funcy

• '. a fide J. (un pefcc) folc i. to funcy, to think, fonget,

Dizionario portatile italiano, inglese, e francese 1791

Though it be in manners and characters, that his chief excellency lies, yet his scenery also is often exquisite, and happily described by a single stroke; as in that fine line of this * 'Merchant of Venice, *' which con - ve} s to the funcy as natural and beautiful an image, as can pos* sibly be exhibited In so few words:.

Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres 1812