fun i pendulous (fun i pend ulus)

[L. fun is, a rope, + pendulus, hanging: see pen dulous, pendulum.) Pertaining to a simple pendulum. Fun i pendulous vibration, a simple harmonic oscillation. Kater, Philos. Trans. for 1819, fun is (fu'nis), n. [L., a rope, a cord.] In an at., same as funiculus, 5 (a). Funis brachii, the (ve. nous) cord of the arm; the large median superficial vein. funk1 (fungk), n. [ = MLG. vunke, LG. funke = OHG. funcho, MHG. vunke (usually ranke ), G. funke = Dan. funke (prob. fön (gen. fünins ) , fire (see under fire). No obvious connection with funk2 or funk3.] 1. A spark. For al the wrecchedne e of this worlde and wicked dedes Fareth as a fonk of fuyr that ful a-myde Temese [Thames]. Piers Plowman (C), vii. 335. Funke , or lytylle fyyr, igniculus, foculus. Prompt . Parv. 2. Touchwood; punk. [Prov. Eng.]