fume 
Those [flsh] that scrue for the hotter countries . . . they 
vsed ;it first to /(// by liani;in^ them vp on long sticks 
one by urn- ... .V <ll \ in^ Ilium will) the smoake of n soft 
and continuull fire. A'. Ctu-i-ic, Suney of Cornwall, p. 33. 
2. To treat with fumes, as of a chemical sub- 3. To perfume, 
stance. 
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There is always danger in tin- pill.iuw ami mattresses 
[after smallpox], lor Uieycumot be thoronghly/unifpati, 
nor eau they be washed, therefore these articles should 
he burned. Luck's JIaiulbuok <\f Mrd. Set., VI. 48(i. 
Flavonr'd Chian wines with incence/f//' <1 
To slake patrician tliirst. Dyer, lluins of Koine. 
3f. To perfume. 
Now arc the lawne sheetes/wwi'rf with vyolets. 
Mansion, What you Will, iii. 1. 
/-'"me all the ground, 
And sprinkle holy water, for unsound 
And foul infection 'gins to till the air. 
Fletcher, Faithful .Shepherdess, v. o. 
4. To disperse or drive away in vapors ; send 
up as vapor. 
Our hate is spent and fumed away in vapour, 
Before our hands he at work. 
B. Jonson, Catiline, iii. 3. 
The heat will/u< away most of the scent. Mortimrr. 
How vicious hearts fume frenzy to the brain. Young. 
5. To offer incense to; hence, to flatter ex- 
cessively. 
They deini-deify and fume him so. 
Cuiffifr, Task, v. 266. 
fumert (fu'mer), H. One who fumes or perfumes; 
a perfumer. 
Embroiderers, feather-makers, fuinerg. Bean, and Fl. 
ftunerellt (fu'me-rel), n. Same a,sfemerel. 
fumet, fewmet"(fu'met), w. [Usually in pi., 
fumets, feicmets, with accom. dim. term., < OF. 
fumeex, the dung or excrements of deer, < /- 
mer, dung, manure, au alteration, in simulation 
offuiiter, smoke, reek, of OF.fimer, < ML. f ma- 
re, dung, void excrement, < li.fimtts, dung: see 
fime, pants.] The dung of the deer, hare, etc. 
For by his slot, his entries, and his port, 
His frayings, fcu'inets, he doth promise sport, 
And standing 'fore the dogs. 
B. Jonson, Sad Shepherd, i. 2. 
fumetert, fumeteret, Middle English forms 
of fumitory 1 . 
fumette (fu-mef), . [< F. fumet, flavor (of 
wine, of a partridge, etc.), < OF. fum, smoke, 
vapor: see fume, .] The scent of meat when 
kept too long ; the characteristic savor or flavor 
of venison or other game ; the game-flavor ; the 
scent from meats cooking. 
A haunch of ven'son made her sweat, 
Unless it had the right /te. Swift. 
There are such steams from savoury pies, such Afuniette 
from plump partridges ami roasting pigs, that I think I 
can distinguish them as easily as 1 know a rose from a pink. 
R. M. Jephgon. 
fumewort (fum'wert), n. A plant of the order 
Fumariaceie. 
fumidt (fu'mid), a. [< L. fumidus, full of smoke, 
<. fumus, smoke: see fume, n."] Smoky; vapor- 
ous. 
Thus iron in aqua fortis will fall into ebullition, with 
noise and emication, as also a crass and fumid exhalation. 
Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., ii. 5. 
Two or three of these fumid vortices are able to whirl it 
alwut the whole city, rendering it in a few minutes like 
the picture of Troy sacked hy the U reeks, or the appmachcs 
of Mount Hecla. Evelyn, Fiunifugium, i. 
fumidityt (fu-mid'i-ti), n. [< fumid + -lty.~\ 
The state or quality of being fumid ; smokiness. 
Bailey, 1727. 
fumidnesst (fu'mid-nes), n. Fumidity. Bailey. 
1727. 
fumiferous (fu-mif f-rus), a. [= Sp. fumifcro 
= Pg. It. fumifcro, < L. fum ifer, (.fum us, smoke, 
steam, + ferre = E. bear 1 .'] Producing smoke. 
Cote, 1717. [Rare.] 
fumifugist (fu-mif 'u-jist), n. [< L. fumus, 
smoke, + fugare, drive away, + E. -ist.] One 
who or that which drives away smoke or fumes, 
fumifyt, v. t. [< L. fumus, smoke, + -ficare, 
make: see -fy.] To impregnate with smoke. 
Danes. 
We had everyone ramm'd a full charge of sot-weed into 
our infernal guns, in order to fumify our immortalities. 
