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sitting on the topinost benches, as if aloft on its specu. Fumariaceæ (fü-ma'ri-ū''se-e), n. pl. A small 2. To fumigate, as with scent; to perfume. latory height or mountain, which will become a practicalfurminatory height and make the naine of Mounnat, order of exogenous plants, closely allied

Fume all the ground, tain famous-infamous to all times and lands.

to Papaveraceæ. The species are slender- And sprinkle holy water. John Fletcher.

Carlyle. stemmed, herbaceous plants, generally erect, Now are the lawn sheets fumed with violets. Fulmine (ful'min), v. t. pret. & pp. ful- though some climb by means of their twist

Marston. wined; ppr. fulmining. i. To thunder; to ing leaf-stalks. Many species are objects of

3. To disperse or drive away in vapours; to fulminate; to give utterance to in an autho- cultivation by the gardener for the sake of

send up as vapour. ritative or vehement manner. their showy flowers. All are astringent and

The heat will fume away most of the scent.

Mortimer. Warming with her theme acrid plants, and are reputed diaphoretics

How vicious hearts fume frenzy to the brain. She fulmined out her scorn of laws Salique. and aperients. They inhabit the temperate

Young Tennyson. and warm regions of the northern hemi. Fumeless (fūm'les), a. Free from fumes. 2. To shoot or dart, as lightning. sphere and South Africa.

Fumert (füm'ér). n. One who fumes or perAnd ever and anon the rosy red

Fumaric (fū-ma'rik), a. In chem. pertaining fumes; a perfumer. *Embroiderers, feaFlasht through her face as it had been a flake Of lightning through bright heven fulmined. Spenser.

to or obtained from fumitory.-Fumaricacid ther-makers, fumers.' Beau, d: Fl.

(C 11,04), a monobasic acid, a product of the Fumet (fü'met), n. [Fr. fumées, from L. Fulmine (ful’min), v. i. To thunder; to sound action of heat on malic acid. It exists ready. | fimus, dung) The dung of the deer, hare, &c. like thunder; to fulminate; to speak out formed in several plants, as in common fumi- Written also Fewmet. B. Jonson. boldly and with resistless power, or with tory. It forms fine, soft, micaceous scales, Fumette (fü-met'), n. (Fr. funnet, from L. supreme authority.

soluble in water and alcohol. It unites with fumus, smoke, fume.] The scent of meat, A very Cicerone-yet, alas, several bases, producing fumarates.

as venison or game when kept too long; the How uniike him who fulmined in old Romel Rogers. Fumarole (fu'ma - ról), n. [It. fumarola, scent from meats cooking. Unless it had Fulmineous (ful-min'o-us), a. [L. fulmen, from fumo, L. fumus, smoke. ) A hole the right fumette.' Swift. thunder.) Pertaining to thunder.

from which smoke issues in a sulphur-mine There are such steams from savoury pies, such a Fulminic (ful-min'ik), a. In chem. of or or volcano.

fronete from plump partridges and roasting pigs, Same as that I think I can distinguish them as

asily as I pertaining to or capable of detonation.- Fumatory (fü'ma - to-ri), n. Fumitory

know a rose from a pink. Fulminic acid, an acid not known in the

R. M. Fephson. free state. See under FULMINATING.

Fumble (fum'bl), vi [D. fommelen; Sw. Fumetere,t n. The plant fumitory. Chaucer. Fulness, Fullness (fulnes), n. The state jumla, to handle feebly; L. G. fummelen, Fumid (fü'mid),a. (L. fumidus, from sumus, or quality of being full or filled; abundance; to fumble; Dan, famle, to grope about. smoke.) Smoky; vaporous. Sir T. Browne. completeness; perfection; repletion; satiety; Comp. 0. E. fambles, hands, famule, to stut- Fumidity, Fumidness (fū-mid'i-ti, fü'midswelling; largeness; extent; strongness;

ter; Icel. fálma, to fumble.] 1. To feel or nes), n. The state or quality of being fumid; loudness; clearness; ampleness of know- grope about; to make awkward attempts; smokiness. Bailey. ledge; abundant learning.

to grope about in perplexity: to seek or Fumiferous (fūm-if'er-us), a. (L. funnifer, In thy presence is fulness of joy. Ps. xvi. 11. search for something awkwardly.

froni fumus, smoke, and sero, to bear.) ProThere wanted the fulness of a plot and variety of

Am not I a friend to help you out? You would

ducing smoke. characters to forin it as it ought.

Dryden.
have been fumbling half an hour for this excuse. Fumifugist (füm-if'ū-jist), n. (L. fumus,

Dryden.
The ten lency of institutions like those of England is

smoke, and fugo, to drive away.) One who 2. To employ the hands or fingers about someto encourage readiness in public men at the expense

or that which drives away smoke or fumes. both of fuiness and exactness. Macaulay.

thing in an aimless or awkward fashion. Dr. Allen. - In the fulness of time, a common phrase,

I saw him fumble with the sheets, and play with Fumigant (füm'i-gant), a. (L. fumigans, flowers.

Shak. signifying at the proper or destined time.

fumigantis, ppr. of fumigo. See FUMIGATE.] The phrase originated in the Biblical ex

3. To stutter; to stammer; to hesitate in Fuming. (Rare.) pression 'When the fulness of the time was speech; to mumble.

Fumigate (fum'i-gāt), v.t. pret. & pp. fumicome.' Gal. iv. 4.

He fumbleth in the mouth,

gated; ppr. fumigating. (L. fumigo, JumiFulsamict (ful-sam'ik), a. Fulsome; nau

His speech doth fail. Tragedy of King John, 1611. gatum, to smoke, to fumigate -- fumus, seous. Congrere. Fumble (fum'bl), v.t. To manage awk

smoke, and ago, to do, to cause.) 1. To apFulsome (ful'sim), a. [Partly from full wardly: to crowd or tumble together.

ply smoke to; to expose to smoke or gas, as and term. some, partly from 0. E. ful,

in chemistry or medicine, by inhaling it, or

He fumbles up all in one loose adieu. Shak. foul.) 1. Filled out; full and plump.

in cleansing infected apartments, clothing, His lean, pale. hoar, and withered corpse grew

Fumbler (fum'bler), n. One who fumbles, &c.-2. To perfume. Dryden. fulsome, fair, and fresh. Golding gropes, or manages awkwardly.

Fumigation (füm-i-gā'shon), n. [L. fumi. 2. + Causing surfeit; cloying.

Fumblingly (fum'bling-li), adv. In a fum- gatio. See FUMIGATE.) 1. The act of fumi.

bling, hesitating, or awkward manner. gating or applying smoke or gas for various The next is Doctrine, in whose lips there dwells ... Honey, which never fulsome is, yet fills

Many good scholars speak but fumbling!y. purposes, as for the purpose of inhalation, The widest souls. Beaumont

B. Jonson. for disinfecting houses, clothes, and the 3. Offensive from excess of praise; gross.

Fume (füm), n. [L. fumus, smoke, steam, like. Fumigation by inhalation is some* Fulsomte flattery.' Macaulay. - 4. Nau

vapour, fume, akin to Skr. dhima, smoke, times recommended as a cure in pulmonary
fro
dhů, to agitate, the root being oi

complaints.
seous; offensive; disgusting.
E. dust.) 1.7 Smoke, as from a fire.

Fumigation with strong chemical agents such as He that brings fulsome objects to my view,

Then there is a repulsion of the fure, by some

chlorine, iodine, and nitrous fumes--is without doubt With nauseous images my fancy fills: Roscommon. higher hill of fabrick that shall overtop the chimney.

of real efficacy in the prevention of contagion. 5. Lustful; wanton.

