[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.)

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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.

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1828.  in Webster.

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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.

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