FUSTIAN, in Commerce, a kind of cotton stuff, tweelled or ribbed on one side. Fustians should be altogether made of cotton yarn, both woof and warp; but a great many are made, the warp of which is flax, or even hemp. Fustians are made of several kinds, wide, narrow, fine, coarse; with shag or nap, and without it.
FUSTIAN is also employed to denote an inflated or bombastical style of composition.