Dr. A. W. Blyth, * The fulsome ewes.'

Reliqua 11 ottoniana. Shak.-6. Tending to obscenity; coarse; as,

2. Smoky or vaporous exhalation from any. 2. Fragrant vapour raised by heat. Dryden. a fulsome epigram. Dryden.

thing, especially if possessing narcotic or Fumigatory (füm'i-ga-to-ri), a. Having the Fulsomely (ful'sum-li), adv. In a fulsome other remarkable properties; volatile matter quality of cleansing by smoke. manner; rankly; grossly; nauseously; ob

arising from anything; exhalation: gener- Fumily (fūm'i-li), adv. With fume; smokily. scenely.

ally in the plural; as, the fumes of tobacco; Fuming (fūm'ing), n. 1. Fumigation. The Fulsomeness (ful'sum-nes), n. The state the fumes of burning sulphur; the funnes of fuming of the holes with brimstone.' Moror quality of being fulsome; nauseousness;

wine.---3. Any mental agitation regarded as timer. -2. Fume; idle conceit; vain fancy. rank smell: obscenity; grossness; satiety. clouding or affecting the understanding;

Mir. for Mage Fulvous, Fulvid (ful'viis, ful'vid), a. (L. L. angry mood; passion. Shak.

Fumingly (füm'ing-li), adv. In a fuming fulvidus, L. fulrus, yellow.) Yellow; tawny; The fumes of his passion do really intoxicate and manner; angrily; in a rage. of a tawny yellow colour. (Fulvid is rare.)

confound his judging and discerning faculty. South, Fumish (füm'ish), a. Smoky; hot; choleric. Fumt (fum), v.i. (Onomatopoetic.) To

She, out of love, desires me not to go to my father, (Rare.) sound or play upon a fiddle; to thrum.

because something hath put him in a fume against Another is perhaps melancholike;

Shirley Another fumish is, and cholerike. Mir. for Mags. Follow me, and fuum as you go. R. Fonsor,

4. Anything like fume or vapour, by being Fumishness (fūm'ish-nes), n. The state or Fum, Fung (fum, fung), n. The Chinese unsubstantial or fleeting, as an idle conceit, quality of being fumish; fretfulness; pasphenix, one of the four symbolical animals vain imagination, and the like. Shak,

sion. supposed to preside over the destinies of

To lay aside all that may seem to have a show of

Fumitert (fü'mi-tér), n. Same as Fumitory. the Chinese Empire.

fumes and fancies, and to speak solids, a war with Shak. Fumacious (fú-mi'shus), a. (L. fumus, Spain is a mighty work.

Bacon. Fumitory (fū'mi-to-ri), n. (O.E. sumetere, smoke. ) Lit. smoky; hence, pertaining Fume (fum), v.i. pret. & pp. fumed; ppr. L. fumus, smoke, and terra, the earth, from to smoke or smoking; addicted to smoking fuming. (Fr. fuiner; L. fumo. See the the belief that this plant was produced tobacco,

noun.) 1. To smoke; to throw off smoke without seed from vapours rising from the Fumado (fü-má'do), n. (Sp. fumado, or smoky vapour, as in combustion; to yield earih; L. fumaria herba, Fr. fumeterre.) smoked, pp. of fumar, L. fumare, to vapour or exhalations.

The common name of Fumaria, a genus of smoke, from fumus, smoke. ] A smoked

Where the golden altar fumed. Millon.

plants, nat. order Fumariaceae. Several fish. Carew 2. To be as in a mist; to be stupefied. Keep

species are known, natives of Europe and Fumage (fü'māj), n. (L. fumus, smoke. )

Asia, and two or three are found in this Tax on smoke places; hearth-money.

his brain fuming.' Shak.-3. To pass off in
vapours: with away.

country growing in dry fields and road sides, Fumage, or fuage, vulgarly called smoke-farthings.

and also frequent in highly cultivated garBlackstone

Their parts are kept from fuming away by their fixity.

Dr. G. Cheyne.

gens. They are slender annual herbs with Fumaramide (fü-ma'ra-mid), n. (C.H&N,0..)

much-divided leaves and purplish flowers In chem. a substance formed by the action of 4. To be in a rage; to be hot with anger.

in racemes at the tip of the stem or oppoammonia on fumarate of ethyl. It is a snow. Hefrets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground. site the leaves. F. officinalis, the best known

Dryden. white powder. By acids and alkalies it is re

species, was at one time much used in medi. solved, like other amides, into ammonia and -- Fuming liquor, in chem. a name given to

cine for scorbutic affections, &c., but its the acid. various preparations which emit fumes on

use is now discontinued. Fumarate (fū'ma-rāt), n. In chem. a salt exposure to the air.

The offspring of of fumaric acid. Fume (fum), v.t. 1. To smoke; to dry in Fummel (fum'mel), n.

a stallion and she-ass; a hinny or mule. Fumaria (fü-ma'ri-a), n. (From L. fumus, smoke.

(Local.) smoke, in allusion to the disagreeable smell

Those that serve for hot countries, they used at

Fumosity (fūm-os'i-ti), n. Tendency to of the plant.) A genus of plants popularly

first to fume by hanging

them up on long sticks one

by one, and drying them with the smoke of a soft emit fumes; fumes arising from excessive known as fumitory (which see).

Carcu. drinking. Chaucer.

fire.

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Fumous t (fū'mus), a. Fumy; producing y=f(x), or something similar, is adopted; Fundamental tones, the tones from which

fumes. 'Onions, mustard, and such-like thus, if u be the area of a triangle, x and y harmonics are generated. -- SYN. Primary, fumous things.' Barrough (1624).

two of the sides, and a the contained angle, first, leading, original, essential, indispensFumy (fūm'i), a. Producing fume; full of we should write u = $(x, y, 0). - Vital func- able, necessary, requisite, important. vapour; vaporous.

tions, functions immediately necessary to Fundamental (fun-da-mental), n. A leadFrom dice and wine the youth retir'd to rest, life, as those of the brain, heart, lungs, ing or primary principle, rule, law, or arAnd puffed the fimy god from out his breast. &c. - Natural or vegetative functions, func- ticle, which serves as the groundwork of a

Dryden.

tions less instantly necessary to life, as di- system; essential part; as, the fundamentals Fun (fun), n. [May be connected with fond,

gestion, absorption, assimilation, expulsion, of the Christian faith. O. E. fon, foolish, fon, fonne, to be foolish.]

&c. -- Animal functions, those which relate Fundamentality, Fundamentalness, Sport; mirthful drollery; frolicsome amuse

to the external world, as the senses, volun- (fund'a-ment-al"i-ti, fund-a-ment'al-nes), n. ment. Frolic and fun.' Goldsmith

tary motions, &c. -- The equivalence of func- The state or quality of being fundamental; Don't mind me, though, for all my fun and jokes, You bards may find us bloods good-natur'd folks.

tions, a communist term implying that no essentiality. Dr. H. More.

man's labour ought to be remunerated at a Fundamentally (fun-da-ment' al-li), adv. - To make fun of, to turn into ridicule.

higher rate than that of any other man, what- In a fundamental manner; primarily; ori-- Not to see the fun, to be unwilling to re

ever be the difference of capacity or pro- ginally; essentially; at the foundation. 'Fun

duction. gard anything offensive or annoying in the

damentally defective.' Burke. Functional (fungk'shon-al), a. light of a joke; not to be inclined to put up

Pertaining Funded (fund'ed), a. 1. Existing in the form with rough practical joking; to be disin

to functions; relating to some office; official. of bonds bearing regular interest; forming

Το part of the permanent debt of a country at clined to be practised upon whether in jest Functionalize (fungk'shon-al-iz), v.t.

place in a function or office; to assign some a fixed rate of interest; as, a funded debt. or earnest.

function or office to. Young Miller did not see the fun of being imposed Functionally (fungk'shon-al-li), ativ.

