu·sol noun [
Fucus + Latin
oleum oil.]
(Chemistry) An oily liquid, resembling, and possibly identical with, furfurol, and obtained from fucus, and other seaweeds.
Fud Fud noun [ Of uncertain origin.]
1. The tail of a hare, coney, etc. [ Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Burns. 2. Woolen waste, for mixing with mungo and shoddy.
Fudder Fud"der noun See Fodder , a weight.
Fuddle Fud"dle transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle , Fuddled ;
present participle & verbal noun Fuddling .] [ Perh. formed as a kind of dim. of full. Confer
Fuzzle .]
To make foolish by drink; to cause to become intoxicated. [ Colloq.]
I am too fuddled to take care to observe your orders.
Steele.
Fuddle Fud"dle intransitive verb To drink to excess. [ Colloq.]
Fuddler Fud"dler noun A drunkard. [ Colloq.]
Baxter.
Fudge Fudge noun [ Confer Prov. French
fuche ,
feuche , an interj. of contempt.]
A made-up story; stuff; nonsense; humbug; -- often an exclamation of contempt.
Fudge Fudge transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Fudged ;
present participle & verbal noun Fudging .]
1. To make up; to devise; to contrive; to fabricate; as, he never did the experiment, and merely fudged the data. Fudged up into such a smirkish liveliness.
N. Fairfax. 2. To foist; to interpolate. That last "suppose" is fudged in.
Foote.
Fudge Fudge noun A kind of soft candy composed of sugar or maple sugar, milk, and butter, and often chocolate or nuts, boiled and stirred to a proper consistency.
Fudge wheel Fudge" wheel" (Shoemaking) A tool for ornamenting the edge of a sole.
Fuegian Fu·e"gi·an adjective Of or pertaining to Terra del Fuego. --
noun A native of Terra del Fuego.
Fuel Fu"el noun [ Old French
fouail ,
fuail , or
fouaille ,
fuaille , Late Latin
focalium ,
focale , from Latin
focus hearth, fireplace, in Late Latin , fire. See
Focus .] [ Formerly written also
fewel. ]
1. Any matter used to produce heat by burning; that which feeds fire; combustible matter used for fires, as wood, coal, peat, etc. 2. Anything that serves to feed or increase passion or excitement. Artificial fuel ,
fuel consisting of small particles, as coal dust, sawdust, etc., consolidated into lumps or blocks.
Fuel Fu"el transitive verb 1. To feed with fuel. [ Obsolete]
Never, alas I the dreadful name,
That fuels the infernal flame.
Cowley. 2. To store or furnish with fuel or firing. [ Obsolete]
Well watered and well fueled .
Sir H. Wotton.
Fueler Fu"el·er noun One who, or that which, supplies fuel. [ R.] [ Written also
fueller .]
Donne.
Fuero Fu·e"ro noun [ Spanish , from Latin
forum .]
(Sp. Law) (a) A code; a charter; a grant of privileges. (b) A custom having the force of law. (c) A declaration by a magistrate. (d) A place where justice is administered. (e) The jurisdiction of a tribunal. Burrill.
Fuff Fuff transitive verb & i. [ Of imitative origin. Confer
Puff .]
To puff. [ Prov. Eng. A Local, U. S.]
Halliwel.
Fuffy Fuff"y adjective Light; puffy. [ Prov. Eng. & Local, U. S.]
Fuga Fu"ga noun [ Italian ]
(Mus.) A fugue.
Fugacious Fu·ga"cious adjective [ Latin
fugax ,
fugacis , from
fugere : confer French
fugace . See
Fugitive .]
1. Flying, or disposed to fly; fleeing away; lasting but a short time; volatile. Much of its possessions is so hid, so fugacious, and of so uncertain purchase.
Jer. Taylor. 2. (Biol.) Fleeting; lasting but a short time; -- applied particularly to organs or parts which are short-lived as compared with the life of the individual.
Fugaciousness Fu·ga"cious·ness noun Fugacity. [ Obsolete]
Fugacity Fu·gac"i·ty adjective [ L
fugacitas : confer French
fugacité .]
1. The quality of being fugacious; fugaclousness; volatility; as, fugacity of spirits. Boyle. 2. Uncertainty; instability. Johnson.
