Part 4640

<h1>Fumitory</h1> <Xpage=603>

<hw>Fu"mi*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>fumetere</ets>, F. <ets>fumeterre</ets>, prop., smoke of the ground, fr. L. <ets>fumus</ets> smoke + <ets>terra</ets> earth. See <er>Fume</er>, and <er>Terrace</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The common uame of several species of the genus Fumaria, annual herbs of the Old World, with finely dissected leaves and small flowers in dense racemes or spikes. <spn>F. officinalis</spn> is a common species, and was formerly used as an antiscorbutic.</def>

<cs><col>Climbing fumitory</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the Alleghany vine (<spn>Adlumia cirrhosa</spn>); a biennial climbing plant with elegant feathery leaves and large clusters of pretty white or pinkish flowers looking like grains of rice.</cd></cs>

<h1>Fummel</h1> <Xpage=603>

<hw>Fum"mel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A hinny.</def>

<h1>Fumosity</h1> <Xpage=603>

<hw>Fu*mos"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>fumosit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>The fumes of drink.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Fumous</h1> <Xpage=603>

<hw>Fum"ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fumosus</ets>, fr. <ets>fumus</ets> smoke: cf. F. <ets>fumeux</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Producing smoke; smoky.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Producing fumes; full of fumes.</def>

<blockquote>Garlic, onions, mustard, and such-like fumous things. <i>Barough (1625).</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fumy</h1> <Xpage=603>

<hw>Fum"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Producing fumes; fumous.</def> "Drowned in <i>fumy</i> wine."

<i>H. Brooke.</i>

<h1>Fun</h1> <Xpage=603>

<hw>Fun</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Perh. of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. & Gael. <ets>fonn</ets> pleasure.]</ety> <def>Sport; merriment; frolicsome amusement.</def> "Oddity, frolic, and <i>fun</i>."

<i>Goldsmith.</i>

<cs><col>To make fan of</col>, <cd>to hold up to, or turn into, ridicule.</cd></cs>

<h1>Funambulate</h1> <Xpage=603>

<hw>Fu*nam"bu*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Funambulo</er>.]</ety> <def>To walk or to dance on a rope.</def>

<h1>Funambulation</h1> <Xpage=603>

<hw>Fu*nam"bu*la`tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Ropedancing.</def>

<h1>Funambulatory</h1> <Xpage=603>

<hw>Fu*nam"bu*la`to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Performing like a ropedancer.</def>

<i>Chambers.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Narrow, like the walk of a ropedancer.</def>

<blockquote>This funambulatory track. <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></blockquote>