Tom Brown, Works, II. 190. 
fumigantt (fu'mi-gant), n. [< L. fuiigan(t-)s, 
ppr. otfiimigare, fumigate : see fumigate.] Fum- 
ing. Bailey, 1727. 
fumigate (fu'mi-gat), v. t. ; pret. and pp. fumi- 
gated, ppr. fumigating. [< L. fumigatus, pp. of 
fumigare (> It. fumigare = Sp. Pg. fumigar = 
OF. fumier), smoke, fumigate, < fumus, smoke, 
+ agere, drive.] 1. To apply smoke to; ex- 
pose to the action of smoke. 
A high dado, 8 ft. high, of fumigated oak. 
Beck's Jour. Dec. Art, II. 346. 
Specifically 2. To expose to the action of 
fumes (as of sulphur), as in disinfecting apart- 
ments, clothing, etc. 
Y'ou must be bathed and fumigated first. 
B. Jonsun, Alchemist, i. 1. 
The Egyptians take great delight in pel fumes, ami often 
/<i in ii/ate their apartments. 
E. \\'. Lane, Modern Egyptians, I. 171. 
fumigation (fu-mi-ga'shon), n. [= Y.fiimii/n- 
tion = Sp. fumigation = Pg.fltmiffaoSo = It. fu- 
migii~ioiic; as fumigate + -ion.] 1. The act of 
fumigating, or of using or applying smoke or 
fumes (as of sulphur) for various purposes, as 
for coloring, or for disinfecting houses, clothes, 
etc. 
It was the custom of the ancients to force bees out of 
fheir hives \>y ftunt'jatnni. 
Fan-ken, tr. of Apollonius Rhodius's Argonautics, ii., note. 
2. The smoke or fumes generated in fumigat- 
ing; in an old use, fragrant vapor or incense 
raised by heat. Fumigation was formerly used 
as a sacrificial offering or in magical ceremo- 
nies. 
They [devotion and knowledge] savour togither farre 
more sweetly than any fumigation, either of juniper, in- 
cense, or whatsoeuer else, be they neuer so pleasant, doth 
sauour in any man's nose. Fiat, Martyrs, p. 1017. 
My fumigation is to Venus, just 
Tile souls of roses, and red coral's dust : 
And, last, to make my/umination good, 
TU mixt with sparrows' brains and pigeons' blood. 
Dryden. 
Arabia was not abandoned wholly to the inclemency of 
Its climate, as it produced myrrh and frankincense, which, 
when used as perfumes or fumigations, were powerful an- 
tiseptics of their kind. Bruce, Source of the Nile, I. 374. 
fumigatqr (fu'mi-ga-tpr), n. [= F. fumigateur 
= Sp. fumigador; as fumigate + -or.] One 
who or that which fumigates; specifically, a 
furnace or brazier in which tobacco-stems, dis- 
infecting materials, etc., are burned for the 
purpose of creating a heavy smoke destructive 
to insect life, as in plant-houses, or for purify- 
ing or perfuming an apartment. 
A corps of physicians and fmnigators went to the . . . 
Hotel, and thoroughly disinfected and fumigated the room. 
Set. Amer., K. S., LIX. 177. 
fumigatorium (fu'mi-ga-to'ri-um), n. ; pi. fu- 
migatoria (-a). [ML., neut. of "fumigatorius : 
see fumigatory.] A censer. See thurible. 
fumigatory (fu'mi-ga-to-ri), a. [= F. fumiga- 
toire = Sp. fumigatorio = Pg. fumigatorio, < ML. 
"fumigatorius, < L. fumigare, pp. fumigatus, fu- 
migate: see fumigate.] Having the quality of 
cleansing or disinfecting by smoke. 
fumily (fu'mi-li), adr. With fume; smokilv. 
Wright. 
fuming (fu'ming), H. [Verbal n. of fume, r.] 
If. Smoking; fumigation. 
The/mi;i# of the holes with brimstone, garlick, or 
other unsavory things will drive moles out of the ground. 
Mortimer, Husbandly. 
2f. Fume; idle conceit; vain fancy. 
O fancie fond, thy fumingi hath me fed, . . . 
Hath poysened all the virtues in my brest. 
Mir. for Mags., p. 250. 
3. Irritated excitement; anger. 
fuming-boz (fu'ming-boks), . A chamber or 
box in which sheets of silvered paper prepared 
for photographic printing may be exposed to 
the fumes of liquid ammonia, which have the 
effect of improving the color of the prints and 
increasing the speed of printing. Some simple 
device is supplied for hanging the sheets over the vessel 
containing the ammonia. 
fumingly (t'u'miug-li), adr. In a fuming man- 
ner; angrily; in a rage. 