Fugacy Fu"ga·cy noun Banishment. [ Obsolete]
Milton.
Fugato Fu·ga"to adjective (Mus.) in the gugue style, but not strictly like a fugue. --
noun A composition resembling a fugue.
Fugh Fugh interj. An exclamation of disgust; foh; faugh. Dryden.
Fughetta Fu·ghet"ta noun [ Italian ]
(Mus.) a short, condensed fugue. Grove.
Fugitive Fu"gi·tive adjective [ Middle English
fugitif , French
fugitif , from Latin
fugitivus , from
fugere to flee. See
Bow to bend, and confer
Feverfew .]
1. Fleeing from pursuit, danger, restraint, etc., escaping, from service, duty etc.; as, a fugitive solder; a fugitive slave; a fugitive debtor. The fugitive Parthians follow.
Shak. Can a fugitive daughter enjoy herself while her parents are in tear?
Richardson A libellous pamphlet of a fugitive physician.
Sir H. Wotton. 2. Not fixed; not durable; liable to disappear or fall away; volatile; uncertain; evanescent; liable to fade; -- applied to material and immaterial things; as, fugitive colors; a fugitive idea. The me more tender and fugitive parts, the leaves . . . of vegatables.
Woodward. Fugitive compositions ,
Such as are short and occasional, and so published that they quickly escape notice. Syn. -- Fleeting; unstable; wandering; uncertain; volatile; fugacious; fleeing; evanescent.
Fugitive Fu"gi·tive noun 1. One who flees from pursuit, danger, restraint, service, duty, etc.; a deserter; as, a fugitive from justice. 2. Something hard to be caught or detained. Or Catch that airy fugitive called wit.
Harte. Fugitive from justice (Law) ,
one who, having committed a crime in one jurisdiction, flees or escapes into another to avoid punishment.
Fugitively Fu"gi·tive·ly adverb In a fugitive manner.
Fugitiveness Fu"gi·tive·ness noun The quality or condition of being fugitive; evanescence; volatility; fugacity; instability.
Fugle Fu"gle intransitive verb To maneuver; to move hither and thither. [ Colloq.]
Wooden arms with elbow joints jerking and fugling in the
air.
Carlyle.
Fugleman Fu"gle·man noun ;
plural Fuglemen . [ German
flügelmann file leader;
flügel wing (akin to E. fly) +
mann man. Confer
Flugrelman .]
1. (Mil.) A soldier especially expert and well drilled, who takes his place in front of a military company, as a guide for the others in their exercises; a file leader. He originally stood in front of the right wing. [ Written also
flugelman .]
2. Hence, one who leads the way. [ Jocose]
Fugue Fugue noun [ French, from Italian
fuga , from Latin
fuga a fleeing, flight, akin to
fugere to fiee. See
Fugitive .]
(Mus.) A polyphonic composition, developed from a given theme or themes, according to strict contrapuntal rules. The theme is first given out by one voice or part, and then, while that pursues its way, it is repeated by another at the interval of a fifth or fourth, and so on, until all the parts have answered one by one, continuing their several melodies and interweaving them in one complex progressive whole, in which the theme is often lost and reappears. All parts of the scheme are eternally chasing each other, like the parts of a fugue .
Jer. Taylor.
Fuguist Fu"guist noun (Mus.) A musician who composes or performs fugues. Busby.
Fulahs, Foolahs Fu"lahs`, Foo"lahs` noun plural ; sing.
Fulah ,
Foolah (Ethnol.) A peculiar African race of uncertain origin, but distinct from the negro tribes, inhabiting an extensive region of Western Soudan. Their color is brown or yellowish bronze. They are Mohammedans. Called also Fellatahs , Foulahs , and Fellani . Fulah is also used adjectively; as, Fulah empire, tribes, language.
Fulbe Ful"be noun (Ethnol.) Same as Fulahs .
Fulcible Ful"ci·ble adjective [ Latin
fulcire to prop.]
Capable of being propped up. [ Obsolete]
Cockeram.
Fulciment Ful"ci·ment noun [ Latin
fulcimentum , from
fulcire to prop.]
A prop; a fulcrum. [ Obsolete]
Bp. Wilkins.
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