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Definitions for Fusain
[1] a fine charcoal used in drawing, made from the wood of the spindle tree.
[2] a drawing made with this charcoal.
[3] a blackish-gray, friable component of coal with a silky luster that leaves a charcoallike mark.
[4] a fine charcoal pencil or stick made from the spindle tree
[5] a drawing done with such a pencil
[6] a dull black brittle form of carbon resembling charcoal, found in certain coals
Words nearby Fusain
furunculoid, furunculosis, furunculus, fury, furze, fusain, fusan, fusarium, fusarium wilt, fuscous, fuse
Origin of Fusain
1865–70; < French: spindle tree, charcoal made from its wood < Vulgar Latin *fūsāgīn- (stem of *fūsāgō ), derivative of Latin fūsus spindle
Word origin for Fusain
C19: from French: spindle tree or charcoal made from it, from Vulgar Latin fūsāgō (unattested) a spindle (generally made from the spindle tree), from Latin fūsus