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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Fū'mi-gā'tion, n. p. 550The act of fumigating, or applying smoke or gas, for various purposes. 2. Vapor; scent raised by fire.Fū'mi-ga-to-ry, a. p. 550Having the quality of fumigating. [R.]Fūm'i-ly, adv. p. 550Smokily; with fume.Fūm'ing-ly, adv. p. 550In a fuming manner; angrily. “They answer fumingly.” Hooker.Fūm'ish, a. p. 550Smoky; hot; choleric. [Obs.]Fūm'ish-ness, n. p. 550Choler; fretfulness; passion.Fū'mi-ter or Fū'mi-to-ry, n. p. 550(Bot.) A plant, of several species, of the genus Fumaria, having a rank, disagreeable smell. F. officinalis is a common species, and was formerly used as an anti-scorbutic.Fŭm'mel, n. p. 550The offspring of a stallion and she ass; a mule; a hinny. Booth.Fu-mōs'i-ty, n. p. 550The state of being fumid; fumidness.Fūm'ōus or Fūm'y, a. p. 550Producing fume; full of vapor; vaporous. From dice and wine the youth retired to rest. And puffed the fumy god from out his breast. Dryden.Fŭn, n. p. 550Sport; merriment; wanton or frolicsome amusement. “Frolic and fun.” Goldsmith.Fu-năm'bu-lāte, v. i. p. 550To walk on a rope.Fu-năm'/bu-lā'tion or Fu-năm'/bu-la-to-ry, n. p. 550Rope-dancing. Fu-năm'/bu-la-to-ry (50) (Synop., § 130), a. [See infra.] 1. Performing like a rope-dancer. Chambers. 2. Narrow, like the walk of a rope-dancer. “This funambulatory track.” Browne.Fu-năm’/bu-list, n. p. 550A rope-walker or dancer. De Quincey.Fu-nām'bu-lō or Fu-nām'bu-lōs, n. p. 550A rope-dancer or rope-walker. Bacon.Fūnction, n. p. 550The act of executing, or performing activity, duty, office, or calling; performance. That function is swallowed in surmise. Shak. A representing commoner in the function of his public calling. Swift.…Fūnç'tion-al, a. p. 550Pertaining to functions; required by, or involved in, the appropriate action.Fŭnç'tion-al-īze, v. t. p. 550To assign to some function or office. [Rare.]Fūnc'tion-al-ly, adv. p. 550In a functional manner; by means of the functions. Lawrence.Fūn'c'tion-a-ry, n. p. 550One charged with the performance of a function; as, a public functionary; secular functionaries.Fund, n. p. 550A deposit of resources from which supplies are drawn, out of which expenses are provided for, &c.; a stock or capital; a sum of money appropriated as the foundation of some commercial or other…Fŭnd, v. t. p. 550To provide and appropriate a fund or permanent revenue for the payment of the interest of; to make permanent provision of resources for discharging the annual interest of; as, to fund government…Fŭnd'a-ble, a. p. 550Capable of being funded, or converted into a fund; convertible into bonds.Fŭn’da-ment, n. p. 550[Lat. fundamentum, from fundare, to lay the bottom, to found, from fundus, bottom; O. Fr. fundament, N. Fr. fondement, Pr. fundament, fondamen, fondament, Sp. & Pg. fundamento, It. fondamento. 1.…Fŭn'/da-mĕnt'al, a. p. 550Pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation; hence, essential, as an element, principle, or law; important; original; elementary; as, a fundamental truth; a fundamental sound or…Fŭn'da-mĕnt'al, n. p. 550A leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article, which serves as the groundwork of a system; essential part; as, the fundamentals of the Christian faith.Fŭn'da-mĕnt'al-ly, adv. p. 550In a fundamental manner; primarily; originally; essentially; at the foundation; in origin or constituents. “Fundamentally defective.” Burke.Fŭnd'ed, p. a. p. 550Existing in the form of bonds bearing regular interest; as, funded debt. 2. Invested in public funds; as, funded property.Fŭnd'-hōld'er, n. p. 550One who has property in the public funds. J. S. Mill.Fūnd'ing, p. a. p. 550Providing a fund for the payment of the interest. 