Fund – Fy

Fund

FUND, noun [Latin fundus, ground bottom, foundation; connected with Latin fundo, to found, the sense of which is to throw down, to set, to lay. Heb. to build. Latin funda, a sling, a casting net or purse.]

1. A stock or capital; a sum of money appropriated as the foundation of some commercial or other operation, undertaken with a view to profit, and by means of which expenses and credit are supported. Thus the capital stock of a banking institution is called its fund; the joint stock of a commercial or manufacturing house constitutes its fund or funds; and hence the word is applied to the money which an individual may possess, or the means he can employ for carrying on any enterprise or operation. No prudent man undertakes an expensive business without funds.

2. Money lent to government, constituting a national debt; or the stock of a national debt. Thus we say, a man is interested in the funds or public funds, when he owns the stock or the evidences of the public debt; and the funds are said to rise or fall, when a given amount of that debt sells for more or less in the market.

3. Money or income destined to the payment of the interest of a debt.

4. A sinking fund is a sum of money appropriated to the purchase of the public stocks or the payment of the public debt.

5. A stock or capital to afford supplies of any kind; as a fund of wisdom or good sense; a fund of wit. Hence.

6. Abundance; ample stock or store.

FUND, verb transitive

1. To provide and appropriate a fund or permanent revenue for the payment of the interest of; to make permanent provision of resources for discharging the annual interest of; as, to fund exchequer bills or government notes; to fund a national debt.

2. To place money in a fund

Fundament

FUND'AMENT, noun [Latin fundamentum, from fundo, to set.]

1. The seat; the lower part of the body or of the intestinum rectum.

2. Foundation. [Not in use.]

Fundamental

FUNDAMENT'AL, adjective Pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation. Hence, essential; important; as a fundamental truth or principle; a fundamental law; a fundamental sound or chord in music.

FUNDAMENT'AL, noun A leading or primary principle, rule, law or article, which serves as the ground work of a system; essential part; as the fundamentals of the christian faith.

Fundamentally

FUNDAMENT'ALLY, noun Primarily; originally; essentially; at the foundation. All power is fundamentally in the citizens of a state.

Funded

FUND'ED, participle passive Furnished with funds for regular payment of the interest of.

Funding

FUND'ING, participle present tense Providing funds for the payment of the interest of.

Funebrial

FUNE'BRIAL, adjective [Latin funebris.] Pertaining to funerals.

Funeral

FU'NERAL, noun [Latin funus, from funale, a cord, a torch, from funis, a rope or cord, as torches were made of cords, and were used in burials among the Romans.]

1. Burial; the ceremony of buying a dead body; the solemnization of interment; obsequies.

2. The procession of persons attending the burial of the dead.

3. Burial; interment.

FU'NERAL, adjective Pertaining to burial; used at the interment of the dead; as funeral rites, honors or ceremonies; a funeral torch; funeral feast or games; funeral oration.

Funeration

FUNERA'TION, noun Solemnization of a funeral. [Not used.]

Funereal

FUNE'REAL, adjective

1. Suiting a funeral; pertaining to burial.

2. Dark; dismal; mournful.

Fungate

FUN'GATE, noun [from fungus.] A compound of fungic acid and a base.

Fungic

FUN'GIC, adjective Pertaining to or obtained from mushrooms; as fungic acid.

Fungiform

FUN'GIFORM adjective [fungus and form.] In mineralogy, having a termination similar to the head of a fungus.

Fungite

FUN'GITE, noun [from fungus.] A kind of fossil coral.

Fungosity

FUNGOS'ITY, noun Soft excrescence.

Fungous

FUN'GOUS, adjective [See Fungus.]

1. Like fungus or a mushroom; excrescent; spungy; soft.

2. Growing suddenly, but not substantial or durable.

Fungus

FUN'GUS, noun [Latin]

1. A mushroom, vulgarly called a toadstool. The Fungi constitute an order of plants of a peculiar organization and manner of growth. The word is also applied to excrescences on plants.

