funiform -!-n 2 
funiform (fu'ni-fdrm), a. [< L. //*, a rope, funky 1 (fuug'ki), n. [<fHi-.] Timid ;shrink- 
cord, + forma, shape.] In liri/nlni/i/. like a rope ing in fear. [Colloq. or slang.] 
or cord. Braithirniti: I do feel somewhat Am*-;/ 
funiliform (fu-nil'i-form), a. [Short for "/'""'- Naylor, Reynard the Fox. 411. (Itan>.) 
culiform, < L. fwticuktt, dim. ( funis, a rope 
a funnel, < OF. enfonille (printed enfottiUc in 
Roquefort, who quotes Pr. enjounil), F. dial. 
(Limousin) enfounil = Bret, founil, < L. iiifiin- 
dibulum, a funnel, also the hopper in a mill, < 
infiindcre, pour in: see int'iindiltiiliim, infound. 
The resemblance to W. ffynel, an air-hole, a 
vent, is not close as to meaning, and is acci- 
dental.] 1. A hollow cone or conical vessel, 
usually of tin or other metal, with a tube issu- 
dogens. 
funipendulous (fu-ni-pen'du-lus), a. [< L. 
funis, a rope, -f pmdulux, hanging : see pen- 
dulous, pendulum.] Pertaining to a simple 
pendulum. Funipendulous vibration, a simple 
harmonic oscillation. Kater, Philos. Trans, for isi'.i 
p. 234. 
funis (fu'nis), w. [L., a rope, a cord.] In aiiat., 
same as funiculus, 5 (a).-Funls brachll, the (ve- 
nous) cord of the arm ; the large median superficial vein. 
funk 1 (fungk), n. [< ME./MHtc , fonk, a spark (of ing from its apex, used for conveying fluids into 
fire), a spark or particle, = MD. voncke, D. vonlc, a vessel with a small opening ; a filler, 
a spark (MD. voncke, nmck-liuut, touchwood), 
= MLG. vunke, LG. fnnte = OHG. funcho, 
MHG. vunke (usually vunke), G. funke = Dan. 
furike (prob. < LG.), a spark; possibly connect- 
ed with Goth, fan (gen.. ffming), fire (see under 
fire). No obvious connection with fitnifl or 
/Kwfc 3 .] If. A spark. 
For al the wrecchednesse of this worlde and wicked dedes 
Kareth as a /on* of fuyr that fill a-myde Temese [Thames]. 
Piers Plouriiuin (C), vii. 335. 
Fuitke, or lytylle fyyr, igufculus, foculus. Prompt. Parv. 
2. Touchwood; punk. [Prov. Eng.] 
funk 2 (fungk), . [Origin uncertain; no ob- 
vious connection with funk 1 . Cf. OF. funkier, 
fungier, v., smoke,/< : tcc<;, F.dial./ufcire, n., 
smoke.] A strong and offensive smoky smell. 
Bailey. 
funk 2 (fungk), . t. [< funk'*, .] To stifle 
with offensive smoke or vapor. [Rare.] 
With what strong smoke, and with his stronger breath, 
He /unto Basketia and her son to death. 
King, The Furmetary, iii. 
A cigar reeked in the left-hand comer of the mouth of 
one, and in the right-hand corner of the mouth of the 
other ; an arrangement happily adapted for the escape 
of the noxious fumes up the chimney, without that un- 
merciful funking each other which a less scientific dis- 
position of the weed would have induced. 
Barham, Ingoldsby Legends, I. 39. 
funk 3 (fungk), . i. [E. dial, and Sc.; origin not 
certain ; usually associated with funk 1 , but the 
connection is not obvious. Prob. OLG. ; of. 
OFlem. fonck, a commotion, disturbance, agi- 
tation, tumult; in defiinck zijn, be disturbed or 
agitated, be in agitation (Kilian).] To become 
afraid ; shrink through fear ; quail. 
" He's funking ; go in, Williams!" "Catch him up!" 