Laing. (Rare.] 2. Invested in public funds; as funded money. on in that fashion.

In Fund-holder (fundhöld-er), n. One who

a functional manner; by means of func- has property in the public funds. J. S. Mill. Funambulate (fū-nam'bū-lāt), v. t. (L. funis,

tions. rope, and ambulo, ambulatum, to walk ) Functionary (fungk’shon-a-ri), n. One who

Fundi, Fun-dungi (fun'di, fun-dun'ji), 11.

A kind of grain allied to millet (the PasTo walk on a rope.

holds an office or trust; as, a public func- palum exile), much cultivated in the west Funambulation (fü - nam'bū-lā"shon), n. tionary; secular functionaries.

of Africa. It is light and nutritious, and Rope-dancing Funambulatory (fū- nam'hū-la-to-ri), a.

Fund (fund), n. [Fr. fond, land, a merchant's has been recommended for cultivation in

stock; L. fundus, foundation, a piece of land, Britain as food for invalids. Called also 1. Performing like a rope-dancer. -2. Nar

estate - from land being the basis of all real Hungry Rice. row, like the walk of a rope-dancer. This

estate.] 1. A stock or capital; a sum of money Funding (fund'ing), p. and a. Providing a funambulatory track.' Sir T. Browne. Funambulist (fū-nam'bu-list), n.

appropriated as the foundation of some fund for the payment of interest on a debt; A rope

commercial or other operation undertaken converting loans to a government into funds walker or rope-dancer. De Quincey.

with a view to profit, and by means of which bearing a fixed rate of interest. --Funding Funambulo, Funambulus (fū-nam'bū-lo, fü-nam'bū-lús), n. [It. funambulo, L. fu

expenses and credit are supported; thus, system, the manner in which governments

the capital stock of a banking institution is give security to public loans, by forming nambulus. See FUNAMBULATE.) A ropedancer or rope-walker.

called its fund; the joint stock of a com- funds secured by law for the payment of

mercial or manufacturing house constitutes the interest until the state reduces the We see the industry and practice of tumblers and

its fund or funils; and hence the word is whole. funambulos.

Bacon.

applied to the money which an individual Fundless (sund'les), a. Destitute of funds. see him walking not like a funambulns upon a cord, but upon the edge of a razor. Sir H. Wotton.

may possess, or the means he can employ for Fundus (fun'dus), n. [L] In anat. the

carrying on any enterprise or operation. Funaria (fú-nā'ri-a), n. (L. funarius, per

base of any cone-shaped organ, as of the 2. Money lent to government constituting a uterus, the bladder, and gall-bladder. taining to a rope, from funis, a rope, a cord. )

national debt; or the stock of a national Funebral (fū-nē’bral), a. Same as FuneA genus of mosses having terminal fruit

debt; thus, we say a man is interested in brial, stalks, with an intlated calyptra and oblique

the funds or public funds when he owns the Funebrial,+ Funebrioust (fü-nē'bri-al, fūdouble peristome. F. hygrometrica is com

stock or the evidences of the public debt; nē'bri-us), a. (L. funebris, pertaining to a mon in this country, being found by way.

and the funds are said to rise or fall when a funeral, from funus, funeris, a funeral.] sides, and especially on spots where a wood

given amount of that debt sells for more or fire has been. It has obtained its specific

Pertaining to funerals; funeral; funereal. less in the market. —3. Money set apart for Funeral (fü'ner-al), n. [Fr. funerailles, It. name from its fruit-stalk having the pro

any object more or less permanent: in funerale, from L. funus, funeris, a burial.] perty of twisting when moisture is applied

general the interest only is devoted to the 1. The ceremony of burying a dead human to it. This species grows in all parts of the world. There are other three British spe

object, the fund proper remaining intact; body;the solemnization of interment; burial;

but the name is also given to money peri- obsequies: formerly used in the plural. cies. odically and systematically collected and

His funerals shall not be in our camp, Function (fungk'shon), nn. [Fr. fonction, L. destined to support a permanent object; as, Lest it discomfort us.

Shak. functio, from fungor, functus, to perform,

the patriotic fund; the sustentation fund. to execute.] 1. In a general sense, the

2. The procession of persons attending the 4. A store laid up from which one may draw burial of the dead. doing, executing, or perforining of anything;

at pleasure; ample stock; abundant supply; discharge; performance; as, the function of

Pope. as, a fund of wisdom or good sense; a fund

The long funerals blacken all the way. a calling or office. “A representing comof anecdote.

Funeral (fü'ner-al), a. Pertaining to burial; moner in the function of his public calling.'

In preaching, no men succeed better than those used at the interment of the dead; as, funeral Swift.--2. Office or employment, or any duty who trust entirely to the stock or fund of their own rites, honours, or ceremonies; a funeral or business belonging to a particular station reason, advanced indeed, but not overlaid by com

torch; funeral feast or games; funeral oraor character, or required in that station or

merce with books.

Swift.

tion. character; occupation, employment, busi-Sinking fund, a fund or stock set apart,

Our hearts, though stout and brave, ness, or office in general; the functions of a

generally at certain intervals, for the reduc- Still, like muffled drums, are beating chancellor, judge, or bishop; the functions tion of a debt of a government or corpora

Funeral marches to the grave. Longfellow of a parent or guardian.

tion. --Consolidated fund. See under Con- Funeral-ale (fü'nėr-al-al), n. Ale drunk or The bards performed the function of public cen. SOLIDATED.

to be drunk at a funeral; hence, a drinking sors with sharp criticism,

Prof. Blackie. Fund (fund), v. t. 1. To provide and appro- feast at a funeral; an ancient Scandinavian Tradesmen singing in their shops and going about priate a fund or permanent revenue for the

wake, See ALE, 2. their functions friendly. Shak, payment of the interest of; to make per

It is far more likely, as Munch supposes, that the 3. The specific office or action which any manent provision of resources for discharg- vow was made at his (liarold Harfagr's) father's organ or system of organs is fitted to per- ing the annual interest of; to put into the fueral-le, for it is expressly said that at Hafrsfirth form in the animal or vegetable economy; form of bonds or stocks bearing regular

his hair had been uncut for ten years, and that space as, the function of the heart, of leaves, &c.; interest; as, to fund exchequer bills or

of time had then passed since his father's death.

Edin. Rev. the specific office of anything belonging to government notes; to fund a national debt. a living being, as the body as a whole, the 2. To place in a fund, as money.

Funerally (fü'nėr-al-li), adv. After the man

ner of a funeral, Sir T. Browne. mind of man, or any faculty of the mind. Fundable(fund’a-bl), a. That may be funded All these various funcions (of living beings), howor converted into a fund; convertible into Funeratet (fü'nėr-āt), v.t. To bury with

funeral rites. Cockeram. ever, may be considered under three heads:-(1) bonds.

