fusome

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Alternative form of fulsome

   Alternative form of fulsome; offensive; loathsome.

   • While glakit fools, owr rife o' cash, Pamper their weyms wi' fusome trash, I think a chiel may gayly pass;
   • Waes me! waes me! siccan a fusome sight as I am.
   • Out, fie, the fusome carlie! The ill contriving carlie!
2. 2

   Handy, deft-handed, workmanlike.

   • What pleas'd him best, the warmed up some keal, And RALF dud mak a varra fusome meal,
   • Whya nowt but weel , she seems a varra conny fusom wife, en I hear they hoffer et dea varra weel, en baith draas yaa way, en gitten ther lile farm varra connoly stockt;
3. 3

   Neat

   Neat; handsome, comely, shapely, attractive.

   • She was...as douce and fewsome as ony woman's bairn
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   1. 4

      A germ cell-specific organelle assembled from membrane skeletal proteins and membranous…

      A germ cell-specific organelle assembled from membrane skeletal proteins and membranous vesicles.

      • This demonstrates a key role of the fusome as a channel of communication between the cells for the synchronisation and differentiation of the germline cyst.
      • F-actin is not detected reliably on the fusome in Drosophila female ovaries, whereas it is a major component of the male fusome.

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