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fustic|ˈfʌstɪk|
Also 6–7 fusticke, (7 fustwick, 8 fustoc, -uc), 7–9 fustick.
[a. F. fustoc, a. Sp. fustoc, a. Arab. fustuq, ad. Gr. πιστάκη pistachio. The name was transferred from the pistachio to the closely-allied sumach-tree (Rhus Cotinus), and thence to another tree which resembles the latter in yielding a yellow dye.]
1. The name of two kinds of wood, both used for dyeing yellow.
a. The wood of the Venetian sumach (Rhus Cotinus). Now only with defining word, young fustic or Zante fustic.
b. The wood of the Cladrastis (Chlorophora, Maclura) tinctoria of America and the West Indies. Sometimes called for distinction old fustic.
1545R. Ascham Toxoph. (Arb.) 123 Steles [of arrows] be made of dyuerse woodes, as..Fusticke [etc.]. 1646Royalist Composition Papers (Yorksh. Archæol. Soc.) II. 47 In goods viz. Oyles, Mathers, Gales, Copperis, Retwood, ffustwick. 1652Perfect Account No. 101. 2071, 2 Cannestrees of Cochinele, a good quantity of Fustick. 1719De Foe Crusoe i. xvi, It was very like the Tree we call Fustic. 1757Dyer Fleece (1807) 97 The snowy web is steep'd, with grains of weld, Fustic, or logwood, mix'd, or cochineal. 1812J. Smyth Pract. of Customs (1821) 290 Fustick imported from the Greek islands is in very small sticks, and is denominated by the trade young Fustick. 1838T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 414 Before fustic can be employed as a dye-stuff, it must be cut into chips. 1870Yeats Nat. Hist. Comm. 218 Fustic is brought to market in long pieces or logs.
2. A yellow dye extracted from the wood of the fustic trees.
1858Carpenter Veg. Phys. §367 The dye termed Fustic..is extracted from the wood of a species of Mulberry tree. 1863Life in South II. 306 Fustic, and copal, with other dyes and varnishes.
3. attrib., as fustic-tree, fustic-wood.
1630Capt. Smith Trav. & Adv. xxvi. 56 Fusticke trees are very great and the wood yellow, good for dying. 1712tr. Pomet's Hist. Drugs I. 70 The People of Provence and Italy, after they have peel'd off the Bark, sell the Fustick Wood. 1756P. Browne Jamaica 339 The Fustic tree. This is a fine timber wood, and a principal ingredient in most of our yellow dyes. |