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Webster 1913 Edition
Funnel
Fun′nel
,Noun.
[OE. ]
funel
, fonel
, prob. through OF. fr, L. fundibulum
, infundibulum
, funnel, fr. infundere
to pour in; in in + fundere
to pour; cf. Armor. founil
funnel, W. ffynel
air hole, chimney. See Fuse
, Verb.
T.
1.
A vessel of the shape of an inverted hollow cone, terminating below in a pipe, and used for conveying liquids or pourable solids into a vessel with a narrow opening; a tunnel.
2.
A passage or avenue for a fluid or flowing substance; specifically, a smoke flue or pipe; the iron chimney of a steamship or the like.
Funnel box
(Mining)
, an apparatus for collecting finely crushed ore from water.
Knight.
– Funnel stay
(Naut.)
, one of the ropes or rods steadying a steamer’s funnel.
Webster 1828 Edition
Funnel
FUN'NEL
, n.1.
A passage or avenue for a fluid or flowing substance, particularly the shaft or hollow channel of a chimney through which smoke ascends.2.
A vessel for conveying fluids into close vessels; a kind of hollow cone with a pipe; a tunnel.