fugue 
usually presented by all the voices in turn, as in the expo- 
sition, but frequently so rapidly that the entries overlap. 
Such an overlapping section is called thexf/vMo. In con- 
nection with this, and usually as the final section, a pedal 
point is often introduced. The t'nmu- is the consummate 
form of the polyphonic style of composition, requiring 
for its successful production a mastery of all the de- 
vices of counterpoint, as well as a very high grade of in- 
ventive and constructive genius. The greatest writers of 
fugues are J. 8. Bach (1685-1750) and G. F. Handel (1685- 
1759). 
His volant touch 
Instinct through all proportions, low and high, 
Fled and pursued transverse the resonant/ui/Me. 
Milton, f. L., xi. 563. 
fugued (fugd), a. In music, constructed wholly 
or in part in the style of a fugue. 
fuguing (fu'ging), a. [< fugue + -ingl.] Same 
as fugued. 
fugilist (fu'gist), n. [< fugue + -ist.] A com- 
poser or performer of fugues. 
fuket (fuk), n. [< L. fucus: see fucus.] Same 
as fucus, 1. 
They make fukes to paint and embellish the eye-browes. 
Holland, tr. of Pliny, xxili. 4. 
-ful. [(1) < ME. -ful, -full, < AS. -ful, -full (= 
OS. -ful = OHG. -fol, -foil, MHG. -vol, -voll, G. 
-voll = Icel. -fullr = Sw. -full = Dan. -fuld), a 
common suffix, formative of adjectives, being 
the adj. ful, full, E. fulV-, attached to nouns, as 
AS. synful, synfull, ME. synful, synfull, sinful, 
E. sinful, etc. (2) < ME. -ful, -full, < AS. -full 
(= Dan. -vol = G. -voll = Icel. -fyllr = Sw. -full 
= Dan. -fuld), a suffix (rare in AS. and ME.) 
formative of nouns, being the adj. ful, full, E. 
full 1 , coalesced with the preceding (orig. sepa- 
rate) noun, as AS. handfull (not found in nom. ), 
ME. handful, honful, E. handful (= D. handvol 
= G. liandvoll = Icel. handfyllr = Dan. haand- 
fuld): see fulP-, a.] 1. A suffix attached to 
nouns to form adjectives denoting ' full of . . . ,' 
' having . . . ,' as artful, awful, graceful, harm- 
ful, hopeful, peaceful, sinful, etc. it is also some- 
times attached to verbs, as In bashful, bewitchful, etc., but 
in some such cases, as rueful, forgetful, etc., and in some 
other irregular Instances, as grateful, a special explana- 
tion is to be sought in the history of the word. 
2. A quasi-suffix attached to nouns denoting a 
containing thing, to form nouns expressing the 
amount or volume contained, as handful, arm- 
ful, cupful, glassful, spoonful, bucketful, tubful, 
etc. , meaning ' as much as the hand, arm, spoon, 
etc., can contain or hold.' In these compounds the 
second element has usually a fuller pronunciation than in 
the derivatives explained above. 
fulciblet (ful'si-bl), a. [< L. as if *fulcibilis, < 
fulcire, pi-op up, support.] Capable of being 
propped or supported. Cockeram. 
fulcimentt (ful'si-meut), n. [= OF.fulciment, 
< LL. fulcimentum, a prop, stay, support, < L. 
fulcire, prop up. Cf . fulcrum.'] A fulcrum or 
prop. Sir T. Browne. 
fulcra, . Latin plural of fulcrum. 
fulcraceous (ful-kra'shius), a. [< fulcrum + 
-aceous.] In hot., of or pertaining to the ful- 
crums of plants. See fulcrum. 
fulcrant (ful'krant), a. [< NL. *fulcran(t-)s, 
ppr. of "fitlcrare, support: see fulcrate.] In 
entom., a term applied by Kirby to the tro- 
chanter or second joint of an insect's leg when 
it does not completely separate the coxa and 
femur. 
fulcrate (ful'krat), a. [< NL. 'futeratus, pp. 
of "fulcrare, support, < L. fulcrum, a prop, ful- 
crum : see fulcrum.'] In zool. and Dot., sup- 
ported, subtended by, or provided with ful- 
crums. 
fulcrum (ful'krum), .; pi. fulcrums, fulcra, 
(-krumz, -kra). [< L. fulcrum, the post or foot 
of a couch, a bed-post, lit. a prop or support, < 
fulcire, prop up, support, stay.] 1. A prop or 
support. [Rare.] 
The same spine was ... to afford a fulcrum, stay, or 
basis (or, more properly speaking, a series of these), for the 
insertion of the muscles which are spread over the trunk 
of the body. Paley, Nat. Theol., viii. 