[L funerFunctions of Nutrition, divisible into functions of Fundament (fun'da-ment), n. [L. funda- Funerationt (fū-ner-ā’shon);": absorption and metamorphosis, and comprising all those functions by which an organism is enabled to mentum, from fundo, fundatum, to found.

atio, from funero, to bury with funeral rites, live, grow, and maintain its existence as an indi. See FOUND) 1.6 Foundation. Chaucer.

from funus. See FUNERAL.] Solemnization 2. The seat; the lower part of the body Funereal (fü-nē're-al), a. Suiting a funeral;

of a funeral. Knatchbull. vidual.--2) Functions of Reproduction, comprising all those functions whereby fresh individuals are on which one sits; also, the orifice of the produced and the perpetuation of the species is se- intestines; the anus.

pertaining to or calling up thoughts of death cured. -- (3) Functions of Relation or Correlation, comprising all those functions (such as sensation and Fundamental (fun-da- ment'al), a. Per

or the grave; dismal; mournful; gloomy. voluntary inotion) whereby the outer world is brought

"The sad, funereal feast.' Pope. taining to the foundation or basis; serving

In a funeinto relation with the organism, and the organism in for the foundation; hence, essential; im Funereally (fū-nē're-al-li), adv. turn is enabled to act upon the outer world. portant; original; elementary; as, a funda

real manner; mournfully; dismally. H. A. Nicholson. 4. In math. a quantity so connected with

mental truth or principle; å fundamental Funest(fū-nest'), a. (L. funestus, calamitous, law.

from funus, a funeral.] Lamentable. 'Fuanother that no change can be made in the

There are three fundamental notions existing in

nest and direful deaths.' Coleridge. [Rare.] latter without producing a corresponding the human mind as the primary elements of thought:- Fungal (fung'gal), n. In bot. a fungus; a change in the former, in which case the de- Ist, that of finite self; adly, that of finite nature; zdly, plant belonging to the fungi or lichens, pendent quantity is said to be a function of

that of the absolute, the unconditioned, the infinite. which are sometimes both classed together

The whole multiplicity of our conceptions are refer. the other; thus, the circumference of a rible to soine one of these three, as the irreducible

as Fungals or Fungales. circle is a function of the diameter; the area notion or category from which it springs.

Fungal (fung'gal), a. In bot. relating to of a triangle is a function of any two of the

5. D. Morell. fungi; as, Lindley's fungal alliance. sides and the angle they contain. In order Fundamental bass or base, in music, the Funget (funj), n. (L. fungus, a mushroom.) to indicate in a general way that one quan- lowest note or root of a chord; a bass con- A soft head; a fool. tity y is a function of another x the notation y sisting of a succession of fundamental notes.

A very idiot, a funge, a golden ass. Burton.

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Fungi (fun'ji), n. pl. [L., pl. of fungus, a The meaher productions of the French and Eng: ing sportive tricks. Cease your funning.' mushroom.] A large natural order of acoty

lish press, that fungous growth of novels and of

Harris.

Gay. pamphlets. ledonous or cryptogamous plants, 6000 being

Funny (fun'i), a. 1. Making fun; droll; known, varying greatly Fungus (fung gus), n. (L., a mushroom.)

comical.-2. Causing surprise; strange; wonin size, form, colour, 1. A member of the order of acotyledonous

derful; as, it is somewhat funny that he and consistence. Typiplants called Fungi (which see). -2. In med.

should never have told me of his marriage. cal forms of fungi are (a) a spongy morbid excrescence, as proud

(Colloq.)-Funny-bone, the internal condyle shown in the cuts. In flesh formed in wounds. (b) A minute in

or projection at the lower end of the huthe upper cut P refers crustation and alteration of the skin depend

merus, the bone which runs from the shoulto the pileus or cap, s

ent on the growth of vegetable parasites, as der to the elbow: the name is due to the fact to the stipes or stem, favus, ring-worm, &c.

that a blow on a ligament passing round v to the volva or wrapFungus-pit (fung'gus-pit), n. A pit in which

this condyle causes a strange tingling sensaper, h the hymeniuin fungi grow.

tion in the lower part of the arm. or gills, A the annulus

When it is heavy rainy weather, they all come in Funny (fun'ni), n. A light boat. [Provinor ring, c the cortina wet through; and at such times the vapours of the

cial.) Common Mushrooin

Dickens.

court are like those of a fungus.pit. or curtain, M the myce

(Agaricus ) lium or spawn. Under heastrative comparts of Funicle (fū’ni-kl), n. [L. funiculus, dim. of Funnyman (fun'i-man), n. A professional

clown; a merriman; a merry-andrew. the name fungus bot- Fungi and terms em- funis, a cord.] 1. A small cord; a small

You will see on it what I have earned as clown, or anists comprehend not ployed. ligature; a fibre.-2. In bot. the little stalk

the funnyman, with a party of acrobats. Mayhew. only the various races

by which a seed is attached to the of mushrooms, toadplacenta; the stalk that supports

Fur (fér), n. (Fr. fourrure, fur, which, like

Fr. fourreau, a sheath, is derived from an stools, and similar the ovule, and which is called by

old German word corresponding to modern plants, but a large

some the podosperm. number of micro

G. futter, covering, case, lining, and to Funicular (fū-nik'ü-lér), a. Con

A. Sax. foder, fodder, a shell, case, or coverscopic plants grow. sisting of a small cord or fibre; de

ing (also fodder, food. See FODDER). Fur ing upon

pendent upon the tension of a cord; other

therefore was originally so called from the plants, and sub

formed by a cord or cords.-Funistances which are cular machine, a term applied to

woolly skins of animals being used for lining

or trimming clothes.] 1. The short, fine, soft known as moulds, certain contrivances intended to

hair of certain animals growing thick on inildew, smut, rust, illustrate some mechanical prin

the skin, and distinguished from the hair, brand, dry-rot, &c. ciple, and consisting mainly in an

which is longer and coarser. Fur is one of Fungi agree with arrangement of cords and suspend

the most perfect non-conductors of heat, alga and lichens in ed weights. – Funicular polygon, Funicles.

and serves to keep animals warm in cold their cellular strucin statics, the figure assumed by

climates.--2. The skin of certain wild aniture, which is, with 1, Agaricus comatus (tall a string supported at its extremities and

mals with the fur; peltry; as, a cargo of furs. very few exceptions, cylindrical agaric). 2. Bole. acted on by several pressures.

tuus edulis (edible boletus). void of anything re

- In her. the furs are generally reckoned Funiculate (fū-nik'û-lāt), a. In zool. form3. Morchella esculenta

six in number, all, excepting that which sembling vascular (round-headed morel). ing a narrow ridge.

is plain white, formed by combining the tissue, but differ Funiculus (fü-nik'ü-lus), n. (L., a little rope,

natural skins together. Furs are borne on from them in deriving their nutriment cord, or line.) 1. In bot, see FUNICLE.-2. In

the shield and charges, and consist either from the body on which they grow, not anat. the umbilical cord or navel-cord

of one colou alone or of more colours than from the medium by which they are surwhereby the fetus is connected with the

one. The furs of two colours are ermine, rounded. They are among the lowest placenta or after-birth.

ermines, erminois, pean, vair, vaire, varry, forms of vegetable life, and, from the readi- Funiliform (fū-nil'i-form), a. In bot. formed

cuppa, and erminites. See these terms. ness with which they spring up in certain of tough, flexible cord - like fibres, as the

3. Strips of skins bearing the natural fur, conditions, their germs are supposed to be roots of some endogenous trees.

used on garments for lining or for ornafloating in the atmosphere in incalculable Funis (fü'nis), n. (L.) In anat. the umbili

menting; as, she wore a cloak faced with numbers. Some diseases are produced by cal cord; the navel-string.

fur.- 4. Any coating regarded as resembling fungi. Fungi differ from other plants in Funk (fungk), n. (Wedgwood connects with

fur; specifically, (a) a coat of morbid matbeing nitrogenous in composition, and in Walloon funki, funker, to smoke, and fun

ter collected on the tongue in persons afinhaling oxygen and giving out carbonic queron (fumeron), imperfectly burned char

fected with fever and other ailments. (b) A acid gas. Berkeley divides fungi into two coal, from L. fumus, smoke. In 3 and 4 con

coat or crust formed on the interior of vesgreat sections, the first having the spores nected with G. funke, D. vonk, a spark.]

sels by matter deposited from a liquid, as naked, and comprising agarics, boleti, puff1. An offensive smell; a suffocating smoke.

hard water. balls, rust, smut, and mildew; the second Bailey. -2. Fear; shrinking panic. "The

Empty beer-casks hoary with cobwebs, and empty comprising the morels, truffles, certain horrid panic or funk (as the men of Eton

wine bottles with fur and fungus choking up their moulds, &c., in which the spores are in sacs call it).' De Quincey. (Colloq. or slang.) throats.

