[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.)
1821. Ure, Dict. Chem., Fustet, the wood of the rhus cotinus, or Venuss sumach, yields a fine orange colour, but not at all durable.
1828. in Webster.
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.