fustet
(ˈfʌstɪt)
[a. F. fustet, ad. Pr. fustet = Sp. fustete, an etymologizing corruption (as if dim. of Pr. fust, Sp. fuste stick, piece of wood) of the Arab. source of fustic.]
A small European shrub (Rhus Cotinus), from which a yellow dye is extracted; called also young fustic. (See quots.)
| 1821 Ure Dict. Chem., Fustet, the wood of the rhus cotinus, or Venus's sumach, yields a fine orange colour, but not at all durable. 1828 in Webster. 1853 Ure Dict. Arts I. 834 Fustet, the wood of the rhus cotinus, a fugitive yellow dye. Ibid. I. 837 Fustic, the old fustic of the English dyer, as the article fustet is their young fustic. |