1712. Blackmore, Creation, Bk. VI Some the long funnel's curious mouth extend, Through which the ingested meats with ease descend.
Funniment, subs. (colloquial).—1.
A joke, either practical or
verbal.
2. (venery).—The female pudendum. For synonyms, see Monosyllable.
Funny, subs. (nautical).—A clinker-built,
narrow boat for sculls.
1837. Barham, I. L., Sir Rupert the Fearless. Sprang up through the waves, popped him into his funny, Which some others already had half-filled with money.
1882. Field, 28 Jan. The only obtainable craft, besides funnies, pair-oars, and randans, were a couple of six-oars.
To feel funny, verb. phr. (common).—To be overtaken with (1) emotion, or (2) drink: e.g., to wax amorous, or get the flavour (q.v.); to begin to be the worse for liquor.
Funny Bit, subs. phr. (venery).—The
female pudendum.
Funny Bone, subs. (popular).—The
elbow, with the passage of the
ulnar nerve connecting the two
bones: the extremity of the
humerus.
1837. Barham, I. L. (Blondie Jacke). They have pull'd you down flat on your back! And they smack, and they thwack, Till your funny bones crack, As if you were stretch'd on the rack.
1853. Thackeray, 'Shabby Genteel Story,' ch. ix. He had merely received a blow on that part which anatomists call the funny bone.
1870. Lowell Courier. Thanks for your kind condolence; I would write A merry rhyme in answer if I might; But then—confound the fall!—the very stone That broke my humerus hurt my funny bone!
Funny-man, subs. (common).—A
circus clown. Also a joker in
private life.
1851-61. Mayhew, Lond. Lab. and Lond. Poor., III., p. 129. What I've earned as clown, or the funny man.
Fur, subs. (venery).—The pubic
hair. For synonyms, see Fleece.
To make the fur fly.—See Fly.
To have one's fur out, verb. phr. (Winchester College).—To be angry. For synonyms, see Nab the rust.
Fur and Feathers, subs. phr,
(sporting).—Generic for game.
Fur-below, subs. (venery).—The
female pubic hair. For synonyms,
see Fleece.
16(?). Old Catch. Adam caught Eve by the fur-below, And that's the oldest catch I know.
Furioso, subs. (old).—A blusterer;
Ital., furioso = raving.
1692. Hacket. Life of Archbishop Williams, ii., p. 218. A violent man and a furioso was deaf to all this.
English Synonyms.—Barker; blower; bobadil; bouncer; bulldozer (American); cacafogo; Captain Bounce; Captain Bluff; Captain Grand; Captain Hackam; cutter; fire-eater; hector; huff-cap; humguffin; gasser; gasman; mouth; mouth-almighty; pissfire; pump-thunder; ramper; roarer; ruffler; shitefire; slangwhanger; spitfire; swashbuckler; swasher; teazer; Timothy Tearcat.
French Synonyms.—Un avale-tout-cru (popular: = an eat-all-he-kills); un fendart or fendart
