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fusain

[fyoo-zeyn, fyoo-zeyn; Fr. fy-zan]

noun, plural fu·sains

[-zeynz, -zeynz; Fr. -zan] for 2.

a fine charcoal used in drawing, made from the wood of the spindle tree.

a drawing made with this charcoal.

a blackish-gray, friable component of coal with a silky luster that leaves a charcoallike mark.

Origin:
1865–70; < French: spindle tree, charcoal made from its wood < Vulgar Latin *fūsāgīn- (stem of *fūsāgō), derivative of Latin fūsus spindle

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fusain (fjuːˈzeɪn, French fyzɛ̃)

—n
1.	a fine charcoal pencil or stick made from the spindle tree
2.	a drawing done with such a pencil
3.	a dull black brittle form of carbon resembling charcoal, found in certain coals

[C19: from French: spindle tree or charcoal made from it, from Vulgar Latin fūsāgō (unattested) a spindle (generally made from the spindle tree), from Latin fūsus]

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