2. A spungy excrescence in animal bodies as proud flesh formed in wounds.

The term is particularly applied to any morbid excrescence, whether in wounds or arising spontaneously.

Funicle

FU'NICLE, noun [Latin faniculus, dim of funis, a cord.]

A small cord; a small ligature; a fiber.

Funicular

FUNIC'ULAR, adjective Consisting of a small cord or fiber.

Funk

FUNK, noun An offensive smell. [Vulgar.]

Funnel

FUN'NEL, noun

1. A passage or avenue for a fluid or flowing substance, particularly the shaft or hollow channel of a chimney through which smoke ascends.

2. A vessel for conveying fluids into close vessels; a kind of hollow cone with a pipe; a tunnel.

Funnelform

FUN'NELFORM,

FUN'NELSHAPED, adjective Having the form of a funnel or inverted hollow cone.

Funny

FUN'NY, adjective [from fun.] Droll; comical.

FUN'NY, noun A light boat.

Fur

FUR, noun

1. The short, fine, soft hair of certain animals, growing thick on the skin, and distinguished from the hair, which is longer and coarser. fur is one of the most perfect non-conductors of heat, and serves to keep animals warm in cold climates.

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

3. Strips of skin with fur used on garments for lining or for ornament. Garments are lined or faced with fur

4. Hair in general; a loose application of the word.

5. A coat of morbid matter collected on the tongue in persons affected with fever.

FUR, verb transitive

1. To line, face or cover with fur; as a furred robe.

2. To cover with morbid matter, as the tongue.

3. To line with a board, as in carpentry.

Furacious

FURA'CIOUS, adjective [Latin furax, from furer, to steal.]

Given to theft; inclined to steal; thievish. [Little used.]

Furacity

FURAC'ITY, noun Thievishness. [Little used.]

Furbelow

FUR'BELOW, noun A piece of stuff plaited and puckered, on a gown or petticoat; a flounce; the plaited border of a petticoat or gown.

FUR'BELOW, verb transitive To put on a furbelow; to furnish with an ornamental appendage of dress.

Furbish

FUR'BISH, verb transitive

To rub or scour to brightness; to polish; to burnish; as, to furbish a sword or spear; to furbish arms.

Furbished

FUR'BISHED, participle passive Scoured to brightness; polished; burnished.

Furbisher

FUR'BISHER, noun One who polishes or makes bright by rubbing; one who cleans.

Furbishing

FUR'BISHING, participle present tense Rubbing to brightness; polishing.

Furcate

FUR'CATE, adjective [Latin furca, a fork.] Forked; branching like the prongs of a fork.

Furcation

FURCA'TION, noun A forking; a branching like the times of a fork.

Furdle

FUR'DLE, verb transitive To draw up into a bundle. [Not used.]

Furfur

FUR'FUR, noun [Latin] Dandruff; scurf; scales like bran.

Furfuraceous

FURFURA'CEOUS, adjective [Latin furfuraceus.] Scaly; branny; scurfy; like bran.

Furious

FU'RIOUS, adjective [See Fury.]

1. Rushing with impetuosity; moving with violence; as a furious stream; a furious wind or storm.

2. Raging; violent; transported with passion; as a furious animal.

3. Mad; phrenetic.

Furiously

FU'RIOUSLY, adverb With impetuous motion or agitation; violently; vehemently; as, to run furiously; to attack one furiously

Furiousness

FU'RIOUSNESS, noun

1. Impetuous motion or rushing; violent agitation.

2. Madness; phrensy; rage..

Furl

FURL, verb transitive

To draw up; to contract; to wrap or roll a sail close to the yard, stay or mast, and fasten it by a gasket or cord.

Furled

FURL'ED, participle passive Wrapped and fastened to a yard, etc.

Furling

FURL'ING, participle present tense Wrapping or rolling and fastening to a yard, etc.

