A Treatise on Domestic Economy; For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School

other fruit trees, in which they appear burnt, as if by fire. It is supposed, by some, to be caused by an insect, others suppose it to be caused by an overabundance of sap. _Fluting-iron_, an instrument for making flutes, channels, furrows, or hollows, in ruffles, &c. _Foundation muslin_, a nice kind of buckram, stiff and white, used for the foundation or basis of bonnets, &c. _Free States_, those States in which slavery is not allowed, as distinguished from Slave States, in which slavery does exist. _French chalk_, a variety of the mineral called talc, unctuous to the touch, of a greenish color, glossy, soft, and easily scratched, and leaving a silvery line, when drawn on paper. It is used for marking on cloth, and extracting grease-spots. _Fuller's earth_, a species of clay, remarkable for its property of absorbing oil; for which reason it is valuable for extracting grease from cloth, &c. It is used by fullers, in scouring and cleansing cloth, whence its name. _Fustic_, the wood of a tree which grows in the West Indies, called _Morus tinctoria_. It affords a durable, but not very brilliant, yellow dye, and is also used in producing some greens and drab colors. _Gastric_, (from the Greek [Greek: gastir], _gaster_, the belly,) belonging or relating to the belly, or stomach. _Gastric juice_, the fluid which dissolves the food in the stomach. It is limpid, like water, of a saltish taste, and without odor. _Geology_, the science which treats of the earth, as composed of rocks and stones. _Gore_, a triangular piece of cloth. _Goring_, cut in a triangular shape. _Gothic_, a peculiar and strongly-marked style of architecture, sometimes called the ecclesiastical style, because it is most frequently used in cathedrals, churches, abbeys, and other religious edifices. Its principle seems to have originated in the imitation of groves and bowers, under which the ancients performed their sacred rites; its clustered pillars and pointed arches very well representing the trunks of trees and their interlocking branches. _Gourmand_, or _Gormand_, a glutton, a greedy eater. In agriculture, it is applied to twigs which take up