T. Hughes, Tom Brown' at Rugby, ii. 6. 
TO funk out, to back out ill a cowardly manner. 
To funk right out a p lit'cal strife aint thought to be the 
thing. Loit-fll, Biglow Papers, 1st ser., ix. 
funk 3 (fuugk), w. [See funk s , r.] Cowering 
fear; a shrinking panic or scare; a state of 
cowardly fright or terror. [Colloq. or slang.] 
Fryce, usually brimful of valour when drunk, 
-Now experienced what schoolboys denominate funk. 
Durham, Ingoldsby Legends, I. 67. 
Martha was there with a little girl who was in a terri- 
ble /im*. She thought there were lions and tigers under 
the hedge. Mr*. Oliphant, Poor Gentleman, xi. 
Blue funk. See blue. 
funk 4 (fuugk), v. [Cf. /MHA-3.] I. intrant. 1. 
To kick behind, as a horse. 
Luke now, the beast's funking like mad, and then up 
again wi' his fore-legs like a perfect unicorn. 
J. Wilson, Margaret Lyndsay. 
To funk off, to throw 
2. To get angry; take offense. 
II. trans. To kick; strike. TO 
off by kicking and plunging. 
The horse fnnkit him of into the dub, as a doggie was 
rinnin' across. Blackuvoa's May., Nov., 1821, p. 393. 
[Scotch in all uses.] 
funk 4 (fungk), . [= ODan. funk, a blow, a 
stroke: see funk*, .] 1. A kick; a stroke. 
2. HI humor; anger; huff. [Scotch in both 
uses.] 
funk 4 (fungk), a. [See/wnfr*, v.; cf./wnfy 2 .] 
Cross; ill-tempered. [Prov. Eng.] 
Funkia (fung'ki-S), n. [NL., named after 
Heinrich Christian J^unck, a German botanist 
(1771-1839).] A genus of liliaceous plants, with 
tuberous-fascicled roots, large ovate or cordate 
radical leaves, and a raceme of large lily-like 
flowers upon a naked scape. There are 5 or 6 spe- 
cies, natives of China and Japan, most of which are in 
cultivation, and known as day- or plantain-lilies. The 
more common are the white day-lily, F. subcordata, with 
large white and very fragrant flowers, and F. uvata, the 
flowers of which are blue or violet. 
Wantes us here na vessel, 
Ne mele, ne bucket, nefunell |var./owi). 
Cursor Mundi, 1. 3305. 
The gullet [the passage for food] opens into the mouth 
like the cone or upper part of nfunnell, the capacity of 
which forms indeed the bottom of the mouth. 
Paley, Nat. Theol., x. 
The inquisitive are the funnel* of conversation ; they do 
not take in anything for their own use. but merely to pass 
it to another. Steele, Spectator, No. 228. 
2. A passage for a fluid or vapor, as the shaft 
or channel of a chimney through which smoke 
ascends; specifically, in steamships and loco- 
motives, an iron chimney for the boiler-fur- 
naces; the smoke-stack. 3. Naut., a metal 
cylinder fitted on the topgallant- and royal- 
mastheads of men-of-war, on which the eyes of 
the topgallant- and royal-rigging are fitted. 
4. In anat. and biol., an infundibulum: as, the 
funnel of a cuttlefish. Specifically (n) In Ctt;w- 
phora, an infundibuliform space in which the stomach 
sinks through a narrow canal which can be closed by 
muscles. 
Radial canals pass out from the funnel and run along the 
ciliated ribs or ctenophores. 
Geyenbaur, Comp. Auat. (trans.), p. 117. 
(b) In the Rlnzocarpce, a space between the thick outer coats 
of the macrospore, intowhichthe apical papillaprojects. 
