FUST

Etymology 1

Noun

fust (plural fusts)

A strong musty smell; mustiness.

(architecture) The shaft (main body) of a column.

Verb

fust (third-person singular simple present fusts, present participle fusting, simple past and past participle fusted)

(intransitive, obsolete) To turn mouldy, to decay.

(intransitive) Of wine: to acquire an undesirable musty or woody taste from the cask in which it is stored.

Etymology 2

Noun

fust (plural fusts)

(watercraft, historical) A type of small galley.

Etymology 3

Adjective

fust (not comparable)

Nonstandard form of first.

Adverb

fust (not comparable)

Nonstandard form of first.

Anagrams

• STFU, UTFs

Source: Wiktionary


Fust, n. Etym: [OF. fust, F. f, fr. L. fustis stick staff.] (Arch.)

Definition: The shaft of a column, or trunk of pilaster. Gwilt.

Fust, n. Etym: [OF. fust cask, F. f cask, taste or smell of the caak, fustiness, cf. sentir le f to taste of the cask. See 1st Fust.]

Definition: A strong, musty smell; mustiness.

Fust, v. i.

Definition: To become moldy; to smell ill. [Obs.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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