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.]