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<p><b>2.</b> <def>A passage or avenue for a fluid or flowing substance; specifically, a smoke flue or pipe; the iron chimney of a steamship or the like.</def>

<cs><col>Funnel box</col> <fld>(Mining)</fld>, <cd>an apparatus for collecting finely crushed ore from water.</cd> <i>Knight</i>. -- <col>Funnel stay</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>one of the ropes or rods steadying a steamer's funnel.</cd></cs>

<h1>Funnelform</h1> <Xpage=604>

<hw>Fun"nel*form`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having the form of a funnel, or tunnel; that is, expanding gradually from the bottom upward, as the corolla of some flowers; infundibuliform.</def>

<h1>Funny</h1> <Xpage=604>

<hw>Fun"ny</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Funnier</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Funniest</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[From <er>Fun</er>.]</ety> <def>Droll; comical; amusing; laughable.</def>

<cs><col>Funny bone</col>. <cd>See <cref>crazy bone</cref>, under <er>Crazy</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Funny</h1> <Xpage=604>

<hw>Fun"ny</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Funnies</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>. <def>A clinkerbuit, narrow boat for sculling.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Fur</h1> <Xpage=604>

<hw>Fur</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>furre</ets>, OF. <ets>forre</ets>, <ets>fuerre</ets>, sheatth, case, of German origin; cf. OHG. <ets>fuotar</ets> lining, case, G. <ets>futter</ets>; akin to Icel. <ets>f<?/<?/r</ets> lining, Goth. <ets>f<?/dr</ets>, scabbard; cf. Skr. <ets>p<?/tra</ets> vessel, dish. The German and Icel. words also have the sense, <ets>fodder</ets>, but this was probably a different word originally. Cf. <er>Fodder</er> food, <er>Fother</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>, <er>Forel</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The short, fine, soft hair of certain animals, growing thick on the skin, and distinguished from the hair, which is longer and coarser.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The skins of certain wild animals with the fur; peltry; <as>as, a cargo of furs</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Strips of dressed skins with fur, used on garments for warmth or for ornament.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>Articles of clothing made of fur; <as>as, a set of <ex>furs</ex> for a lady (a collar, tippet, or cape, muff, etc</as>.).</def>

<blockquote>Wrapped up in my <b>furs</b>. <i>Lady M. W. Montagu.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Any coating considered as resembling fur</def>; as: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A coat of morbid matter collected on the tongue in persons affected with fever</def>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The soft, downy covering on the skin of a peach</def>. <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The deposit formed on the interior of boilers and other vessels by hard water.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>One of several patterns or diapers used as tinctures. There are nine in all, or, according to some writers, only six.</def>

<i>See Tincture.</i>

<h1>Fur</h1> <Xpage=604>

<hw>Fur</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to furs; bearing or made of fur; <as>as, a <ex>fur</ex> cap; the <ex>fur</ex> trade.</as></def>

<cs><col>Fur seal</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <cd>one of several species of seals of the genera <spn>Callorhinus</spn> and <spn>Arclocephalus</spn>, inhabiting the North Pacific and the Antarctic oceans. They have a coat of fine and soft fur which is highly prized. The northern fur seal (<spn>Callorhinus ursinus</spn>) breeds in vast numbers on the Prybilov Islands, off the coast of Alaska; -- called also <altname>sea bear</altname>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Fur</h1> <Xpage=604>

<hw>Fur</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Furred</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Furring</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To line, face, or cover with fur; <as>as, <ex>furred</ex> robes</as>.</def> "You <i>fur</i> your gloves with reason."

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To cover with morbid matter, as the tongue.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>(Arch.) To nail small strips of board or larger scantling upon, in order to make a level surface for lathing or boarding, or to provide for a space or interval back of the plastered or boarded surface, as inside an outer wall, by way of protection against damp.</def>

<i>Gwill.</i>