Fruitage to Fuel
Fruitage
(Fruit"age) n. [F. fruitage.]
1. Fruit, collectively; fruit, in general; fruitery.
The trees . . . ambrosial fruitage bear.
Milton. 2. Product or result of any action; effect, good or ill.
Fruiter
(Fruit"er) a. A ship for carrying fruit.
Fruiterer
(Fruit"er*er) n. [Cf. F. fruitier.] One who deals in fruit; a seller of fruits.
Fruiteress
(Fruit"er*ess), n. A woman who sells fruit.
Fruitery
(Fruit"er*y) n.; pl. Fruiteries [F. fruiterie place where fruit is kept, in OF. also, fruitage.]
1. Fruit, taken collectively; fruitage. J. Philips.
2. A repository for fruit. Johnson.
Fruitestere
(Fruit"es*tere) n. A fruiteress. [Obs.]
Fruitful
(Fruit"ful) a. Full of fruit; producing fruit abundantly; bearing results; prolific; fertile; liberal; bountiful; as,
a fruitful tree, or season, or soil; a fruitful wife. — Fruit"ful*ly, adv. — Fruit"ful*ness, n.
Be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth.
Gen. i. 28.
[Nature] By disburdening grows
More fruitful.
Milton.
The great fruitfulness of the poet's fancy.
Addison. Syn. — Fertile; prolific; productive; fecund; plentiful; rich; abundant; plenteous. See Fertile.
Fruiting
(Fruit"ing), a. Pertaining to, or producing, fruit.
Fruiting
(Fruit"ing), n. The bearing of fruit.
Fruition
(Fru*i"tion) n. [OF. fruition, L. fruitio, enjoyment, fr. L. frui, p. p. fruitus, to use or enjoy.
See Fruit, n.] Use or possession of anything, especially such as is accompanied with pleasure or
satisfaction; pleasure derived from possession or use. "Capacity of fruition." Rogers. "Godlike fruition."
Milton.
Where I may have fruition of her love.
Shak. Fruitive
(Fru"i*tive) a. [See Fruition.] Enjoying; possessing. [Obs.] Boyle.
Fruitless
(Fruit"less) a.
1. Lacking, or not bearing, fruit; barren; destitute of offspring; as, a fruitless tree or shrub; a fruitless marriage.
Shak.
2. Productive of no advantage or good effect; vain; idle; useless; unprofitable; as, a fruitless attempt; a fruitless
controversy.
They in mutual accusation spent
The fruitless hours.
Milton. Syn. — Useless; barren; unprofitable; abortive; ineffectual; vain; idle; profitless. See Useless.
