fust.
A strong musty smell; mustiness.
Meaning & usage
A strong musty smell; mustiness.
The shaft (main body) of a column.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English fust, from Old French fust (“wood; bole, tree trunk”) (modern French fût), from Latin fūstis (“knobbed stick, cudgel, club”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to hit”) or *gʷʰen- (“to strike; to kill, slay”).
To turn mouldy, to decay.
Of wine: to acquire an undesirable musty or woody taste from the cask in which it is stored.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English fust, from Old French fust (“wood; bole, tree trunk”) (modern French fût), from Latin fūstis (“knobbed stick, cudgel, club”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to hit”) or *gʷʰen- (“to strike; to kill, slay”).
A type of small galley.
Where this word comes from
Possibly from Portuguese fusta (“fust”), from Latin fusta (“beam (of wood)”), from fūstis (“knobbed stick, cudgel, club”); compare Middle French fuste.
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