Sekirov Dictionary

fusome

/ˈfjuːsəm/

adjective 2
/ˈfjuːzəʊm/ noun 1
forms 3

adjective2

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(dialect, no longer used) Neat; handsome, comely, shapely, attractive.
- She was...as douce and fewsome as ony woman's bairn — 1867
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(dialect, no longer used) Handy, deft-handed, workmanlike.
- 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 — 1840

fusome

/ˈfjuːzəʊm/

noun1

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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. — 2007

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