Dickens. (asci).

If they find no brandy to get drunk

(c) The soft downy covering on the skin of Fungible (fun'ji-bl), n. (L.L. (res) fungibiles, Their souls are in a miserable funk. Dr. Wolcot. a peach. probably from L. fungor, to perform, dis- 3. Touchwood. (Provincial.]—4. Anger; huff. Fur (fèr), a. Pertaining to or made of fur; charge.] 1. In the civil law, a thing of such (Scotch.)

as, a fur cap. a nature as that it may be replaced by an- Funk (fungk), v.i. 1. To stink through fear. Fur (fér), v. i. pret. & pp. furred; ppr. furother of equal quantity and quality:-2. In [Vulgar.) - 2. To quail; to shrink through ring. 1. To line, face, or cover with fur; as, Scots law, a movable which may be esti- fear. (Colloq.1–3. To kick behind, as a horse; a furred robe. — 2. To cover with morbid mated by weight, number, or measure, as to get angry; to take offence. (Scotch.) matter, as the tongue.-3. In carp. to nail grain or money.

Funk (fungk), v.t. To envelop with offen- slips of timber to, as joists or rafters, in Fungic (fun'jik ), a. Pertaining to or ob- sive smoke or vapour.

order to bring them to a level and range tained from fungi. — Fungic acid, an acid Funky (fungk'i), a. 1. Inclined to fear; them into a straight surface. contained in the juice of most fungi. It is timid. Colloq. or slang. )-2. Given to kick, Fur (fur), n. A furrow; the space between said to be a mixture of citric, malic, and as a horse; easily enraged or put into ill- two ridges. [Scotch.) phosphoric acid.

humour. (Scotch.)

Furacious 1 (fū-rā'shus), a. [L. furax, from Fungidæ (fun'ji-dē), n. pl. A family of simple Funnel (fuu'nel), n. (Probably from L. in

furor, to steal, and single lamellated corals, so called from fundibulum, a funnel-in, into, and fundo,

from fur, the resemblance of their stony structure to to pour; in Limousin enfounil, a funnel, oc

thief.] Given to that of a fungus or mushroom. They are curs. Comp. W. iynel, an air-hole.) 1. A

theft ; inclined circular or elliptical, some of them measur- passage for a fluid or flowing substance, as

to steal; thieving 18 inches in diameter. the shaft or hollow channel of a chimney

ish. Fungiform, Fungilliform (fun'ji-form, fun- through which smoke ascends; specifically,

Furacity (füjilli-form), a. (L. fungus, a mushroom, and in steam-ships, a cylindrical iron chimney

ras'i-ti), n. The forma, form.) In mineral. having a termi- for the boiler-furnaces rising above the deck.

state of being nation similar to the head of a fungus.

2. A vessel for conveying

given to theft; Fungin, Fungine (fun'jin ), n. The fleshy

fluids into vessels with

disposition to part of mushrooms purified by digestion in

small openings, a kind of

steal; thievishhot water.

hollow cone with a pipe

ness. Funjinous (fun'jin-us), a. Of or belonging

issuing from its apex; a

Furbelow (férto a fungus.

filler

bě-lo), n. (Fr. It. Fungite (fun'jit), n. (From L. fungus, a

Funnelform, Funnel

Sp. Pg. falbala, mushroom.) A kind of fossil coral.

shaped (fun'nel - form,

Sp. also farfala, Fungivorous (fun-jiv'èr-us), a. [L. fungus,

fun'nel-shåpt), a. Having

flounce; Lyona mushroom, and voro, to devour.] Feeding

the form of a funnel or

farbela, on mushrooms or fungi.

inverted hollow cone;

fringe, flounce, Fungoid (fung'goid), a. Having the appearFunnel-shaped specifically, in bot. ap

rag. The origin ance or character of a fungus. Only a Corolla, plied to a monopetalous

of the word is fungoid growth, I daresay.' G. Eliot.

corolla shaped like a fun

unknown. ) A Fungology (fung-gol'o-ji), n. [L. fungus, a nel, where the tube enlargez gradually below,

piece of stuff mushroom, and Gr. logos, a discourse.) A but expands widely at the summit.

plaited and puctreatise on or the science of the fungi; my- Funnelled (fun'neld), a. Having a funnel Furbelows (time of William kered on a gown cology or funnels; funnel-shaped.

and Mary).

or petticoat; a Fungosity (fung-gos’i-ti), n. The quality of Funnel-net (fun'nel-net), n. A net shaped

flounce; the being fungous; fungous excrescence. like a funnel.

plaited border of a petticoat or gown. Fungous (fung'gus ), a. 1. Like a fungus; Funnel-shaped. See FUNNELFORM. Furbelow (fèr'bē-lo), v.t. To put a furbelow excrescent; spongy soft. — 2. Growing or Funnily (fun'i-li), adv. In a funny, droll, on; to furnish or ornament with a furbelow springing up suddenly, but not substantial or comical manner. (Colloq.)

or furbelows. or durable.

Funning (fun'ing), n. Jesting, joking, play- Flounced and furbelowed from head to foot. Addison.

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Furbish (fèr'bish), y.t. [Fr. fourbir, from Furiousness (fù'ri-us-nes), 12. The state of vessels, or ornamental appendages; as, to
O.H.G. furban, to clean, to furbish, G. dial. being furious; violent agitation; impetuous furnish a house or a room.
fürben, to sweep with a broom.] 1. To rub motion; madness; frenzy; rage.

The apartments are lofty and enormous, and they or scour to brightness; to restore to its Furl (férl), v. t. (Contr. from furdle, for know not how to furnish them.

Walpole. original purity or brightness; to polish; to fardlı, fardel, to make up in fardels or Furnish (fér’nish), v.i. In the language of burnish.

bundles. Akin Fr. fardeler, to truss or the turf, to improve in strength and appearFurbished the rusty sword again. Dryden. pack up See FARDEL) To wrap or roll, as ance. The horse had furnished so since 2. Fig. to clear from taint or stain; to add a sail close to the yard, stay, or mast, and then.' Macmillan's Jag. fresh glory or brightness to; to prepare for

fasten by a gasket or cord; to draw up or Furnisht (iérnish), n. Specimen; sample. fresh use. draw into close com pass.

To lend the world a furnish of wit, she lays her own Furbish new the name of John of Gaunt. Shak. Till the war-drum throbb'd no longer, and the battle- to pawn.

Greenc.
Furbishable (fèr'bish-a-bl), a.

That may
flags were furi'd.

Tennyson. Furnished (fér'nisht), a. Supplied; garbe furbished.

-- To furl a top-sail in a body (naut.), to nished; fitted with necessaries; particularly, Furbisher (fér'bish-ér), n. One who or that gather all the loose parts of the top-sail into in her. applied to a horse borne bridled, which polishes or makes bright by rubbing; the bunt about the top-mast.

saddled, and completely caparisoned. one who or that which cleans.