Furlong

FUR'LONG, noun

A measure of length; the eighth part of a mile; forty rods, poles or perches.

Furlow

FUR'LOW, noun [See Fare and Leave.]

Leave of absence; a word used only in military affairs. Leave or license given by a commanding officer to an officer or soldier to be absent from service for a certain time.

FUR'LOW, verb transitive To furnish with a furlow; to grant leave of absence to an officer or soldier.

Furmenty

FUR'MENTY, noun [See Frumenty.]

Furnace

FUR'NACE, noun [Latin fornax, furnus, either from burning, or the sense is an arch.]

1. A place where a vehement fire and heat may be made and maintained, for melting ores or metals, etc. A furnace for casting cannon and other large operations is inclosed with walls through which a current of air is blown from a large bellows. In smaller operations a vessel is constructed with a chamber or cavity, with a door and a grate.

2. In scripture, a place of cruel bondage and affliction. Deuteronomy 4:20.

3. Grievous afflictions by which men are tried. Ezekiel 22:18.

4. A place of temporal torment. Daniel 3:6.

5. Hell; the place of endless torment. Matthew 13:42.

FUR'NACE, verb transitive To throw out sparks as a furnace

Furniment

FUR'NIMENT, noun Furniture. [Not in use.]

Furnish

FUR'NISH, verb transitive [There is a close affinity, in sense and elements, between furnish garnish, and the Latin orno, which may have been forno or horno. We see in furlow, above the f is lost in three of the languages, and it may be so in orno. The primary sense is to put on, or to set on.]

1. To supply with any thing wanted or necessary; as, to furnish a family with provisions; to furnish arms for defense; to furnish a table; to furnish a library; to furnish one with money or implements.

2. To supply; to store; as, to furnish the mind with ideas; to furnish one with knowledge or principles.

3. To fit up; to supply with the proper goods, vessels or ornamental appendages; as, to furnish a house or a room.

4. To equip; to fit for an expedition; to supply.

Furnished

FUR'NISHED, adjective Supplied; garnished; fitted with necessaries.

Furnisher

FUR'NISHER, noun One who supplies or fits out.

Furnishing

FUR'NISHING, participle present tense Supplying; fitting; garnishing.

Furniture

FUR'NITURE, noun

1. Goods, vessels, utensils and other appendages necessary or convenient for housekeeping; whatever is added to the interior of a house or apartment, for use or convenience.

2. Appendages; that which is added for use or ornament; as the earth with all its furniture

3. Equipage; ornaments; decorations; in a very general sense.

Furred

FUR'RED, participle passive Lined or ornamented with fur; thickened by the addition of a board.

Furrier

FUR'RIER, noun A dealer in furs; one who makes or sells muffs, tippets, etc.

Furriery

FUR'RIERY, noun Furs in general.

Furring

FUR'RING, participle present tense Lining or ornamenting with fur; lining with a board.

Furrow

FUR'ROW, noun [Gr. to plow.]

1. A trench in the earth made by a plow.

2. A long narrow trench or channel in wood or metal; a groove.

3. A hollow made by wrinkles in the face.

FUR'ROW, verb transitive

1. To cut a furrow; to make furrows in; to plow.

2. To make long narrow channels or grooves in.

3. To cut; to make channels in; to plow; as, to furrow the deep.

4. To make hollows in by wrinkles. Sorrow furrows the brow.

Furrowfaced

FUR'ROWFACED, adjective Having a wrinkled or furrowed face.

Furrowweed

FUR'ROWWEED, noun A weed growing on plowed land.

Furry

FUR'RY, adjective [from fur.]

1. Covered with fur; dressed in fur.

2. Consisting of fur or skins; as furry spoils.

Further

FUR'THER, adjective

1. More or most distant; as the further end of the field.

2. Additional. We have a further reason for this opinion. We have nothing further to suggest.

What further need have we of witnesses? Matthew 26:39.

