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Mycology.

The quality of that which is fungous; fungous excrescence. Dunglison.

Of the nature of fungi; spongy.

Any one of the Fungi, a large and very complex group of thallophytes of low organization, -- the molds, mildews, rusts, smuts, mushrooms, toadstools, puff balls, and the allies of each.

Funicular.

A small cord, ligature, or fiber.

Pertaining to a funiculus; made up of, or resembling, a funiculus, or funiculi; as, a funicular ligament. Funicular action (Mech.), 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 ar…

Forming a narrow ridge.

A short cord which connects the embryo of some myriapods with the amnion.

Resembling a cord in toughness and flexibility, as the roots of some endogenous trees.

A cord; specifically, the umbilical cord or navel string.

To be frightened, and shrink back; to flinch; as, to funk at the edge of a precipice. [Colloq.] C. Kingsley. To funk out, to back out in a cowardly fashion. [Colloq.] To funk right out o' political strife. Lowell (Biglow Papers).

A shrinking back through fear. [Colloq.] "The horrid panic, or funk (as the men of Eton call it)." De Quincey.

Pertaining to, or characterized by, great fear, or funking. [Colloq. Eng.]

bstance; specifically, a smoke flue or pipe; the iron chimney of a steamship or the like. Funnel box (Mining), an apparatus for collecting finely crushed ore from water. Knight. -- Funnel stay (Naut.), one of the ropes or rods steadying a steamer's funnel.

Having the form of a funnel, or tunnel; that is, expanding gradually from the bottom upward, as the corolla of some flowers; infundibuliform.

Droll; comical; amusing; laughable. Funny bone. See crazy bone, under Crazy.

The skins of certain wild animals with the fur; peltry; as, a cargo of furs.

Given to theft; thievish. [Obs.]

Addictedness to theft; thievishness. [Obs.]