Furlong (fèrlong), n. (A. Sax. furlang-fur, Furnisher (fér'nish-ér), n. One who supplies Furcate, Furcated (férékāt, fér'kát-ed), a. furh, a furrow, and lang, long ) A measure or fits out. (L. furca, a fork) Forked; branching like of length; the eighth part of a mile; forty Furnishing (fér'nish-ing), n. An appendage; the prongs of a fork. rods, poles, or perches.

outward sign. Shak. Furcation (fér-ka'shon), n. A forking; a

Furlough (fér'lo), n. (From Dan. forlov, Furnishment (fér'nish-ment). n. 1. The act branching like the tines of a fork.

D. verlof, G. verlaub, leave, permission, fur- of furnishing – 2. A supply of furniture or Furciferous (fér-sis'ér-us), a. (L. furcifer, lough, lit. leave off or away.] Leave of ab- things necessary. one bearing the furca, a gallows-rogue, a sence; especially (milit.), leave or license Furniture (fèr'ni-tūr), n. [Fr. fourniture, rascal – furca, a fork, an instrument of given by a commanding officer to an oflicer from fournir, to furnish, provide.) 1. That punishment placed on a culprit's neck, a or soldier to be absent from service for a with which anything is furnished or supkind of gallows, and fero, to bear.) Ras- certain time.

plied; equipment; specifically, the goods, cally; scoundrelly; villanous. Furciferous Furlough (férʻlo), 4. t. To furnish with a vessels, utensils, and other appendages neknaves.' De Quincey. (Rare.)

furlough; to grant leave of absence to, as cessary or convenient for housekeeping: Furcula (fèr'ku-la), n. (L., a forked prop to an officer or soldier,

whatever is added to the interior of a house support a wall when undermined, a dim. Furmenty, Furmity (fèr'men-ti, fèr’mi-ti), or apartment for use or convenience. from L. furca, a fork.) In compar. anat.

Same as Frumenty.

I'd give bay Curtal and his furniture, the forked bone formed by the union of the Furnace (fér'nās), n. [Fr. fournaise; L. for- My mouth no more were broken than these boys, collar-bones in many birds, such as the com- nax, an oven, from root for, to be hot, as in And writ as little beard.

Shak. mon fowl, serving to keep the wings at a formus, hot.] 1. A place where a vehement 2. In music, one of the stops, called mixture proper distance in flying. Commonly called fire and heat may be made and maintained, stops, in an organ.-3. The necessary appenthe Merrythought.

as for melting ores or metals, heating the dages in various employments or arts, as the Furcular (férkū-lér), a. Shaped like a fork; boiler of a steam-engine, warming a house, brasswork of locks, door-knobs, and window furcate; as, the furcular bone of a fowl. baking pottery or bread, and other such pur- shutters, the masts and rigging of a ship, Furdlet (fér’dl), v.t. (A corruption of fardle poses. Furnaces are constructed in a great the mounting of a musket, &c.; in printing, or fardel (which see).) To draw up into a variety of ways, according to the different the pieces of wood or metal used for filling bundle; to furl. Sir T. Browne.

purposes to which they are applied. In con- up blank or short pages, and for forming Furfur (fér'fér), n. (L.) Dandruff; scurf; structing furnaces the following objects are the white spaces between the leaves on a scales like bran.

kept in view : (1) To obtain the greatest printed sheet; also the 'sticks' and quoins Furfuraceous (fér-fer-ä'shus), a. (L. fur- quantity of heat from a given quantity of fuel. used in fastening the pages in a forme. furaceus, bran-like, from furfur, furfuris, (2) To prevent the dissipation of the heat after Furole (fu-rol'), n. (Fr.) A sort of meteor bran, scurf.] 1. Made of bran. -- 2. Scaly; it is produced. (3) To concentrate the heat seen on the sail-yards of ships at night. scurfy; like bran ; specifically, applied to and direct it as much as possible to the sub- Called also Corposant (which see). certain eruptions in which the cuticle peels stances to be acted upon. (4) To be able to Furor (fü'ror), n. (L.) Fury; rage; mania. off in scales, and to a bran-like sediment regulate at pleasure the necessary degree of Furore (fo-roʻrā), n. (It.) Rage; fury: great exwhich is sometimes observed in the urine. heat and have it wholly under the operator's citen.ent; intense commotion; enthusiasm. Furfuramide (fér'fér-a-mid), n. (C1 H12N, management. An air furnace is one in Furr-ahin (fur'a-hin), n. [From furr, fur03.) In chem. a product of the action of which the flames are urged only by the row, and ahin, behind ) The hindmost ammonia on furfurol, from which a perfume natural draught; a blast furnace, one in horse on the right-hand side of the plough, is derived.

which the heat is intensified by the injec- walking on the furrows. (Scotch.) Furfuration (fér-fer-a'shon), n. The falling

tion of a strong current of air by artificial My furr-ahini's a wordy beast,
means; a reverberatory furnace, one in which

As e'er in tug or tow was traced. of scurf from the head.

Burns. Furfurine (fèr'fér-in), n. (C13H12N203.) In the flames in passing to the chimney are

Furrier (fèr'i-er), n. A dealer in or dresser chem, a powerful organic base derived from thrown down by a low-arched roof upon the

of furs; one who makes or sells fur muffs, furfuramide.

objects which it is intended to expose to tippets, &c. It furfurine) was discovered by the late Professor

their action.-2. Any place, time, or occa- Furriery (fér'i-e-ri). n. 1. Furs in general. Fownes; and, as the first vegeto alkaloid artificially sion of severe torture; great trial; as, the

2. The trade of a furrier. forined, its production was regarded as a great step furnace of affliction.

Furrily (fèr'i-li), ado. In a furry manner; in organic chemistry.

Chambers's Ency. Furnacet (férnăs), v.t. To throw out, like with a covering of fur. Byron. Furfurol(fer fer-ol),n. (C, H, O,.) In chem. a sparks from a furnace.

Furrings (feringz), n. pl. . In carp. slips of volatile oil obtained when wheat-bran, sugar,

He furnaces

timber nailed to joists or rafters in order to or starch is acted on by dilute sulphuric acid

The thick sighs from him.

Shak.

bring them to a level and to range them and peroxide of manganese. It is colourless Furnace-bar (fér'nās-bär), n. See FIRE- into a straight surface, when the timbers when first prepared, but turns yellow in the BAR.

are sagged either by casting or by a set dark and brown when exposed to light, and Furnace-bridge (fér'nās-brij), n. A barrier which they have obtained by their weight in has a fragrant odour resembling that of of firebricks, or an iron plate chamber filled

the course of time. Written also Firrings. bitter almonds.

with water thrown across a furnace at the Furrow (fu'ro), n. [A. Sax. furh, D. jure, Furfurous (fér'fér-us), a. Furfuraceous extreme end of the fire-bars, to prevent the O.H.G. furich. G. furche. furrow; supposed (which see). 'Furfurous bread.' Sydney fuel being carried into the flues, and to to be the representative in the Teut. tongues Smith.

quicken the draught by contracting the of L. porca, a ridge between two furrows, a Furial, t a. Furions; raging. Chaucer. area.

balk.) 1. A trench in the earth made by a Furibundal (fü'ri-bun-dal), a. (L. furibun- Furnace-burning(fér'nás-bern-ing), a. Hot plough.-2. A narrow trench or channel, as dus.) Raging; mad; furious.

like a furnace. “My furnace-burning heart.' in wood or metal; a groove; a wrinkle in the Ist possible for puling wench to tame Shak.

face. 'In the furrous of his chin' Tennyson. The furibundal champion of faune?

