fuzz-balln.

Brit.

/ˈfʌzbɔːl/, U.S.

/ˈfəzˌbɔl/,

/ˈfəzˌbɑl/

Forms: 1500s–1600s fus(se)bal(l, 1600s, 1800s fuss-, 1600s–1800s fuz-, 1600s– fuzz-ball.

Etymology: < fuzz n.¹ + ball n.¹

A popular name of the fungus Lycoperdon Bovista, puff-ball.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > fungi > [noun] > puff-ball

wolf's-fista1300

puckfistc1300

puff1538

earth-puff1585

foist1593

fist1597

fuzz-ball1597

puff-fist1597

bunt1601

fuzz1601

bullfist1611

mully-puff1629

fist-ball1635

puffball1649

puck-ball1730

puffin1755

lycoperdon1756

frog cheese1766

puck1766

fuzzy-ballc1850

ball smut1925

1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1386 Puffes Fistes & Fussebals.

1598 R. Bernard tr. Terence Adelphi ii. ii, in Terence in Eng. 282 He hath made..my head as soft as a fusball with buffets.

1616 G. Markham tr. C. Estienne et al. Maison Rustique (rev. ed.) ii. lxvii. 328 With a Fusse-ball, or some sharpe smoake, smoake them to death.

1648 R. Sanderson Serm. II. 245 As soon as touched..[they] like a fuss-ball, resolve all into dust and smoak.

1755 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 585/2 The spungey internal part of the common fuz-ball.

1825 C. Waterton Wanderings in S. Amer. i. i. 107 Tread on it, and like the fuss-ball it will break into dust.

1863 A. D. T. Whitney Faith Gartney's Girlhood iv. 25 Short, sandy hair standing up about the temples like a fuzz-ball.

figurative and in extended use.1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 7 The Gray or Horse-Fly. Her legs..slit at the ends into two toes, both which are lined with two white sponges or fuzballs.1679 J. Dryden Troilus & Cressida ii. iii. 23 You empty fuz-balls, your heads are full of nothing else but Proclamations.1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 291 When they [Hedge Hogs] fear any harm towards them, gather themselves into a round Fuz-ball.attributive.1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. K5 A little Fuz-ball-pudding stands By.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fuzz-ball
释义	fuzz-balln. Brit. /ˈfʌzbɔːl/, U.S. /ˈfəzˌbɔl/, /ˈfəzˌbɑl/ Forms: 1500s–1600s fus(se)bal(l, 1600s, 1800s fuss-, 1600s–1800s fuz-, 1600s– fuzz-ball. Etymology: < fuzz n.¹ + ball n.¹ A popular name of the fungus Lycoperdon Bovista, puff-ball. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > fungi > [noun] > puff-ball wolf's-fista1300 puckfistc1300 puff1538 earth-puff1585 foist1593 fist1597 fuzz-ball1597 puff-fist1597 bunt1601 fuzz1601 bullfist1611 mully-puff1629 fist-ball1635 puffball1649 puck-ball1730 puffin1755 lycoperdon1756 frog cheese1766 puck1766 fuzzy-ballc1850 ball smut1925 1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1386 Puffes Fistes & Fussebals. 1598 R. Bernard tr. Terence Adelphi ii. ii, in Terence in Eng. 282 He hath made..my head as soft as a fusball with buffets. 1616 G. Markham tr. C. Estienne et al. Maison Rustique (rev. ed.) ii. lxvii. 328 With a Fusse-ball, or some sharpe smoake, smoake them to death. 1648 R. Sanderson Serm. II. 245 As soon as touched..[they] like a fuss-ball, resolve all into dust and smoak. 1755 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 585/2 The spungey internal part of the common fuz-ball. 1825 C. Waterton Wanderings in S. Amer. i. i. 107 Tread on it, and like the fuss-ball it will break into dust. 1863 A. D. T. Whitney Faith Gartney's Girlhood iv. 25 Short, sandy hair standing up about the temples like a fuzz-ball. figurative and in extended use.1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 7 The Gray or Horse-Fly. Her legs..slit at the ends into two toes, both which are lined with two white sponges or fuzballs.1679 J. Dryden Troilus & Cressida ii. iii. 23 You empty fuz-balls, your heads are full of nothing else but Proclamations.1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 291 When they [Hedge Hogs] fear any harm towards them, gather themselves into a round Fuz-ball.attributive.1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. K5 A little Fuz-ball-pudding stands By. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1597
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