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Definition of 'fust'

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fust in British

(fʌst)
noun
1. obsolete
a strong mouldy odour
2. 
a type of cheese
Put a piece of fust in the middle of the dough.
3. architecture dialect
the ridge of a roof
adjective
4. 
a dialectal version of first
verb (intransitive)
5. dialect
to become mouldy; to become stale or stale-smelling
adverb
6. 
a dialectal version of first
Old master had abundance of books: sometimes would have twenty of 'em down on the floor at once; read fust one then tother.
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