Emily Dickinson Lexicon

FUR'THER, v.t. [Sax. fyrthrian; G. fördern; D. vorderen; Sw. befordra; Dan. befordrer.]

To help forward; to promote; to advance onward; to forward; hence, to help or assist. This binds thee then to further my design. Dryden.

FUR'THER-ANCE, n.

A helping forward; promotion; advancement. I know that I shall abide and continue with you all, for your furtherance and joy of faith. Phil. i.

FUR'THER-ED, pp.

Promoted; advanced.

FUR'THER-ER, n.

One who helps to advance; a promoter.

FUR'THER-ING, ppr.

Promoting; advancing.

FUR'THER-MORE, adv.

Moreover; besides; in addition to what has been said.

FUR'THEST, a. sup.

Most distant either in time or place.

FUR'THEST, adv.

At the greatest distance.

FUR'TIVE, a. [L. furtivus; Fr. furtif; from fur, a thief, furor, to steal.]

Stolen; obtained by theft. Prior.

FUR'TIVE-LY, adv.

Stealthily. Lover.

FU'RUN-CLE, n. [L. furunculus; Fr. furoncle; Sp. hura; from L. furia, furo.]

A superficial inflammatory tumor, deep red, hard, circumscribed, acutely tender to the touch, suppurating with a central core, commonly called a boil.

FUR'-WROUGHT, a. [fur'-raut.]

Made of fur. Gay.

FU'RY, n. [L. furor, furia; Fr. fureur, furie; Sp. furia; from L. furo, to rage; W. fwyraw, to drive. Class Br.]

1. A violent rushing; impetuous motion; as, the fury of the winds.
2. Rage; a storm of anger; madness; turbulence. I do oppose my patience to his fury. Shak.
3. Enthusiasm; heat of the mind. Dryden
4. In mythology, a deity, a goddess of vengeance; hence, a stormy, turbulent, violent woman. Addison.

FU'RY-LIKE, a.

Raging; furious; violent. Thomson.

FURZ, n. [Sax. fyrs; probably W. ferz, thick.]

Gorse; whin; a thorny plant of the genus Ulex. Miller. Fam. of Plants

FURZ'Y, a.

Overgrown with furz; full of gorse. Gay.

FUS-CA'TION, n.

A darkening; obscurity.

FUS'CITE, n.

A mineral of a grayish or greenish black color, found in Norway. Philips.

FUS'COUS, a. [L. fuscus.]

Brown; of a dark color. Ray.

FUSE, v.i.

To be melted; to be reduced from a solid to a fluid state by heat.

FUSE, v.t. [s as z. L. fundo, fusum, to pour out.]

To melt; to liquefy by heat; to render fluid; to dissolve. Chimistry.

FUS-ED, pp.

Melted; liquefied.

FU-SEE', n.¹ [s as z. Fr. fusée, fuseau; It. fuso; Sp. huso; Port. fuso; from L. fusus, a spindle, from fundo, fudi, fusum.]

The cone or conical part of a watch or clock, round which is wound the chain or cord. Encyc. Johnson.

FU-SEE', n.² [s as z. Fr. a squib.]

1. A small neat musket or firelock. But we now use fusil.
2. Fusee or fuse of a bomb or granade, a 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.
3. The track of a buck.

FU'SI-BIL'I-TY, n. [See Fusible.]

The quality of being fusible, or of being convertible from a solid to a fluid state by heat.