Definition of fust

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Fust (v. i.) To become moldy; to smell ill.

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Fustian :: Fustian (n.) 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..
Fustigate :: Fustigate (v. t.) To cudgel.
Fust :: Fust (n.) A strong, musty smell; mustiness..
Bombastry :: Bombastry (n.) Swelling words without much meaning; bombastic language; fustian.
Fustilug :: Fustilug (n.) Alt. of Fustilug.
Beaverteen :: Beaverteen (n.) A kind of fustian made of coarse twilled cotton, shorn after dyeing..
Fustilugs :: Fustilugs (n.) A gross, fat, unwieldy person..
Swanskin :: Swans-down (n.) A fine, soft, thick cloth of wool mixed with silk or cotton; a sort of twilled fustian, like moleskin..
Morintannic :: Morintannic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a variety of tannic acid extracted from fustic (Maclura, formerly Morus, tinctoria) as a yellow crystalline substance; -- called also maclurin..
Fustigation :: Fustigation (n.) A punishment by beating with a stick or club; cudgeling.
Fusty :: Fusty (superl) Moldy; musty; ill-smelling; rank.
Fustianist :: Fustianist (n.) A writer of fustian.
Bombast :: Bombast (n.) Fig.: High-sounding words; an inflated style; language above the dignity of the occasion; fustian.
Moleskin :: Moleskin (n.) Any fabric having a thick soft shag, like the fur of a mole; esp., a kind of strong twilled fustian..
Moric :: Moric (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, fustic (see Morin); as, moric acid..
Fustic :: Fustic (n.) The wood of the Maclura tinctoria, a tree growing in the West Indies, used in dyeing yellow; -- called also old fustic..
Zantewood :: Zantewood (n.) A yellow dyewood; fustet; -- called also zante, and zante fustic. See Fustet, and the Note under Fustic..
Fustian :: Fustian (a.) Made of fustian.
Fusteric :: Fusteric (n.) The coloring matter of fustet.
Fusiness :: Fusiness (n.) A fusty state or quality; moldiness; mustiness; an ill smell from moldiness.
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