FUMIGATE, f[=u]m'i-g[=a]t, _v.t._ to expose to smoke or gas, to expose to
fumes, as of sulphur, for purposes of disinfecting: to perfume.--_ns._
FUMIG[=A]'TION, act of fumigating or of applying purifying smoke, &c., to;
FUM'IGATOR, a brazier for burning disinfectants, &c.--_adj._ FUM'IGATORY.
[L. _fumig[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_.]
FUMITORY, f[=u]m'i-to-ri, _n._ a plant of a disagreeable smell.--_n._
FUM'ITER (_Shak._). [O. Fr. _fume-terre_, earth-smoke--L. _fumus_, smoke,
_terra_, earth.]
FUMMEL. Same as FUNNEL.
FUN, fun, _n._ merriment: sport.--BE GREAT FUN, to be very amusing; IN FUN,
in joke, not seriously; LIKE FUN (_coll._), in a rapid manner; NOT TO SEE
THE FUN OF, not to take as a joke. [Prob. a form of obs. _fon_, to befool.
Skeat refers to Ir. _fonn_, delight.]
FUNAMBULATE, f[=u]-nam'b[=u]-l[=a]t, _v.i._ to walk on a rope.--_ns._
FUNAMBUL[=A]'TION; FUNAM'BULATOR, FUNAM'BULUS, FUNAM'BULIST, a
rope-walker.--_adj._ FUNAM'BULATORY. [L. _funis_, a rope, _ambul[=a]re_, to
walk.]
FUNCTION, fungk'shun, _n._ the doing of a thing: duty peculiar to any
office: faculty, exercise of faculty: the peculiar office of any part of
the body or mind: power: a solemn service: (_math._) a quantity so
connected with another that any change in the one produces a corresponding
change in the other: the technical term in physiology for the vital
activity of organ, tissue, or cell.--_adj._ FUNC'TIONAL, pertaining to or
performed by functions--opp. to _Organic_ or _Structural_.--_vs.t._
FUNC'TIONALISE, FUNC'TIONATE.--_adv._ FUNC'TIONALLY.--_n._ FUNC'TIONARY,
one who discharges any duty: one who holds an office.--_adj._
FUNC'TIONLESS, having no function. [O. Fr.,--L. _function-em_--_fungi_,
_functus_, to perform.]
FUND, fund, _n._ a sum of money on which some enterprise is founded or
expense supported: a supply or source of money: a store laid up: supply:
(_pl._) permanent debts due by a government and paying interest.--_v.t._ to
form a debt into a stock charged with interest: to place money in a
fund.--_adj._ FUND'ABLE, capable of being converted into a fund or into
bonds.--_p.adj._ FUND'ED, invested in public funds: existing in the form of
bonds.--_n._ FUND'HOLD'ER, one who has money in the public funds.--_adj._
FUND'LESS, destitute of supplies or money. [Fr. _fond_--L. _fundus_, the
bottom.]
FUNDAMENTAL, fun-da-ment'al, _adj._ essential, basal, primary:
important.--_n._ that which serves as a groundwork: an essential.--_ns._
FUND'AMENT, the lower part or seat of the body; FUNDAMENTAL'ITY.--_adv._
FUNDAMENT'ALLY. [Fr.,--L. _fundamentum_, _fund[=a]re_, to found.]
FUNDUS, fun'dus, _n._ the bottom of anything: (_anat._) the rounded base of
a hollow organ. [L.]
FUNERAL, f[=u]'n[.e]r-al, _n._ burial: the ceremony, &c., connected with
burial.--_adj._ pertaining to or used at a burial.--_adjs._ FUN[=E]B'RIAL,
FUN[=E]B'RAL, FUN[=E]B'RIOUS; F[=U]'NERARY, FUN[=E]R'EAL, pertaining to or
suiting a funeral: dismal: mournful. [O. Fr.,--Low L. _funeralis_--L.
_funus_, _fun[)e]ris_, a funeral procession.]
FUNEST, f[=u]-nest', _adj._ causing or portending death, lamentable.
[Fr.,--L. _funestus_, destructive.]
FUNGIBLES, fun'ji-blz, _n.pl._ (_law_) movable effects which perish by
being used, and which are estimated by weight, number, and measure. [Low L.
_fungibilis_--L. _fungi_, to perform. See FUNCTION.]
FUNGUS, fung'gus, _n._ one of the lowest of the great groups of cellular
cryptogams, including mushrooms, toadstools, mould, &c.: proud-flesh formed
on wounds:--_pl._ FUNGI (fun'j[=i]), or FUNGUSES (fung'gus-ez).--_adjs._
FUNG'AL, FUNG[=A]'CEOUS, like a fungus; FUN'GIC ('jik), FUN'GIFORM, having
the form of a fungus; FUNGIV'OROUS, feeding on mushrooms; FUNG'OID,
resembling a mushroom.--_ns._ FUNGOL'OGIST, a student of fungi; FUNGOL'OGY,
the science of fungi; FUNGOS'ITY, quality of being fungous.--_adj._
FUNG'OUS, of or like fungus: soft: spongy: growing suddenly: ephemeral. [L.
_fungus_, a mushroom--Gr. _sphonggos_, _sponggos_, a sponge.]
FUNICLE, f[=u]'ni-kl, _n._ a small cord or ligature: a fibre.--_adj._
F[=U]NIC'[=U]LAR.--_n._ F[=U]NIC'[=U]LUS, the umbilical cord.--FUNICULAR
RAILWAY, a cable-railway, esp. one ascending a hill. [L. _funiculus_, dim.
of _funis_, a cord.]
FUNK, fungk, _n._ (_coll._) abject terror or fright.--_v.i._ and _v.t._ to
shrink through fear: to shirk.--_adj._ FUNK'Y.