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fu⋅sain

  [fyoo-zeyn, fyoo-zeyn; Fr. fy-zan]
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–noun, plural -sains  [-zeynz, -zeynz; Fr. -zan] for 2.
1. a fine charcoal used in drawing, made from the wood of the spindle tree.
2. a drawing made with this charcoal.
3. a blackish-gray, friable component of coal with a silky luster that leaves a charcoallike mark.
Origin:
1865–70; < F: spindle tree, charcoal made from its wood < VL *fūsāgīn- (s. of *fūsāgō), deriv. of L fūsus spindle
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fu·sain   (fyōō-zān', fyōō'zān)   
n.  

    1. Fine charcoal in stick form, made from the wood of the spindle tree.

    2. A sketch or drawing made with this charcoal.

  2. A dull dark-gray, brittle, porous type of bituminous coal resembling charcoal.


[French, spindle tree, charcoal made from its wood, from Vulgar Latin *fūsāgō, *fūsāgin-, spindle (formerly made from the wood of a spindle tree), from Latin fūsus.]
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