Buccal funnel. See mattax.- Filtering funnel. See 
filtering, n. Loading-funnel (mf'it.), a copper funnel 
used ill charging mortars, shell, and cored shot with loose 
powder. Separating-funnel, in chem., an apparatus 
used to separate liquids of different densities, which are 
not miscible. It is a pear-shaped vessel usually stoppered 
above, and provided below, at its narrow end, with an exit- 
tube and stopcock, so that the denser liquid may be run 
off by the tube, and the stopcock closed at the moment 
this liquid has passed. 
funneled, funnelled (fun'eld), a. Having a 
funnel or funnels ; funnel-shaped. 
funnelform (fun'el-f6rm), a. Having the form 
of a funnel, or inverted hollow cone; specifi- 
cally,in bot., applied to a monopetalous corolla 
shaped like a funnel, in which 
the tube enlarges gradually 
from below, but expands wide- 
ly at the summit; infundibuli- 
form. 
funnel-like (fun'el-lik), a. 
Infundibuliform. Funnel-like 
polyps, trumpet-animalcules of the 
family Strntorida. A. Trembly, 1744. 
funnel-shaped (fun'el-shapt), Fuimelforn , C o,ou,. 
a. Same AS funnelform. 
funnel-top (fun'el-top), n. The tip or point of 
an anglers' rod. 
funnily (fun'i-li), adv. In a funny or amusing 
manner; comically. 
I feel that if in this dress I could do something clever, 
I should have the best of it. ... I ought to go out of the 
kitchen funnily. F. C. Burnand, Happy Thoughts, xxxiv. 
He talked funnily of the necessity of every woman hav- 
ing two names, one for youth and one for mature age. 
Caroline Fox, Journal. 
funniment (fun'i-ment), . [Irreg. < funny + 
-ment.] Drollery; jesting or joking; a comic, 
saying or performance. [Humorous.] 
A wealthy hatter of slight acquaintance, meeting me at 
a "Mansion House" ball, said: "Hulloa! Mr. G , 
what are you doing here? Are you going to give us any 
of your little funniments eh?" "No," I replied. "Are 
you going to sell any of your hats? " 
Sew York Times, Aug. 27, 1888. 
funniness (fun'i-nes), n. The quality of being 
funny ; a funny saying or comical performance. 
Some such funniness as "to go to kingdom come." 
Athenteum, Feb. 25, 1888, p. 241. 
funning (fun'ing), . [Verbal n. of fun, .] 
Jesting ; joking ; the playing of sportive tricks. 
Cease your funning; 
Force nor Cunning 
Never shall my Heart trapan. 
Gay, Beggar's Opera, air xxxvii. 
fur 
funny 1 (fun'i), a. [</ + -y 1 .] 1. Such as 
to afford fun or excite mirth; amusing; comi- 
cal; ludicrous. 
The mixed sound of agony or mirth just heard was 
merely the signal of amusement caused to certain wan- 
dering Spaniards by some convulsingly funny episode. 
Lathrop, Spanish Vistas, p. 3. 
2. Such as to cause surprise or perplexity ; cu- 
rious; strange; odd; queer: as, it is funny he 
never told me of his marriage. [Colloq.] 
You must have thought it funny we didn't send for 
JOt - Harper's Mag., LXXVI. 190. 
= Syn. 1. Cumical, Laughable, etc. See ludicrous. 
funny 2 (fun'i), n.; pi. funnies (-iz). [Origin 
obscure.] A light clinker-built pleasure-boat, 
with a pair of sculls. It is long and narrow, and 
is used for racing. Hamersly. 
"We allus gives 'em a little gamber, Sir," said a Cam- 
bridge I mat builder to me, in 1S44, when I complained that 
.ijnnnii he was making was not on a straight keel. 
A 1 . J. Furnivall (Booke of Precedence, F,. E. T. S., 
[i. 42, note). 
funny-bone (fun'i-bon), n. The place at the 
elbow where the ulnar nerve passes by the in- 
ternal condyle of the humerus. The nerve is here 
superficial and comparatively unprotected, and a blow 
upon it gives rise to a tingling sensation on the ulnar 
side of the hand. Also called crazy-bone. (Colloq.] 
