Defn: bounding in, or overgrown with, furze; characterized by furze.
Gay.
FUSAIN Fu"sain", n. Etym: [F., the spindle tree; also, charcoal made from it.] (Eine Arts) (a) Fine charcoal of willow wood, used as a drawing implement. (b) A drawing made with it. See Charcoal, n. 2, and Charcoal drawing, under Charcoal.
FUSAROLE Fu"sa*role, n. Etym: [F. fusarolle, fr. It. fusaruolo, fr. fuso spindle, shaft of a column. See Fusee a conical wheel.] (Arch.)
Defn: A molding generally placed under the echinus or quarter round of capitals in the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian orders of architecture.
FUSCATION Fus*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. fuscare, fuscatum, to make dark, fr. fuscus dark.]
Defn: A darkening; obscurity; obfuscation. [R.] Blount.
FUSCIN
Fus"cin, n. Etym: [L. fuscus dark-colored, tawny.] (Physiol. Chem.)
Defn: A brown, nitrogenous pigment contained in the retinal epithelium; a variety of melanin.
FUSCINE
Fus"cine, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A dark-colored substance obtained from empyreumatic animal oil.
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