Part 4647

<cs><col>Funicular action</col> <fld>(Mech.)</fld>, <cd>the force or action exerted by a rope in drawing together the supports to which its ends are Fastened, when acted upon by forces applied in a direction transverse to the rope, as in the archer's bow.</cd> -- <col>Funicular curve</col>. <cd>Same as <er>Catenary</er>.</cd> -- <col>Funicular machine</col> <fld>(Mech.)</fld>, <cd>an apparatus for illustrating certain principles in statics, consisting of a cord or chain attached at one end to a fixed point, and having the other passed over a pulley and sustaining a weight, while one or more other weights are suspended from the cord at points between the fixed support and the pulley.</cd> -- <col>Funicular polygon</col></mcol> <fld>(Mech.)</fld>, <cd>the polygonal figure assumed by a cord fastened at its extremities, and sustaining weights at different points.</cd></cs>

<h1>Funiculate</h1> <Xpage=604>

<hw>Fu*nic"u*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Forming a narrow ridge.</def>

<h1>Funiculus</h1> <Xpage=604>

<hw>Fu*nic"u*lus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Funiculi</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L., a little cord. See <er>Funicle</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>(Anat.) A cord, baud, or bundle of fibers; esp., one of the small bundles of fibers, of which large nerves are made up; applied also to different bands of white matter in the brain and spinal cord.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A short cord which connects the embryo of some myriapods with the amnion.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>In Bryozoa, an organ extending back from the stomach. See <er>Bryozoa</er>, and <er>Phylactolema</er>.</def>

<h1>Funiliform</h1> <Xpage=604>

<hw>Fu*nil"i*form</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>funis</ets> rope + <ets>-form</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Resembling a cord in toughness and flexibility, as the roots of some endogenous trees.</def>

<h1>Funis</h1> <Xpage=604>

<hw>Fu"nis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., a rope. ]</ety> <def>A cord; specifically, the umbilical cord or navel string.</def>

<h1>Funk</h1> <Xpage=604>

<hw>Funk</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>funke</ets> a little fire; akin to Prov. E. <ets>funk</ets> touchwood, G. <ets>funke</ets> spark, and perh. to Goth. <ets>f<?/n</ets> fire.]</ety> <def>An offensive smell; a stench.</def> <mark></mark>

<h1>Funk</h1> <Xpage=604>

<hw>Funk</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To envelop with an offensive smell or smoke.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>King.</i>

<h1>Funk</h1> <Xpage=604>

<hw>Funk</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To emit an offensive smell; to stink.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To be frightened, and shrink back; to flinch; <as>as, to funk at the edge of a precipice</as>.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<i>C. Kingsley.</i>

<cs><col>To funk out</col>, <cd>to back out in a cowardly fashion. <mark>[Colloq.]</mark></cd></cs>

<blockquote>To <b>funk</b> right out o' political strife. <i>Lowell (Biglow Papers).</i></blockquote>

<h1>Funk, Funking</h1> <Xpage=604>

<hw><hw>Funk</hw>, <hw>Funk"ing</hw>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <def>A shrinking back through fear.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> "The horrid panic, or <i>funk</i> (as the men of Eton call it)."

<i>De Quincey.</i>

<h1>Funky</h1> <Xpage=604>

<hw>Funk"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or characterized by, great fear, or funking.</def> <mark>[Colloq. Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Funnel</h1> <Xpage=604>

<hw>Fun"nel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>funel</ets>, <ets>fonel</ets>, prob. through OF. fr, L. <ets>fundibulum</ets>, <ets>infundibulum</ets>, funnel, fr. <ets>infundere</ets> to pour in; in in + <ets>fundere</ets> to pour; cf. Armor. <ets>founil</ets> funnel, W. <ets>ffynel</ets> air hole, chimney. See <er>Fuse</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A vessel of the shape of an inverted hollow cone, terminating below in a pipe, and used for conveying liquids into a close vessel; a tunnel.</def>