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n. [ OE. fustan, fustian, OF. fustaine, F. futaine, It. fustagno, fr. LL. fustaneum, fustanum; cf. Pr. fustani, Sp. fustan. So called from Fustāt, i. e., Cairo, where it was made. ]
Claudius . . . has run his description into the most wretched fustian. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A writer of fustian. [ R. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]