FURFURACEOUS

(Lat. furfur, bran.) A term applied to certain eruptions in which the cuticle peals off" in scales: also to a bran like sediment which is sometimes observed in the urine. FURIES (Furiee), in Mythology, called by the Greeks Erinnycs ('I'pivvvef) and Eumenides {'I'.vuiviSts), were the avenging deities, who punished gods and men for their transgre ions against tlio.se whom they were bound to esteem and reverence. Their number was not fixed, though sometimes they were considered to be three sisters. The A then i ans, who, according to Plutarch (Soton), were particularly addicted to this sort of euphemism, called them also ttuvai , the venerable godde es, their true names being considered ominous. By this name they were mentioned in the oaths taken at the Areopagus. [s. 498]