fust

Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Origin: OF. fust, F. fût, fr. L. fustis stick staff.

Architecture The shaft of a column, or trunk of a pilaster. Joseph Gwilt

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.

To become moldy; to smell ill. obsolete

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54