Furnarinæ (fér-na-ri'nē), n. pl. The oven- Furrow (fu'ro), v. t. (From the noun.] 1. To

G. Harvey. birds, a sub-family of tenuirostral insessorial cut a furrow in; to make furrows in; to Furiosant (fü-ri-ös'ant), a. In her. a term birds of the family Certhidæ or creepers, so

plough; as, to furrow the ground or the applicable to the bull, bugle, and other ani.

called from the form of their nests. The sea. ---2. To make narrow channels or grooves mals, when depicted in a rage or in mad

species are all small birds, inhabiting the in; to mark with or as with wrinkles. ness. It is also termed Rangant. warm parts of South America.

Thou canst help time to furrow me with age. Furiosity (fù-ri-os’i-ti), n. The state of be

Furniment (fér'ni-ment), n. [Fr. fourni- But stop no wrinkle in his pilgrimage. Shak. ing furious; raving madness,

ment, a stand of arms, from fournir, to fur- Fair cheeks were furrowed with hot tears. Byron. Furioso (fő-ri-o'ző). [It.) In music, furi

nish, to fit up. ) Furniture. Spenser. Furrow-drain (fu’ro-drān), v.t. In agri ously; vehemently; with great vigour.

Furnish (fèr'nish), v.t. [Fr. fournir; It. forFurious (fü'ri-us), a. (L. furiosus, Fr. furi

to drain, as land, by making a drain at each nire, frunire, Pr. formir, furmir, to finish, furrow, or between every two ridges. eux. See Fury.) 1. Raging: violent; trans

perfect, to furnish, provide, probably from Furrowed (fu'röd), a. Having longitudinal ported with passion; as, a furious animal.

0.H.G. frumjan, to perfect, to do, to act.] channels, ridges, or grooves; as, a surrowed 2. Mad; frenzied.

1. To supply with anything necessary or stem. No man did ever think the hurtful actions of furi.

useful; to equip; as, to furnish a family Furrow-faced (fu'rő-fäst), a. Having a ons men and innocents to be punishable. Hooker.

with provisions; to furnish one with arms wrinkled or furrowed face or surface. The 3. Rushing with impetuosity; moving with

for defence; to furnish a table; to furnish a furrow-faced sea.' B. Jonson violence; boisterous; as, a furious stream; library; to furnish the mind with ideas. Furrow-slice (fu'ro-slis), n. A narrow slice a furious wind or storm.-SYN. Impetuous, vehement, boisterous, raging, fierce, violent,

Will your lordship lend me a thousand pounds to

of earth turned up by the plough. furnish me!

Shak. Furrow-weed (fu’ro-wēd), n. A weed growturbulent, tumultuous, angry, mad, frantic, frenzied.

2. To offer for use; to supply; to afford; as, ing on ploughed land. Shak. Furiously (fū'ri-118-li), adv. In a furious

to furnish arms for defence.

Furrowy (fu'ro-i), a. Furrowed; full of or

abounding in furrows. manner; with impetuous motion or agita- His writings and his life furnish abundant proofs tion; violently; vehemently; as, to run that he was not a man of strong sense. Macaulay.

A double hill ran up his furron'y forks

Beyond the thick-leaved plantains of the vale. furiously; to attack one furiously. 3. To fit up; to supply with the proper goods,

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Furry (fèr'i), a. [From fur.] 1. Covered Furze-chat (férz'chat), n. Another name quefied. -- Fusible metal, an alloy, usually of with fur; dressed in fur. -2. Consisting of for the whin-chat, a bird of the family Syl- lead, tin, and bismuth, compounded in such fur or skins. 'Furry spoils.' Dryden. - viadæ or warblers, and genus Saxicola (S. definite proportions as to melt at a given tem3. Resembling fur.-4. Coated with a deposit rubetra), so called from its frequenting perature. --Fusible plug, in steam-engines, a of fur. See FUR, n. 4. places abounding in furze or gorse.

plug of fusible metal placed in the skin of Two fogky decanters, half full of the remnants of Furze-ling, Furze-wren(férz'ling, férz'ren), the boiler, so as to melt, and allow the steam yesterday's libation, with a sort of furry rim just n. Melizophilus provincialis, a small bird to escape when a dangerous heat is reached. over the surface.

Hook.

found in several of the southern counties of -Fusible porcelain, a silicate of alumina Fursung (fur'zung), n. Same as Parasang. England. Called also Dartford Warbler. and soda obtained from cryolite and sand, Furthcoming, n. Forthcoming. (Scotch.) Furzen, Furzy (férz'en, férz'i), a. Overgrown fused and worked asglass. - Fusible calculus, Further (ferrhér), a. See FARTHER. with furze; full of gorse.

a variety of urinary concretion consisting Further (fèr'fhér), adv. See FARTHER. Fusarole, Fusarol (fū'sa-rol), n. (Fr. fusa- of the mixed phosphates of magnesia and Further (férfhér), v.t. To help forward; role, fusarolle, It. furaiuole, from fusaiolo, a ammonia, and of lime. It is so named beto promote; to advance; to forward; to help whirl to put on a spindle, from fuso(L. fusus), cause it fuses before the blow-pipe. or assist

a spindle, the shaft of a column.) In arch, a Fusiform (fü’zi-form), a. (L. fusus, a spindle, This binds thee then to further my design. Dryden. moulding generally placed under the echinus and formå, form.] Shaped like a spindle: Furtherance (fér'Thér-ans), n. The act of

or quarter-round of columns in the Doric, in bot. applied to roots that taper to both furthering or helping forward; promotion;

Ionic, and Corinthian orders. It consists ends, as the radish. advancement.

of oval beads cut across at the top and Fusil (fūʼzil), 1. (Fr.; It. focile, fucile, from

alternating with thin tongue-shaped ornaI know that I shall abide and continue with you all,

ments. for your furtherance and joy of faith.

Fusc (fusk), a. Brown; dark-coloured; fusFurtherer (fèrthér-ér), n. One who furthers cous. (Rare.) or helps to advance; a promoter. Ascham.

Expectation was alert on the receipt of your Furthermore (fèr'Thér-mor), adv. More- strange-shaped present, while yet undisclosed from over; besides; in addition to what has been its fusc envelope.

Lamo.

Fusil for projecting Grenades. said.

Fuscation (fus-kā'shon), n. A darkening; Furthermost (fér-Thér-most), a. Most reobscurity. Blount.

L. foculus, dim. of focus, a fire.) A light mote.

Fuscin, Fuscine (fus'sin), n. (L. fuscus, musket or firelock resembling a carbine, and Furthersome (fér'THér-sum), a. Tending dark-coloured. ) A brownish matter obtained which might be slung over the shoulder by to further or promote; helpful.

from empyreumatic animal oil. It is in- a belt. You will not find it further some. Carlyle. soluble in water, but may be dissolved by Fusil (fū’zil), n. [L. fusus, a spindle.) A bear

alcohol. Furthest (férʻTHest), a. Most distant either

ing in heraldry differing in time or place. Fuscite (fus'sit), n. Same as Gabbronite

from the lozenge in being Furthest (fér'rhest), adv.

At the greatest Fuscous (fus' kus), a.
(which see)

longer in proportion to distance.

(L. fuscus, dark

its breadth, and named Furtive (fèr'tiv), a. (L. furtivus, from fur. coloured. ] Brown; of a dark colour.

from its shape, which re

sembles that of a spindle. tum, theft, from fur, a thief.) 1. Stolen;

Sad and fuscous colours, as black or brown, or

Burke.

deep purple, and the like. obtained by theft. — 2. Stealthy; thief-like.

