Funicle

[Lat. funiculus, dim. of fun is, a rope.] A small cord; a small ligature; a fibre. rupt spelling.) It is said that the furriers used such gla es to whiten furs in, and because they were commonly of an azure (blue) color, the fur in question came to be blazoned argent and azure ; whilst counter-vair, in which the cups are represented as placed base against base, in place of edge to base, as in vair, was or and azure. 3. Potent and counter - potent , which are supposed to resemble the heads of crutches, placed differently, but having the same tinctures - viz., azure and argent. (Chem.) The term applied to the incrustation which is formed in the interior of ve els (tea-kettles, boilers of steam-engines, .,) when calcareous water has been for a considerable time boiled in them. Many springwaters contain carbonate of lime held in solution by carbonic acid. When this water is boiled, the acid is expelled, and the carbonate is deposited, often in a 0ciation with a little sulphate, forming a lining more or le coherent upon the sides of the ve el. In steam boilers this may be prevented by the addition of a small quantity of sal-ammoniac (hydro chlorate of ammonia) to the water; double decomposition takes place, carbonate of ammonia being formed and volatilized, while chloride of calcium remains in solution. roots of trees.