2. In meeli., the point of rest about which a lever 
turns in lifting 
a body; also, a 
prop or support 
for a lever at 
2400 
climbing plants, as of ivy. 4. In mycology, one 
of the radiating appendages of the perithecia 
of Erysiphere. 5. In entom., the inferior horuy 
surface of the ligula, found in many Hymt'n/i/i- 
tera, etc. Also called the os hyoirleum. 6. In 
ichth., a special scale or spine on the fore edge 
this point. See 
lever. 
The power mul- 
tiplied by its dis- 
tance from the ful- 
crum is equal to the 
product of the load and its distance from the fulcrum. 
R. S. Ball, Exper. Mechanics, p. 124. 
3. In hot., an accessory organ, such as a bract, 
stipule, spine, etc., or one of the aerial roots of 
, Fulcrum ; /., lever. 
Heterocercal Caudal Fin of a Sturgeon \Acifenser trrnrirostris], 
showing the series uf fulcrums, Ft, along the dorsal border. 
of the anterior fin-rays of the dorsal or caudal 
fins of certain ganoid fishes, as Lepidosteus, Aci- 
penser, and many fossil genera. 
The spine-like splints known as fulcra, which are ar- 
ranged in a single or double row on the upper edge and 
the first ray of the fins, . . . are peculiar to ganoids. 
Claui, Zoology (trans.), II. 164. 
Fulcrum forceps. See/orp. 
fulcrum (ful'krum), v. t. [< fulcrum, .] To 
furnish with a fulcrum ; establish as a fulcrum. 
A lever . . . fulcrumed on the screw which secures the 
cap section. The Engineer, LXV. 332. 
It Is partially remedied by increasing the distance of 
the fulcrumed point from the two others sufficient to al- 
low of a larger radius. Jour. Franklin Irut. , CXX VI. 306. 
fulfil, fulfill (ful-fil'), v. t.; pret. and pp. ful- 
filled, ppr. fulfilling. [< ME. fulfi/len, fulfyllen, 
fulfullen, folfelltn, < AS. fulifyllan (only once, 
in 'a gloss), < full, full, -f- fyllan, fill: see full! 
and #!.] 1. To fill full; fill to the utmost ca- 
pacity, as a vessel, a room, etc. [Obsolete or 
archaic.] 
Hefttlfillede an holwg vessel with dew. 
Wyclif, Judges vi. 38(Oxf.). 
Al that huge halle was hastili fulfulled . . . 
With barouues and knigtes. 
William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), 1. 4319. 
Is not thy brain's rich hive 
Fulfilled with honey, which thou dost derive 
From the arts' spirits and their quintessence? 
Donne , To B. B. 
Oh, hark, I hear it now, that tender strain, 
Fttlfilled with all of sorrow save its pain. 
R. W. Gilder, Music and Words. 
2. To make full or complete ; fill the measure 
of ; bring out or manifest fully. [Bare.] 
Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded. Phil. ii. 2. 
If you be, what I think you, some sweet dream, 
I would but ask you to fulfil yourself. 
Tennyxm, Princess, vii. 
3. To fill the requirements or purport of; carry 
out or into effect; bring to consummation; 
satisfy by performance : as, to fulfil a prayer or 
petition ; to fulfil one's promises or the terms 
of a contract ; the prophecy was fulfilled. 
But that the Scripture be fulfilled, he that etith my bred 
schal reise his heele agens me. Wyclif, John xiii. 18(0xf.). 
Among whom also we all had our conversation in times 
past, . . . fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the 
mind. Eph. ii. 3. 
Soon see your wishfulfill'd in either child. 
Cowper, Tirocinium, 1. 344. 
4. To carry on or out fully or completely; per- 
form ; execute : as, to fulfil the requirements 
of citizenship. 
Let's not forget 
The noble Duke of Bedford, late deceas'd, 
But see his exequies fulfill'd in Rouen. 
Shak., 1 Hen. VI., iii. _>. 
Let us carry on our preparation for heaven, not by ab- 
stracting ourselves from the concerns of this world, but 
by fulfilling the duties and offices of every station in life. 
H. Blair, Works, I. Iv. 
5. To fill out; carry on to the end; continue to 
the close; finish the course of: as, to fulfil an 
apprenticeship, a term of office, or (archaical- 
ly) a period of time. 
But for to fulle fylle here Pilgrymages more esily and 
more sykerly, men gon first the longer weye. 
Mandemlle, Travels, p. 53. 
The furthe day hizfulfillid; 
This werke well lykys me. 
York Playt, p. 12. 
Oive me my wile, for my days are fulfilled. 
Gen. xxix. 21. 
Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem when they 
had fulfilled their ministry. Acts xii. 25. 
fulfiller (ful-fil'er), H. One who fulfils or ac- 
complishes. 
Fulgoridae 
The Spirit dictates all such petitions, and God himself 
is first tile author, and then the fulfiller of them 
South, Works, II. iii. 
The stern legionaries [of Rome] . . . were, though they 
knew it not, fulfillers of Hebrew prophecy. 
J. C. Shairp, Culture and Religion, p. 42. 
fulfilling (fill-firing), n. [Verbal n. of fulfil, r.] 
