fuff 
fuff (fuf), r. [Imitative; cf. puff-] I. intrans. 
To puff. [Scotch.] 
\viirn Mraii^cTs landed, wow sae thraiiL', 
Ful/iii :nl pcghing he wad (fang. 
Ramsay, Patie Birnie. 
II. fraii*. To puff; whiflf. [Scotch.] 
sin' fiiff'l her pipe wi' sic a luut. Hums. Halloween. 
fuff (fuf), H. [< fuff, '.] 1. A puff; a whiff. 
[Scotch.] 2. The spitting of a cat. [Scotch.] 
There cam' a clap o' wuml, like a cat's fuff. 
R. L. Stevenson, Thrawn Janet. 
3. A burst of passion ; a fume. [Bare.] 
What a miserable fuff thou gettest into, poor old exas- 
perated politician. Carlyle, in Fronde, II. 
fuffit (fuf it), n. [Cf. fluff i, fluffy.] A local 
name of the long-tailed titmouse, Aereitula can- 
data. [Scotch.] 
fuffle (fuf ' 1), v. t. ; pret. and pp. fuffled, ppr. 
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fugatioii.] In music, a piece composed in fuguo 
style, but not according to strict rules. 
fugeandt, " Same as Jigcitt. 
Gaing amang 'em, 
Be mickel in their eye, frequent Aitdfugeand. 
B. JOIIMHI, Sad Shepherd, ii. 1. 
fugh (fu), inter}. [Another form of phew, foh, 
faugh, fie : see these words.] An exclamation 
expressing dislike, disgust, or abhorrence. 
fugnetto (fo-get'to), n. ; pi. fughetti (-te). [It., 
dim. of. fuga, a fugue : see fugue.] In music, a 
short or miniature fugue. 
fugie (fu'ji), n. [So., also written/</e ; < F. as if 
*fi(t/e = lt.fugato,< ti.fugatus,pp. otfugare, put 
to flight; or, a short form of fugitive. Cf.fugic- 
warrant.] A fugitive ; a coward. Jamieson. 
fugie- warrant (fu'ji-wor"ant), n. [Sc., < fugle 
(perhaps in allusion to the phrase in meditations 
jugte, ' in contemplation of flight,' in the war- 
fuffltng. Same as dtrfufle. J<J^,>_ 
fuffy (fiif'i), a. [</r+-</ 1 .] Light; fluffy. rant > \warranf] In .Scots law, a , warrant 
* v '' *- * v ** J > cri 1 ;} lit "( I tn nTiiM'oh*iit(1 Q <iolTf*> *i it-t it) IJT whrvm ir 
She was equipped with a warm hood, marten-skin tip- 
pet, and a pair of snow-shoes. She mounted the high 
fuffy plain and went on with a soft, yielding, yet light step, 
almost as noiseless as if she were walking the clouds. 
S. Judd, Margaret, i. 17. 
fuga (fo'ga), n. [It., < L. fuga, a flight.] In 
music, same as/;/r. 
fugacious (fu-ga'shus), a. [< 1^. fugax (fuga- 
ci-), fleeing, swift, 1 fleeting, < fugere, flee : see 
fugitive.] 1. Fleeing, or disposed to flee ; fleet- 
ing; transitory. 
Much of its possessions is so hid, so fugacious, and of 
so uncertain purchase. Jer. Taylor. 
The volatile salt being loosened or disentangled from 
the rest, and being of a very fugacious nature, flies easily 
away. Boyle, Works, IV. 300. 
Lifting the ceremonious three-cornered hat, and offer- 
ing the fugacious hospitalities of the snuff-box. 
Lowell, Fireside Travels, p. 81. 
2. Specifically, in goal, and hot., falling or fad- 
ing early; speedily shed or cast; fugitive, as 
an external organ or a natural covering. 
fugaciousness (fu-ga'shus-nes), n. Fugacity. 
Well therefore did the experienc'd Columella put his 
gard'ner in the mind of the fugaciousness of the seasons, 
and the necessity of being industrious. 