2. Investing in the public funds. Funding system, a scheme of finance or revenue by which provision is made for paying annual interest on a public…Fānd'less, a. p. 550Destitute of funds.Fūn'dus, n. p. 550(Anat.) The base of any cone-shaped organ, as the womb.Fu-nē'bral or Fu-nē'bri-al or Fu-nē'bri-ous, a. p. 550Pertaining to a funeral or funerals; funeral; funereal. [Obs.] Evelyn.Fū'ner-al, n. p. 550The ceremony of burying a dead human body; the solemnization of interment; obsequies; burial; — formerly used in the plural. King James his funerals were performed very solemnly in the collegiate…Fū'ner-al, a. p. 550Pertaining to burial; used at the interment of the dead; as, funeral rites, honors, or ceremonies. Shak.Fū'ner-al-ly, adv. p. 550In the manner of a funeral; with funeral ceremonies. Browne.Fū'ner-āte, v. t. p. 550To bury with funeral rites. [Obs.] Cockeram.Fū'ner-ā'tion, n. p. 550Solemnization of a funeral. [Obs.] Knatchbull.Fu-nē're-al, a. p. 550Suiting a funeral; pertaining to burial; hence, dark; dismal; mournful. Bp. Taylor. What seem to us but dim, funereal tapers, May be heaven's distant lamps. Longfellow.Fu-nē're-al-ly, adv. p. 550Dismally; mournfully.Fu-nĕst', a. p. 550Lamentable. [Rare.] “A forerunner of something very funest.” Evelyn. “Funest and direful deaths.” Coleridge.Fūn'gal, a. p. 550Pertaining to the fungi. [Rare.]Fūn’gate, n. p. 550(Chem.) A compound of fungic acid and a base.Fŭnge, n. p. 550A blockhead; a dolt; a fool. [Obs.] Burton.Fūn'gi-a, n. p. 550(Zoöl.) A genus of corals, some species of which have much resemblance in form to a mushroom. They are circular or elliptical, and some of them eighteen inches in diameter. Dana.Fŭn'gi-ate, n. p. 550(Chem.) A salt formed by the combination of fungic acid with a base.Fŭn'gi-ble, n. p. 550(Law.) A thing which may take the place of another, as by payment in kind. 2. (pl.) (Scots Law.) Movable things which may be weighed, counted, or measured, or which consist in, or may be estimated…Fŭn'gie, a. p. 550(Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, mushrooms; as, fungic acid.Fŭn’gi-fōrm, a. p. 550(Min.) Having a termination similar to the head of a fungus. Philips.Fūn'gīne, n. p. 550(Chem.) The fleshy part of mushrooms, now considered as a peculiar vegetable principle. Gore.Fŭn'gite, n. p. 550(Palæon.) A kind of fossil coral.Fun-gīv'o-roŭs, a. p. 550Feeding on mushrooms. Kirby.Fŭn'goid, a. p. 550Having the appearance of a mushroom.Fun-gōs'i-ty, n. p. 550The quality of that which is fungous; fungous excrescence. Dunglison.Fŭn’gōŭs, a. p. 550Like fungus, or a mushroom; excrescent; spongy; soft. 2. Growing suddenly, but not substantial or durable. Harris.Fūn'gus, n. p. 550(Bot.) A large natural order of plants, comprehending mushrooms, toadstools, the microscopic plants which form mold, mildew, smut, &c., constituting one division of the Linnaean class Cryptogamia.…Fū'ni-cle, n. p. 550(Bot.) [Lat. funiculus, diminutive of funis, cord, rope; Fr. funicule, It. funicolo.] 1. A small cord; a small ligature; a fiber. Johnson. 2. (Bot.) The little stalk that attaches a seed to the…Fu-nic'ū-lar, a. p. 550Consisting of a small cord or fiber. 2. Dependent on the tension of a cord. Funicular action (Mech.), the force or action exerted by a rope in drawing together the supports to which its ends are…Fu-niē/ū-late, a. p. 550Forming a narrow ridge.Fu-nīl'i-fōrm, a. p. 550(Bot.) Resembling a cord in toughness and flexibility, as the roots of some endogenous trees. Henslow.