Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Fún-e, s. m. & f. pl. i, dim. Fún-icélla, Fún-icéllo,Fún-icíno , Fún-ícola, Fún-ícolo,
1. cord, hempen cord or rope; 2. the rack, torture, question. Confessar senza duol di —, to confess a thing of one's own accord. Tenere uno in sulla —, to keep one on the rack, in suspense. Un po'più —, a little more yet.
Florio: a worlde of wordes, or most copious, dictionarie in Italian and English
