fust
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Fust (fŭst), noun
Origin: OF. fust, F. fût, fr. L. fustis stick staff.
Architecture The shaft of a column, or trunk of a pilaster. Joseph Gwilt
Fust noun
Origin: OF. fust cask, F. fût cask, taste or smell of the cask, fustiness, cf. sentir le fût to taste of the cask. See 1st Fust.
A strong, musty smell; mustiness.
Fust intransitive verb
To become moldy; to smell ill. obsolete
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54
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