'old fustic' definitions:

Definition of 'old fustic'

From: GCIDE
  • Fustic \Fus"tic\, n. [F. fustoc, Sp. fustoc. Cf. Fustet.] The wood of the Maclura tinctoria, a tree growing in the West Indies, used in dyeing yellow; -- called also {old fustic}. [Written also fustoc.] [1913 Webster]
  • Note: Other kinds of yellow wood are often called fustic; as that of species of Xanthoxylum, and especially the Rhus Cotinus, which is sometimes called young fustic to distinguish it from the Maclura. See Fustet. [1913 Webster]