Emily Dickinson Lexicon

fuschzia (-'s), n. [var. of fuchsia.]

Pink or purple colored flower or a primrose variety.

fuse, n. [L. fusus, spindle.]

Small pipe filled with combustible matter by which fire is communicated to the powder in the bomb; but as the matter burns slowly, time is given before the charge takes fire for the bomb to reach its destination.

fuse, v. [L. fus-, pour, melt.]

Blend; come together and increase in size.

Fustian, adj. [L. fustas, wooden stick, club < Gk, 'wood-linen or cotton'.]

Thick cotton fabric; material from El Fustat, a suburb of Cairo, Egypt; [fig.] rough; coarse; plain; common; heavy; of ordinary people.

futile, adj. [Fr.]

Pointless; worthless; ineffective; unsuccessful; of no importance.

future, adj. [OFr.]

That will be; that will come; that succeeds the present.

future (-s), n. [Fr. < L. futurus, from esse, to be.]

1. Existence or time to come, personified.
2. State of being or existence to come; time succeeding the present.

fuzz, n. [perhaps imitative of the action of blowing away light particles.]

1. Blur; haze; cloud which obstructs one's vision.
2. Small particles, such as pollen.

fuzzy, adj. [see fuzz, n.]

Having a soft, irregular texture; made up of many small, usually soft particles; hairy.