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Definition of Fusain
1. Noun. A stick of black carbon material used for drawing.
Definition of Fusain
1. n. Fine charcoal of willow wood, used as a drawing implement.
Definition of Fusain
1. Noun. Fine charcoal of willow wood, used as a drawing implement. ¹
2. Noun. A drawing made with it. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fusain
1. a fine charcoal used in drawing [n -S]
Medical Definition of Fusain
1. Fine charcoal of willow wood, used as a drawing implement. A drawing made with it. See Charcoal, 2, and Charcoal drawing, under Charcoal. Origin: F, the spindle tree; also, charcoal made from it. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fusain
Literary usage of Fusain
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture of Colors for Painting: Comprising by Jean René Denis Riffault des Hêtres, Armand Denis Vergnaud, G. Alvar Toussaint (1874)
"fusain (spindle tree, prickle wood) black. This black is the result of the
calcination of the prickle wood. The dry wood is divided into small rods, ..."
2. Bulletin: Mining and Metallurgical Investigations by Carnegie Institute of Technology, Mining Advisory Board (1922)
"In their opinion, it is particularly dangerous "if the fusain is found ...
When you find the fusain in juxtaposition, the fusain is most often not in the ..."
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