FUR'THER, adverb To a greater distance. He went further

FUR'THER, verb transitive

To help forward; to promote; to advance onward; to forward; hence, to help or assist.

This binds thee then to further my design.

Furtherance

FUR'THERANCE, noun A helping forward; promotion; advancement.

I know that I shall abide and continue with you all, for your furtherance and joy of faith. Philippians 1:12.

Furthered

FUR'THERED, participle passive Promoted; advanced.

Furtherer

FUR'THERER, noun One who helps to advance; a promoter.

Furthermore

FUR'THERMORE, adverb Moreover; besides; in addition to what has been said.

Furthest

FUR'THEST, adjective Most distant either in time or place.

FUR'THEST, adverb At the greatest distance.

Furtive

FUR'TIVE, adjective [Latin furtivus.]

Stolen; obtained by theft.

Furuncle

FU'RUNCLE, noun [Latin furunculus, furia, furo.]

A small tumor or boil, with inflammation and pain, arising under the skin in the adipose membrane.

Furwrought

FUR'WROUGHT, a fur'raut. Made of fur.

Fury

FU'RY, noun [Latin furor, furia, furo, to rage.]

1. A violent rushing; impetuous motion; as the fury of the winds.

2. Rage; a storm of anger; madness; turbulence.

I do oppose my patience to his fury

3. Enthusiasm; heat of the mind.

4. In mythology, a deity; a goddess of vengeance; hence, a stormy turbulent, violent woman.

Furylike

FU'RYLIKE, adjective Raging; furious; violent.

Furz

FURZ, noun

Gorse; whin; a thorny plant of the genus Ulex.

Furzy

FURZ'Y, adjective Overgrown with furz; full of gorse.

Fuscite

FUS'CITE, noun A mineral of a grayish or greenish black color, found in Norway.

Fuscous

FUS'COUS, adjective [Latin fuscus.] Brown; of a dark color.

Fuse

FUSE, verb transitive s as z. [Latin fundo, fusum, to pour out.]

To melt; to liquefy by heat; to render fluid; to dissolve.

FUSE, verb intransitive To be melted; to be reduced from a solid to a fluid state by heat.

Fused

FU'SED, participle passive Melted; liquefied.

Fusee

FUSEE', noun s as z. [Latin fusus, a spindle, from fundo, fudi, fusum.]

The cone or conical part of a watch or clock, round which is wound the chain or cord.

FUSEE', noun s as z.

1. A small neat musket or firelock. But we now use fusil.

2. fusee or fuse of a bomb or granade, a small pipe filled with combustible matter by which fire is communicated to the powder in the bomb; but as the matter burns slowly, time is given before the charge takes fire, for the bomb to reach its destination.

3. The track of a buck.

Fusibility

FUSIBIL'ITY, noun [See fusible.] The quality of being fusible, or of being convertible from a solid to a fluid state by heat.

Fusible

FU'SIBLE, a s as z. [Latin fusus, from fundo.]

That may be melted or liquefied. The earths are found to be fusible

Fusiform

FU'SIFORM, adjective [Latin fusus, a spindle, and form.]

Shaped like a spindle.

Fusil

FU'SIL, a, s as z. [Latin fusilis, from fusus, fundo.]

1. Capable of being melted or rendered fluid by heat.

2. Running; flowing, as a liquid.

FU'SIL, noun s as z. [Latin fusus, fundo.]

1. A light musket or firelock.

2. A bearing in heraldry of a rhomboidal figure, named from its shape, which resembles that of a spindle.

Fusileer

FUSILEE'R, noun [from fusil.] Properly, a soldier armed with a fusil; but in modern times, a soldier armed like others of the infantry, and distinguished by wearing a cap like a grenadier, but somewhat shorter.

Fusion

FU'SION, noun s as z. [Latin fusio, from fundo, fusum.]

1. The act or operation of melting or rendering fluid by heat, without the aid of a solvent; as the fusion of ice or of metals.

