FURFURACEOUS

(Lat. furfur, bran.)' A term applied to certain eruptions in which the cuticle peels off in scales: also to a bran like sediment which is sometimes observed in the urine. FURIES (FuriEE), in Mythology, called by the Greeks Erinnyes ('E^/n/uej) and Eumenides (_''E.vu,iytiig), were the avenging deities, who punished gods and men for their transgre ions against those 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 ^if^noci Ototi, the venerable godde es, their true names being considered ominous. By this name they were mentioned in the oaths taken at the Areopagus. [s. 494]