Fusil, Fusile (füz'il), a. Fuse (füz), v.t. pret. & pp. fused; ppr. fus

(Fr. fusile; L. fusilis, That furtive mien, that scowling eye. Matt. Arnold. ing. (L. fundo, furum, to pour out, to melt,

from fundo, fusum, to Furtively (fér'tiv-li), adv. In a furtive man- to cast.] 1. To melt; to liquefy by heat; to

Fusil.

pour.] 1. Capable of be. ner; stealthily. render fluid; to dissolve.-2. To blend or

ing melted or rendered Furtum (fèr'tum), n. (L.) In law, theft; unite things, as if they were melted to

fluid by heat. A kind of fusile marble.' robbery. gether.

Woodward. - 2. Running; flowing, as a liFuruncle (fū'rungk-1), n. (L. furunculus, a

That delirious man

quid. “A fusile sea.' Philips. petty thief, burning sore, boil, dim. of fur,

Whose fancy fuses old and new,

Fusileer, Fusilier (fū-zil - ēr'), n. (From

And flashes into false and true, a thief.) In med. a superficial inflammatory

fusil.] Þroperly, a soldier armed with a

And mingles all without a plan. Tennyson. tumour, deep, red, hard, circumscribed,

fusil; an infantry soldier who bore firearms, acutely tender to the touch, suppurating Fuse (fūz), v.i. 1. To be melted; to be re

as distinguished from a pikeman and archer. with a central core; a boil.

duced from a solid to a fluid state by heat. The name Fusiliers was formerly given to Fury (fū’ri), n. (L. furiæ, violent passion,

2. To become intermingled and blended, as the third of the three regiments of Foot

if melted together. from furo, to rage.] 1. Rage; a storm of

Guards, now called Scots Guards, and is still anger; madness; turbulence.

Fuse (fūz), n. (A shortened form of fusil.) given to the 7th Regiment of the line, called

A tube filled with combustible matter, used Royal Fusiliers. I do oppose my patience to his fury. Shak.

in blasting, or in discharging a shell, &c. Fusillade (fūʼzil-ād), n. [Fr., from fusil, a 2. A violent rushing; impetuous motion; as, Fusee (fü-zē'),n. (Fr. fusée, a spindleful, from musket. ) A simultaneous discharge of the fury of the winds.-3. Enthusiasm; in- L. L. fusata (same sense), L. fusus, a spindle. musketry; as, a general fusillade. spired or supernatural excitement of the Comp. rocket, from rock, a distaff.] The cone Fusillade (fü‘zil-ad), v.t. pret. & pp. fusilmind.

or conical part of a watch or clock, round laded; ppr. fusillading. To shoot down by Her staring eyes with sparkling fury roll,

which is wound the chain or cord. It is a a fusillade. *Fusillade them all.' Carlyle. When all the god came rushing to her soul. Dryden. mechanical contrivance for equalizing the Fusinæ (fū-si'ne), n. pl. A sub-family of the 4. In clas8. myth. one of the avenging dei.

power of the main-spring; for as the action turnip-shells (Turbinellidæ), the typical ties, the daughters of Earth or of Night,

of a spring varies with its degree of tension, genus of which is Fusus, commonly known representeil as fearful winged maidens, with the power derived from the force of a spring by the name of spindle-shells. serpents twined in their hair, and with requires to be modified according to cir- Fusing-point (füz'ing-point), n. The degree blood dripping from their eyes. They dwelt

cumstances before it can become a proper of temperature at which a substance melts in the depths of Tartarus, and owing to

substitute for a uniform power. In order or liquefies; point of fusion. See under Futheir wrathful disposition were dreaded by

therefore to correct this irregular action of SION. gods and men. According to some writers

the main-spring, the fusee on which the Fusion (fű'zhon), n. [Fr.; L. fusio, from they were three in number and called Tisi

fundo, fusum, to pour.) 1. The act or phone, Alecto, and Megæra. Hence, a

operation of melting or rendering fluid by stormy, turbulent, violent woman.—5. Ap

heat, without the aid of a solvent; as, the parently use l by Milton in the following

fusion of ice or of metals.--2. The state of passage for one of the Parcæ or Fates:

being melted or dissolved by heat; a state Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears,

of fluidity or flowing in consequence of heat; And slits the thin-spun lise. Lycidas, 75. 76.

as, metals in fusion. --3. The act of uniting Syn. Rage, madness, indignation, wrath,

or blending together things, as if they were

Barrel and Fusee of a Watch, ire, violence, vehemence, tempestuousness,

melted together; complete union. fierceness. chain or catgut acts is made somewhat con

So far did the emperor advance in this work of

fusion as to claim a place for himself among the Furyt (füóri), n. [L. fur.) A thief.' Have an ical, so that its radius at every point may be

Gaulish deities.

Meritale. eye to your plate, for there be furies.' adapted to the strength of the spring. Fletcher Fusee (fū-ze'), n. (From Fr. fusil, which is

--Aqueous or watery fusion, the melting of

certain crystals by heat in theirown water of Furze (férz), n. (A. Sax fyrs. See FIR.) Whin, pronounced füsē. See FUSIL) 1. A small

crystallization. - Dry, fusion, the liquefaction gorse, the common name of the species of the neat musket or firelock; a fusil. -2. Same

produced in salts by heat after the water of genus Ulex, nat. order Leguminose. Twelve as Fuse (which see).-3. A kind of match species have been described, two of which

crystallization has been expelled. - Igneous for lighting a pipe, cigar, and the like. are natives of Britain. The common furze Fusee (fü-ze'), n.

fuxion, the melting of anhydrous salts by The track of a buck.

heat without their undergoing any decom(U. europeus) is a low shrubby plant, very Fusee-engine (fū-zė'en-jin), n. A machine

position. - Point of fusion of metals, the hardy, and very abundant in barren, heathy, for making fusees for watches and clocks.

degree of heat at which they melt or liquefy. sandy, and gravelly soils throughout the Fusel-oil (fü’zel-oil), n. (G. fusel, spirits west of Europe. The stem is 2 or 3 feet of inferior quality, as bad brandy or gin,

This point is very different for different high, much branched, and most of the

metals. Thus potassium fuses at 136" Fahr., and E. oil.) Oil of potato-spirit; crude

bismuth at 504, lead at 619o, zinc at 680, leaves converted into spines; at the summit amylic alcohol (C3H12O). It is a colourless

silver 1832, gold 2282o. Malleable iron re. the leaves are simple, and the flowers soli- oily spirit, of a strong and nauseous odour, tary and yellow.

quires the highest heat of a smith's force It often covers exclu- which produces stupefying effects. Its taste

(2912'); while cerium, platinum, and some sively large tracts of country, and makes a is very acrid and nauseous. See under

other metals are infusible in the heat of a splendid appearance when in flower. It is AMYLIC.

smith's forge, but are fusible before the oxyused as fuel, and sometimes the tops of the Fusibility (fūz-i-bil'i-ti), n. (See FUSIBLE.) branches are used (especially the young The quality of being fusible, or of being Fusionless (fü’zhon-les). See FISSENLESS.

hydrogen blow-pipe. tops) as fodder for horses and cattle, after convertible from a solid to a fluid state by having been beaten or bruised to soften the

(Scotch.) heat.

The auld doited deevil is as fusionless as a docken. prickles. The dwarf-furze (U. nanus) is Fusible (füz'i- bl), a. (Fr., from L. fundo,

M. Scott found in many parts of the British Isles. fusum, to pour.] That may be melted or li- Fusome (fū'sum), a. (A. Sax. fús, ready,

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