Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Fust

Fust (fust) , noun

[Old French fust, French fût, from Latin fustis stick staff.]

(Architecture) The shaft of a column, or trunk of a pilaster. — Gwilt

Fust , noun

[Old French fust cask, French fût cask, taste or smell of the cask, fustiness, compare sentir le fût to taste of the cask. See 1st Fust.]

A strong, musty smell; mustiness.

Fust , intransitive verb

To become moldy; to smell ill. [Obsolete]