Evelyn, Calendarium Ilortense, Int. 
fugacity (fu-gas'i-ti), n. [< Y.fuaacite == Sp. 
fugacidad = Pg. fugacidade = It. fugacita, < 
LL. fugacita(t-)s, < L. fugax, fugacious: see 
fugacious.] The quality of being fugacious; 
disposition to flee or escape ; volatility; transi- 
toriness. 
It is very likely that the heat produced by a medicine 
which by reason of its fugacity would stay but a very 
short time in the body will not be so lasting as that of 
ordinary sudorificks. Boyle, Works, II. 237. 
Parties keep the old names, but exhibit a surprising /H- 
gacity in creeping out of one snake-skin into another of 
equal ignominy and lubricity. 
Emerson, Future of the Republic. 
fuga contrarii (fu'ga kon-tra'ri-I). [NL. : L. 
fuga, flight, avoidance ; contrarii, gen. of con- 
trarium, neut. of contrarius, contrary.] A gen- 
eral tendency of things to repel qualities the op- 
posite of their own, and to behave in a manner 
conformable to habit. Some physicists of the 
seventeenth century held an ill-defined theory 
to this effect. 
To ascribe a fuga contrarii to hot and cold spirits is, 
in my apprehension, to turn inanimate bodies into intel- 
ligent and designing beings. 
Boyle, The Heat of Cellars in Winter. 
fugacyt (fu'ga-si), n. [< WL.fugacia, a hunting- 
ground, chase, lit. a fleeing, < L. fugax (fugac-), 
fleeing, fugacious: see fugacious. Cf.fugation.] 
Flight. 
Notwithstanding any disposition made or to be made by 
virtue or colour of any attainder, outlawry, fugacy, or 
other forfeiture. Milton, Articles of Peace with the Irish. 
fugal (fu'gal), a. [< fugue (L. fuga) + -at.] 
In music, oi or pertaining to a fugue, or com- 
posed in the style of a fugue. 
The resource of polyphonic or fugal writing comes in. 
Library Mag., III., No. 23. 
fngara (fo-ga'ra), n. [It.] In organ-building, 
a stop having metal pipes of small scale, giving 
incisive, string-like tones, usually an octave 
above the keys struck. 
fugati, . Plural of fugato. 
fugatipnt, n. [< OF. fixation, ML. *fugatio(n-), 
< L. fuijare, cause to flee, put to flight, drive or 
chase, < fugere, flee : see fugitive. Cf.fugacioitx.] 
A chase ; privilege of hunting. 
That they haue their fugacions and huntinges lyke as 
they had the tyme of King Harry the Second. 
Arnold's Chronicle, p. 2. 
fugato (fo-gii'to), . ; pi. fugati (-te). [It.,</- 
gato, pp. otfugare, < L.fugare, put to flight : see 
V 1 
In 
granted to apprehend a debtor against whom it 
is sworn that he intends to flee in order to avoid 
payment. 
The shirra sent for his clerk. ... I fand it was for 
drawing a warrant to apprehend you. I thought it had 
been in a fugie-warrant for debt. Scott, Antiquary. 
fugile (fu'jil), n. [Origin not ascertained. OF. 
fugil, ML. fugilltts, It. fucile, means a steel to 
strike a light with : see fusifl-, fusee 1 .] In med.: 
(a) The cerumen. (6) A nebulous suspension 
in the urine, (c) An abscess ; specifically, an 
abscess near the ear. 
fugitation (fu-ji-ta'shon), n. [< L. fugitatus, 
ip. offugitare, freq. of fugere, flee : see fugitive.] 
n Scots law, the act of a criminal absconding 
from justice. 
fugitive (fu'ji-tiv), a. and n. [< ME. fugitife, 
< OF. fugitif, fuitif, F. fugitif = Pr. fugitiu = 
Sp. Pg. fugitivo = It. fuggitivo, < L. fugitivus, 
fleeing away; usually as a noun, a runaway, 
a fugitive; < fugere (pert, fugi, pp. not used) 
(> It. fuggere = Sp. huir, obs. fuir = Pg. fugir 
= F. fuir), flee (> fugare, cause to flee), = Gr. 
fyeiiyeiv, flee, = Skt. -\/ bliuj, bend, = AS. bugan, 
E. bow, bend: see bow 1 .] I. a. 1. Fleeing or 
having fled from danger or pursuit, from duty 
or service, etc. ; escaping; runaway: as, a fugi- 
tive criminal or horse. 
He was fugitive and fled. 
Raid of the Reidswire (Child's Ballads, VI. 134). 
Can & fugitive daughter enjoy herself while her parents 
are in tears? Richardson, Clarissa Harlowe. 
2f. Wandering; vagabond. 
The most malicious surmise was countenanced by a li- 
bellous pamphlet of & fugitive physician. Sirfl. Wotton. 
3. Staying or lasting but a short time ; fleet- 
ing; not fixed or durable ; readily escaping; fu- 
gacious : as, a fugitive idea; fugitive odors; fu- 
gitive colors. 
I cannot praise a fugitive and cloistered virtue, unexer- 
cised and unbreathed, that never sallies outand seeks her 
adversary. Milton, Areopagitica. 
The more tender and fugitive parts, the leaves, of many 
of the more sturdy vegetables, fall off for want of the sup- 
ply from beneath. 
Woodward, Essay towards a Nat. Hist, of the Earth. 
Our desires are . . . fugitive as lightning. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), 1. 631. 
These momentary pleasures, fugitive delights. 
Daniel, Cleopatra. 
The most fugitive deed and word, the mere air of doing 
a thing, the intimated purpose, expresses character. 
Emerson, Spiritual Laws. 
4. In lit., of fleeting interest or importance ; 
temporary; occasional: said of compositions, 
generally short, written for some passing occa- 
sion or purpose. 
By collecting Peacock's mere fugitive pieces they have 
shown the scope of his versatile 'powers as a poet and 
dramatist, essayist and critic. Edinburgh Rev. 
5. Inzoiil. and bot., same as/Mj/acions. Fugitive 
colors, in pigments, those colors which fade or are more or 
less destroyed by the action of light, air, and atmospheric 
heat and moisture ; in dyes, those which fade under the 
action of the same agents, and also of dilute acids or al- 
kalis, and of weak hypochlorite or soap solutions, as in 
washing. Fugitive-Slave laws, in If. S. hist., two acts 
of Congress passed, one in 1793, and a more stringent one 
in 1850, in pursuance of the provisions of Art. IV., Sect. II., 
cl. 3, of the Constitution of the United States, to secure the 
recovery of slaves fleeing from one State into the jurisdic- 
tion of another State. The latter formed part of the " Om- 
nibus Bill "(see omnibus), and was repealed in 1864, after 
the abolition of slavery. 
II. n. 1. One who flees; a runaway; a de- 
serter ; specifically, one who has fled from duty, 
danger, or restraint to a place of safety or of 
concealment : as, a fugitive from the battle- 
field; & fugitive from justice. 
He is like a fugitif that rennythe to seyntwarie [sanctu- 
ary] 
For drede of hangyng. Lydgate, Minor Poems, p. 167. 
fugue 
Forgive me in thine own particular, 
Kill let the world rank mu in register 
A master-leaver, and a />/'''"<'. 
Shot., A. and C., iv. 9. 
Some French men . . . were then I'uiiitiirxin Flanders. 
Coryat, Crudities, I. 20. 
2. Anything hard to be caught or detained. 
Or catch that idty fugitive called wit. Bret Ilarte. 
Fugitive from Justice, a person who, having committed 
a crime, withdraws himself from the jurisdiction in which 
it was committed, without waiting to abide the legal con- 
sequences of the offense. 
fugitively (fu'ji-tiv-li), adv. In a fugitive man- 
ner. 
fugitiveness (fu'ji-tiy-nes), n. The state or 
quality of being fugitive; disposition to run 
away or escape ; volatility ; fugacity. 
Most of these volatile salts having so great a resem- 
blance in smell, in taste and fugi fineness, differ but little, 
if at all, in their medicinal properties. 
Boyle, Works, I. 534. 
The fickleness and fugitiveness of servants justly addeth 
a valuation to their constancy who are standards in a 
family. Fuller, General Worthies, xi. 
fugitivism (fu'ji-tiv-izm), n. [(fugitive + 
-ism.] The state or condition of a fugitive. 
There were those who chose fugitivism as a permanent 
mode of life. D. M. Wallace, Russia, p. 481. 
fugle (fu'gl), v. i.; pret. and pp. fugled, ppr. 
fugling. [< fugleman.] To act like or have 
the motions of a fugleman. Dames. [Rare.] 
He has scaffolding set up, has posts driven in ; wooden 
arms with elbow joints are jerking and fugling in the air, 
in the most rapid, mysterious manner. 
Carlyle, French Rev., III. v. 7. 
fugleman (fu'gl-man), .; pi. fuglemen (-men). 
[Also written flug'elman (but perhaps only in 
explanations of the common form) ; < G. fliigel- 
mann, afile-leader, (flugel, a wing, file (<.fliegen, 
fly, flug, flight; cf. fowl 1 ), + mann = E. man.} 
1. A soldier specially expert and well drilled, 
who takes his place in front of a military com- 
pany as an example or model to the others in 
their exercises ; a file-leader. Hence 2. One 
who takes the initiative in any movement, and 
sets an example for others to follow ; particu- 
larly, one who acts as the mouthpiece or in the 
interest of another or others ; a ringleader. 
"One cheer more," screamed the little fugleman in the 
balcony, and out shouted the mob again. 
Dickens, Pickwick Papers. 
The glasses and mugs are filled, and then the fugleman 
strikes up the old sea song. 
T. Hughes, Tom Brown at Rugby, i. 6. 
fugue (fug), n. [F., < U.fugn, also fugga, a 
flight, a fugue, < L. fuga, a flight, < fugere, flee: 
see fugitive.] In music, a polyphonic composi- 
tion based upon one, two, or even more themes, 
which are enunciated by the several voices or 
parts in turn, subjected to various kinds of con- 
trapuntal treatment, and gradually builtup into 
a complex form having somewhat distinct di- 
visions or stages of development and a marked 
climax at the end. The most general divisions of a 
fugue are the exposition, the development, and the con- 
clusion. A strict fugue is one in which each division is 
developed symmetrically and in a purely contrapuntal 
manner ; while a free fugue is one that is irregular or 
incomplete in plan or detail, (a) In the exposition, the 
first voice enunciates the theme alone (subject, dux, ante- 
cedent) in the tonic key ; the second voice then enunci- 
ates it (answer, comes, consequent) in the dominant key, 
sometimes wjth slight alterations; the third voice then 
imitates the first at the octave (usually) ; the fourth voice 
imitates the second in the same way ; and so on, until 
all the voices, if there are more than four, have entered 
with the theme. The earlier voices usually accompany the 
later ones as they enter ; and the melody added by the 
first voice to the answer in the second is often contrived 
in double counterpoint with it, so as to serve through- 
out the fuKue as a counter-subject or foil for the original 
theme. The character of the theme gives the name to 
the fugue ; a diatonic fugue having a diatonic subject, a 
chromatic fugue a chromatic subject, a Doric fugue a sub- 
ject in the Doric mode, etc. : the character of the sub- 
ject generally determines the character of the develop- 
ment. A real fugue is one in which the answer imi- 
tates the subject, note for note, usually at the flfth or 
fourth ; while a tonal fugue is one in which the answer 
contains such slight alterations of the subject as shall ad- 
just it exactly to its different tonality. A fugue by inver- 
sion is one whose answer is the inversion of the subject ; 
so fugue by au<j in filiation, by diminution, at the sixth, etc. 
The order in which the voices shall enter, and the exact 
relations of the answer to the subject, are both regulated 
by rules. A double fugue has two subjects, a triple fugue 
three subjects, etc. A fugue in two parts is one for two 
voices only, etc. A free part fs sometimes added to those 
essential to the contrapuntal development of the fugue. 
(b) In the development, the subjects, answers, and coun- 
ter-subjects are used repeatedly, either wholly or in part, 
in different keys, under varying treatment, so as to un- 
fold their entire contrapuntal capacity. The successive 
sections should have an increasing contrapuntal interest 
and intricacy, and should be closely bound together ; 
though episodes or diversions from the orderly treatment 
of the principal themes may be inserted between the sec- 
tions for contrast, (c) lu the conclusion, the theme is 