Fulfilment ; completion. 
Love worketh no ill to his neighbour; therefore love is 
the fulfilling of the law. Rom. xiii. 10. 
Nature . . . was almost won 
To think her part was done, 
And that her reign had here its last fulfilling. 
Milton, Nativity, st. 10. 
fulfilment (ful-fil'ment), n. l< fulfil + -ment.] 
A filling or carrying out; performance; ac- 
complishment; completion: as, the fulfilnunt 
of prophecy; the fulfilment of one's expecta- 
tions or duties. 
With what entire confidence ought we to wait for the 
fulfilment of all his other promises in their due time ! 
H. Blair, Works, I. v. 
fulfilnesst, . [Irreg. < fulfil + -ness.'} That 
which fills all things. 
That we, which are a little earth, should rather move 
towards God than that he, which is fulfilness and can 
come no whither, should move towards us. 
Donne, Letters, iv. 
fulgency (ful'jen-si), H. [<fulgen(t) + -cy.] The 
quality of being fulgent; brightness; splen- 
dor; glitter. [Poetical.] 
fulgent (ful'jent), a. [= Sp. Pg. It. fulgente, < 
L. fulge(t-)s, ppr. of fulgere, flash, lighten, 
gleam, glitter (cf . fulgor, lightning : see fulgor, 
foulder) ; allied to fiagrare, burn, flamma (for 
"flagma), flame, Gr. QM-yetv, burn, shine, Skt. 
y bhraj, shine, AS. bide, shining, pale, E. bleak, 
etc. : see flame, flagrant, bleak*, phlox, phlegm, 
etc.] 1 . Shining ; very bright ; dazzling. [Po- 
etical.] 
At last, as from a cloud, Us fulgent head 
And shape star-bright appear'd, or brighter. 
Milton, P. L., x. 449. 
But other Thracians, who their former name 
Retain'd in Aela, fulgent morions wore. 
Glocer, Leonldas, iv. 
2. In her., having rays, as a star or sun. 
fulgently (ful'jent-li), adv. In a fulgent man- 
ner; dazzlingly. 
fulgid (ful'jid), a. [= Sp. ftUgido = Pg. It. 
fmgido, < L. fulgidus, flashing, glittering, shin- 
ing, < fulgere, flash, etc.: see fulgent.] 1. 
Flashing; glittering; shining; gleaming; daz- 
zling: as, "fulgid weapons," Pope. Specifically 
2. In entom. : (a) Of a bright, fiery red. (b) 
Of a reddish-brown diaphanous color with red 
reflections, as displayed on the wings of cer- 
tain Hymenoptera. 
fulgidityt (ful-jid'i-ti), . [= It. fulgiditd; as 
fmgid + -ity.] The state or quality of being 
fulgid; splendor. 
fulgort (ful'gor), n. [= OF. fulgor, fulgour, 
fulgueur = Sp. Pg. fulgor = It.fulgore, < L. ful- 
gor, lightning, a flash of lightning, a flash, < ful- 
gere, flash: see fulgent. Cf. faultier.] Splendor; 
dazzling brightness. 
By the bright honour of a Millanoise, and the resplen- 
dent fulgor of this steele. 
Marston, Antonio and Mellida, Ind., p. 4. 
If thou canst not endure the sunbeams, how canst thou 
endure that fulgor and brightness of him that made the 
sun? Burton, Anat. of Mel., p. 595. 
Fulgora (ful'go-ra), n. [NL., < L. Fulgora, a 
goddess of ligntnmg, < fulgor, lightning: see 
fulgor.] A genus of homopterous insects, giv- 
ing name to the family Fulgoridte; the lantern- 
flies. They are remarkable for the prolongation of the 
forehead into an empty vesicular expansion, and are o 
named because it has been asserted that the lantern-fly 
proper (F. lanternaria), a native of Guiana, emits a strong 
light from this inflated projection. The evidence of this 
luminosity, however, is more than doubtful. A Chinese 
species has, on equally equivocal testimony, been called 
F. candelaria. See lantern-fly. 
Fulgorida (fnl-gor'i-da), n. pi. [NL., < Fulgora 
+ -ida.] The lantern-flies proper; the Ful- 
goridas in a restricted sense, or a subfamily of 
Fulgoridce in a broad sense. 
Fulgoridae (ful-gor'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < Ful- 
gora + -idee.] A family of hemipterous in- 
sects, variously constructed, sometimes includ- 
ing most of the homopterous forms of the order, 
sometimes greatly restricted to forms related 
to the lantern-flies, and then equivalent to 
the subfamily Fulgorida or Fulgorince. See the 
extract, in which the family is characterized in 
a large sense. 
The family Fulgoridix is distinguished by the presence 
of the great lantern-flies, and includes also a host of other 
species of very diverse forms and of many varieties of 
structure. It contains forms which might have been mis- 
taken for butterflies and moths, and others which closely 
