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FUNNEL (through an O. Fr. founil, fou...

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Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 346 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FUNNEL (through an O. Fr. founil, found in See also:Breton, from See also:Lat. infundibulum, that through which anything is poured, from fundere, to pour)  , a See also:vessel shaped like a See also:cone having a small See also:tube at the See also:apex through which See also:powder, liquid, &c., may be easily passed into another vessel with a small opening . The See also:term is used in See also:metal-casting of the hole through which the metal is poured into a See also:mould, and in See also:anatomy and See also:zoology of an infundibulum or See also:funnel-shaped See also:organ . The word is thus used generally of any See also:shaft or passage to convey See also:light, See also:air or See also:smoke, as of the See also:chimney of an See also:engine or a See also:steam-See also:boat, or the flue of an See also:ordinary chimney . It is also used of a shaft or channel in rocks, and in the decoying of See also:wild-See also:fowl is applied to the cone-shaped passage leading from a See also:pond and covered with a See also:net, a " funnel-net," into which the birds are decoyed .

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