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<hw>In"fu*la</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Infule</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>A sort of fillet worn by dignitaries, priests, and others among the ancient Romans. It was generally white.</def>

<h1>Infumate</h1> <Xpage=761>

<hw>In"fu*mate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Infumated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Infumating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L.<ets>infumatus</ets>, p.p. of <ets>infumare</ets> to infumate; pref. <ets>in-</ets> in + <ets>fumare</ets> to smoke, fr. <ets>fumus</ets> smoke.]</ety> <def>To dry by exposing to smoke; to expose to smoke.</def>

<h1>Infumated</h1> <Xpage=761>

<hw>In"fu*ma`ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Clouded; having a cloudy appearance.</def>

<h1>Infumation</h1> <Xpage=761>

<hw>In`fu*ma"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Act of drying in smoke.</def>

<h1>Infumed</h1> <Xpage=761>

<hw>In*fumed"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Dried in smoke; smoked.</def>

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<h1>Infundibular, Infundibulate</h1> <Xpage=762>

<hw><hw>In`fun*dib"u*lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>In`fun*dib"u*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Infundibulum</er>.]</ety> <def>Having the form of a funnel; pertaining to an infundibulum.</def>

<cs><col>Infundibulate Bryozoa</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>,<cd>a group of marine Bryozoa having a circular arrangement of the tentacles upon the disk.</cd></cs>

<h1>Infundibuliform</h1> <Xpage=762>

<hw>In`fun*dib"u*li*form</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>infundibulum</ets> funnel + <ets>-form</ets>: cf. F. <ets>infundibuliforme</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Having the form of a funnel or cone; funnel-shaped.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Funnelform</er>.</def>

<h1>Infundibulum</h1> <Xpage=762>

<hw>In`fun*dib"u*lum</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. L. <plw>Infundibula</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>, E. <plw>Infundibulums</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L., a funnel, from <ets>infundere</ets> to pour in or into. See <er>Infuse</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A funnel-shaped or dilated organ or part; <as>as, the <ex>infundibulum</ex> of the brain, a hollow, conical process, connecting the floor of the third ventricle with the pituitary body; the <ex>infundibula</ex> of the lungs, the enlarged terminations of the bronchial tubes.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A central cavity in the Ctenophora, into which the gastric sac leads.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The siphon of Cephalopoda. See <er>Cephalopoda</er>.</def>

<h1>Infuneral</h1> <Xpage=762>

<hw>In*fu"ner*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To inter with funeral rites; to bury.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>G. Fletcher.</i>

<h1>Infurcation</h1> <Xpage=762>

<hw>In`fur*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>in-</ets> in + L. <ets>furca</ets> fork.]</ety> <def>A forked exlpansion or divergence; a bifurcation; a branching.</def>

<i>Craig.</i>

<h1>Infuriate</h1> <Xpage=762>

<hw>In*fu"ri*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[It. <ets>infuriato</ets>, p. p. of <ets>infuriare</ets>. See <er>Infuriate</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>Enraged; rading; furiously angry; infuriated.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

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