funiculi
- plural of funiculus.
Example Sentences
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Bi ieremie þe prophete we aȝen to understonden 65 ulcne mon sunfulle. þ̵. lið in heuie sunne ⁊ þurh soðe scrift his sunbendes nule slakien. funiculi amaritudines penitencie significant.
From Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts by Hall, Joseph
Funes or funiculi were small ropes or cords, covered with wax or tallow; such were the torches, used on such occasions; hence the word funus or funeral.
From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by School, A Sexton of the Old
In these flowers the placenta seemed to be composed of several funiculi soldered together, and bearing imperfect ovules.
From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.
"Jammo, jammo; jammo, jammo jà," sang the loud, hoarse voices; then a tremendous scrape and twang, and the yelled-out burden, "Funiculi, funiculà; funiculi, funiculà; jammo, jammo, jammo, jammo, jammo jà."
From Hauntings by Lee, Vernon
The reproductive organs are borne on the inner surface of the endocyst, as a rule in a definite position, and often in connection with the funiculus or funiculi.
From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson
