fust /fʌst/noun 3verb 2forms 3 noun3 •A strong musty smell; mustiness.the fust of old books & older cheese / nobody loves gossip like these salaried dudes — 1999 •The shaft (main body) of a column. •(historical) A type of small galley. verb2 •Of wine: to acquire an undesirable musty or woody taste from the cask in which it is stored. •(no longer used) To turn mouldy, to decay.Sure he that made vs with such large discourse / Looking before and after, gaue vs not / That capabilitie and god-like reason / To fvst in vs vnvsed, […] — 1599 formsfusted · fusting · fusts