2. The state of being melted or dissolved by heat; a state of fluidity or flowing in consequence of heat; as metals in fusion

Watery fusion the melting of certain crystals by heat in their own water of crystallization.

Fuss

FUSS, noun [allied perhaps to Gr. to blow or puff.]

A tumult; a bustle; but the word is vulgar.

Fust

FUST, noun [Latin fustis, a staff.] The shaft of a column.

FUST, noun A strong musty smell.

FUST', verb intransitive To become moldy; to smell ill.

Fusted

FUST'ED, adjective Moldy; ill smelling.

Fustet

FUS'TET, noun The wood of the Rhus cotinus, which yields a fine orange color.

Fustian

FUS'TIAN, noun

1. A kind of cotton stuff, or stuff of cotton and linen.

2. An inflated style of writing; a kind of writing in which high sounding words are used, above the dignity of the thoughts or subject; a swelling style; bombast.

Fustian is thoughts and words ill sorted.

FUS'TIAN, adjective Made of fustian

1. In style, swelling above the dignity of the thoughts or subject; too pompous; ridiculously tumid; bombastic.

Fustianist

FUS'TIANIST, noun One who writes bombast.

Fustic

FUS'TIC, noun [Latin fustis.] The wood of the Morus tinctoria, a tree growing in the West Indies, imported and used in dyeing yellow.

Fustigation

FUSTIGA'TION, noun [Latin fustigatio, from fustigo, to beat with a cudgel, from fustis, a stick or club.] Among the Ancient Romans, a punishment by beating with a stick or club, inflicted on freemen.

Fustiness

FUST'INESS, noun A fusty state or quality; an ill smell from moldiness, or moldiness itself.

Fusty

FUST'Y, adjective [See Fust.] Moldy; musty; ill smelling; rank; rancid.

Futile

FU'TILE, adjective [Latin futilis, from futio, to pour out; effutio, to prate or babble; Heb. to utter rashly or foolishly.]

1. Talkative; loquacious; tattling.

2. Trifling; of no weight or importance; answering no valuable purpose; worthless.

3. Of no effect.

Futility

FUTIL'ITY, noun Talkativeness; loquaciousness; loquacity. [In this sense, not now used.]

1. Triflingness; unimportance; want of weight or effect; as, to expose the futility of arguments.

2. The quality of producing no valuable effect, or of coming to nothing; as the futility of measures or schemes.

Futilous

FU'TILOUS, adjective Worthless; trifling. [Not used.]

Futtock

FUT'TOCK, noun It is more probably corrupted from foot-lock.]

In a ship, the futtocks are the middle timbers, between the floor and the upper timbers, or the timbers raised over the keel which form the breadth of the ship.

Future

FU'TURE, adjective [Latin futurus.] That is to be or come hereafter; that will exist at any time after the present, indefinitely. The next moment is future to the present.

1. The future tense, in grammar, is the modification of a verb which expresses a future act or event.

FU'TURE, noun Time to come; a time subsequent to the present; as, the future shall be as the present; in future; for the future In such phrases, time or season is implied.

Futurely

FU'TURELY, adverb In time to come. [Not used.]

Futurition

FUTURI'TION, noun The state of being to come or exist hereafter.

Futurity

FUTU'RITY, noun Future time; time to come.

1. Event to come.

All futurities are naked before the all-seeing eye.

2. The state of being yet to come, or to come hereafter.

Fuzz

FUZZ, verb intransitive To fly off in minute particles.

FUZZ, noun Fine, light particles; loose, volatile matter.

Fuzzball

FUZZ'BALL, noun A kind of fungus or mushroom, which when pressed bursts and scatters a fine dust.

1. A puff.

Fuzzle

FUZ'ZLE, verb transitive To intoxicate.

Fy

FY, exclamation A word which expresses blame, dislike, disapprobation, abhorrence or contempt.

FY, my lord, fy! a solider, and afraid!