Chapter Fust to Fytte of F by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

3. (Gram.) A future tense.

To deal in futures, to speculate on the future values of merchandise or stocks. [Brokers' cant]

Futureless
(Fu"ture*less), a. Without prospect of betterment in the future. W. D. Howells.

Futurely
(Fu"ture*ly), adv. In time to come. [Obs.] Raleigh.

Futurist
(Fu"tur*ist), n.

1. One whose chief interests are in what is to come; one who anxiously, eagerly, or confidently looks forward to the future; an expectant.

2. (Theol.) One who believes or maintains that the fulfillment of the prophecies of the Bible is to be in the future.

Futuritial
(Fu`tu*ri"tial) a. Relating to what is to come; pertaining to futurity; future. [R.]

Futurition
(Fu`tu*ri"tion) n. [Cf. F. futurition.] The state of being future; futurity. [R.]

Nothing . . . can have this imagined futurition, but as it is decreed.

Coleridge.

Futurity
(Fu*tu"ri*ty) n.; pl. Futurities

1. State of being that is yet to come; future state.

2. Future time; time to come; the future.

3. Event to come; a future event.

All futurities are naked before the All-seeing Eye.

South.

Fuze
(Fuze) n. A tube, filled with combustible matter, for exploding a shell, etc. See Fuse, n.

Chemical fuze, a fuze in which substances separated until required for action are then brought into contact, and uniting chemically, produce explosion. — Concussion fuze, a fuze ignited by the striking of the projectile. — Electric fuze, a fuze which is ignited by heat or a spark produced by an electric current. - - Friction fuze, a fuze which is ignited by the heat evolved by friction. — Percussion fuze, a fuze in which the ignition is produced by a blow on some fulminating compound. — Time fuze, a fuze adapted, either by its length or by the character of its composition, to burn a certain time before producing an explosion.

Fuzz
(Fuzz) v. t. To make drunk. [Obs.] Wood.

Fuzz
(Fuzz), n. [Cf. Prov. E. fuzzy that ravels D. voos spongy, fungous, G. faser filament. E. feaze to untwist.] Fine, light particles or fibers; loose, volatile matter.

Fuzz ball, a kind of fungus or mushroom, which, when pressed, bursts and scatters a fine dust; a puffball.

Fuzz
(Fuzz), v. i. To fly off in minute particles.

Fuzzle
(Fuz"zle) v. t. [Cf. LG. fuseln to drink common liquor, fr. fusel bad liquor.] To make drunk; to intoxicate; to fuddle. [Obs.] Burton.

Fuzzy
(Fuzz"y) a. [See Fuzz, n.]

1. Not firmly woven; that ravels. [Written also fozy.] [Prov. Eng.]