He can not be complete in aught 
Who is not humorously prone ; 
A man without a merry thought 
Can hardly have A funny-bone. 
Locker, An Old Muff. 
funny-man (fun'i-man), .; pi. funny-men 
(-men). The clown in a circus or similar 
show. [Colloq.] 
You'll see on it what I've earn'd as clown, or ihe funny- 
wan, with a party of acrobats. 
Mayheip, London Labour and the London Poor, III. 129. 
fupr (fu'or), n. [Origin obscure.] In carp., a 
piece nailed to a rafter to strengthen it when 
decayed. E. H. Knight. 
fur 1 (fer), . and a. [Early mod. E. also furre; 
< ME. furre, sometimes forre, for, fur, pelt, < 
OF. forre, fuerre, fuere, foure,' fourre, fore, a 
case, sheath (hence, like case 2 , 'hide, pelt, fur' 
a sense not actually found in OF.: but see 
the verb), = Sp. Pg. Jo, ro, lining, = It. fodero, 
a sheath, scabbard, lining, fur; of Teut. origin : 
< Goth, fodr, a sheath, = AS. fodder, a case, 
OHG. fuohir, G. futter, a sheath, case, etc.: see 
father'*. Hence forel, q. v.] I. w. 1. The short, 
fine, soft coat or pelage of certain animals, dis- 
tinguished from the hair, which is longer and 
coarser, and more or less of which is generally 
present with it. Fur is one of the most perfect non- 
conductors of heat, and therefore a warm covering for 
animals in cold climates. It has always lieen largely used 
for human clothing, either on the skin or separated from 
it. The finest kinds, as those of the sable, ermine, fur- 
seal, beaver, otter, etc., are among the costliest of cloth- 
ing materials, both from their rarity and from the amount 
of lal>or involved in their preparation. 
The shepe also turnyng to grete prophyte, 
To lielpe of man berythe/wrrc* blakeand whyte. 
Polit., Relig., and Lurr Poems (ed. Fumivall), p. 1. 
This night, wherein the cub-drawn bear would couch, 
The lion and the belly-pinched wolf 
Keep their fur dry, nnbonneted he runs. 
Shak., Lear, iii. 1. 
the fur that warms a monarch warrn'd a bear. 
Pope, Essay on Man, ill. 44. 
On the opposite coast of Africa, at Mombas, Captain 
Owen, E. N., states that all the cats are covered with short 
stiff hair instead of fur. 
Daru-in, Var. of Animals and Plants, p. 49. 
2. The skin of certain wild animals with the 
fur; peltry: as, a cargo of furs. 
There are wilde Cats [in Brazil] which yeeld good furre, 
and are very fierce. Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 842. 
Behold the Mountain-Tops, aroiuid, 
As if with Fur of Ermins crown'd. 
Congreve, Imit. of Horace, I. ix. 1. 
3. Stripsof skins bearing the natural fur, made 
in various forms, as capes, muffs, etc., and worn 
for warmth or ornament : used in the singular 
collectively, or in the plural. Fur miniver or vair 
was also formerly a mark of certain university degrees, 
and its use in certain cases was prescribed by statute, as 
in the statutes of the University of Paris, and in Laud's 
statutes of Oxford. 
Underneath is the picture of Sir William Cecil, after 
Lord Burleigh, in his gown and furs. 
tt'aterland. Works, X. 320. 
4. Any natural covering or material regarded 
as resembling fur. 
Fringed beneath like the/r of a mushroom. 
Mrs. Charles Meredith, My Home in Tasmania, p. 100. 
Specifically (a) The soft down on the skin of a peach 
and on the leaves of some plants. More commonly called 
fuzz, (b) A coat of morbid matter formed on the tongue, 
as in persons affected with fever. 
The increased production of epithelium, causing a fur, 
is due to hypera-mia of the tongue. Attain, Med. Diet. 
