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Definition: Fusain |
FusainNoun1. A stick of black carbon material used for drawing. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Fusain \Fu"sain"\, noun. [French expression, the spindle tree; also, charcoal made from it.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Mining | A. A coal lithotype characterized macroscopically by its silky luster, fibrous structure, friability, and black color. It occurs in strands or patches and is soft and dirty where not mineralized. Its characteristic microlithotype is fusite. CF:vitrain; clarain; durain. Syn:mineral charcoal; mother of coal. Obsolete syn. motherham b. Coal material having the appearance and structure of charcoal. It is friable, sooty, generally high in ash content, and consists mainly offusite. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: FusainSynonym: charcoal (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Fusain |
| Specialty definitions using "fusain": coal rash ♦ dull-banded coal ♦ fusinoid, fusodurain, fusovitrain ♦ semifusain ♦ vitrofusain. (references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
fusain | 20 |
dessin fusain | 3 |
au de femme fusain mine nue plomb | 3 |
fusain nature | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "fusain"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
German | Holzkohlenstift. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | usainfay | ||||
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Words beginning with "fusain": fusains. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-f-i-n-s-u" | |
-1 letter: fauns, naifs, snafu, unais. | |
-2 letters: ains, anis, anus, fain, fans, faun, fins, funs, naif, sain, unai. | |
-3 letters: ain, ais, ani, fan, fas, fin, fun, ifs, ins, nus, sau, sin, sun, uns. | |
-4 letters: ai, an, as, fa, if, in, is, na, nu, si, un, us. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-f-i-n-s-u" | |
+1 letter: funkias, fusains, fustian. | |
+2 letters: affusion, basinful, funfairs, fustians, hafniums, infamous, infaunas, ruffians, snafuing, unfaiths, unifaces. | |
+3 letters: affusions, alfaquins, avifaunas, basinfuls, epifaunas, faunistic, figurants, fountains, franciums, frauleins, fumigants, nefarious, sulfating, surfacing, trainfuls, unfairest. | |
+4 letters: ausforming, disdainful, faultiness, flauntiest, foraminous, fulminates, fundraiser, funiculars, furanoside, furcations, infamously, infatuates, influenzas, infuriates, infusorian, insufflate, outfasting, quantifies, ruffianism, sufflating, surfacings, unfairness, unfeasible, unsafeties. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 75 73 61 69 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..-. ..- ... .- .. -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01110101 01110011 01100001 01101001 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F u s a i n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0075 0073 0061 0069 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)408785677580 |
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