They answer fumingly. Hooker, Eeeles. Polity, v. 22. 
fuming-pot (fu'ming-pot), n. A brazier or 
censer. 
fumisht (fu'mish), a. [< fume + -isJi^ ."] Smoky; 
hot; choleric. [Rare.] 
An other sort are there, that wil seeke for no cumfort, 
nor yet none receive, but are in their tribulation (be it 
losse, or sicknes), so testie, sofumijth, and so far out of al 
pacience, that it boteth no man to speake to them. 
Sir T. More, Cumfort against Tribulation (1673), fol. 9. 
The/iiA and dryer part of the cloude yeelding a pur- 
plish, thewaterie a greenish Sea-colour, &c., . . . are ac- 
counted the natural! causes of this wonder of Nature [the 
rainbow). Purchas. Pilgrimage, p. 43. 
fumishnesst (fu'mish-nes), n. The state or 
quality of being furnish ; fretfulness; passion. 
Drive thon out of us all fumisJinenn, indignation, and 
self-will. Coverdale, Fruitful Lessons (Parker Soc.), p. 24. 
fumitert, n. Same as/M'toryl. 
fumitory 1 (fu'mi-to-ri j, n. [Formerly also fn- 
matory ; an alteration (as if with reg. term. 
-ory) of earlier fumiter, < ME./7<r, fumetere, 
fun 
funiytrri 1 , < OF. fiiiiu'-trrre, F. fumeterre = Pr. 
fuwtt-rra (= It. finuostcrno), < ML. fumus terras, 
lit. (as in G. crdrauch = T>a,i].jordrdg = Sw.jord- 
riik; so NL. Sp. Pg.fiimaria, fumitory) 'smoke 
of the earth ' (so named from its smell) : L. /- 
HI its, smoke; terrte, gen. of terra, earth.] The 
common name for species of the genus Finmi- 
ria. 
Ye take youre laxatives, 
Of lauriol, centaure, and /</m<-/r ,-. 
Chaucer, Nun's Priest's Tale, 1. 143. 
Her fallow leas 
The darnel, hemlock, and rank/"m//r )( -i/ 
Doth root upon. Shak., Hen. V., v. '2. 
Climbing fumitory, the Adlumia cirrhosa. 
fumitory 2 t (fu'mi-to-ri), . [Prop, "fumittory, 
< L. fumare, pp. fitmatus, smoke: see fume.] 
A smoking-room. Davies. [Rare.] 
Yon . . . got away your time in Mongo's fumitnrii 
among a parcel of old smoak-dry'd eadatore. 
Tom Brown, Works, II. 179. 
fummel (fum'el), M. [E. dial., also funnel; ori- 
gin obscure.] The offspring of a stallion and 
a she-ass ; a hinny. [Local, Eng.] 
fumose (fu'mos), a. Same as famous. 
fumosityt (fu-mos'i-ti), n. [< ME. fumosite, < 
OF. fumosite, F. fumosite = Pr.fumosetat, fu- 
mositat = Sp. fumosidad = Pg. fumosidade = 
lt.fummosita, (Mlj.fumosita(t-)s, < L./wr<.v //.-. 
smoky: see famous.] 1. The quality of being 
fumous or fumid; tendency to emit fumes or 
cause eructation. 
3iff dyuerse drynkes of thaire fumosite haue the dissesid, 
Etc an apptllle rawe. Dabeei Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 124. 
2. jil. Fumes arising from excessive drink- 
ing or eating, or eructations from indigestible 
food. 
Of allc inaner metes ye must thus know & fele 
The fuuioxiteee of fysch, flesche, & fowles, dyuers A feele 
(many). Baleen Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 139. 
Eaten after meate when a man is drunken indeed, it 
riddeth away the /umo*i'/ <Vx in the hraine, and hringeth 
him to be sober. Holland, tr. of Pliny, xx. 9. 
famous (fu'mus), a. [Also/Mwo*e; < ME. fu- 
mose, < OF. fumos = Pr. fumos = Sp. Pg. It. 
fumoso, < L. fumosus, full of smoke, < fumus, 
smoke, steam, fume : see fume, n.] If. Fumy; 
producing fumes or eructations. 
Syr, hertyly y pray yow for to telle me Certenle 
Of how many metes that nrfumofte in theire degre. 
Bahees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 139. 
So that the Fleete of Flanders passe nought 
That in the narrowe see it be not brought 
Into the Kochelle to fetch the/i<we wine. 
llakluyt's Voyage*, I. 189. 
2. In but., smoke-colored; fuliginous; gray 
changing to brown. 
fumy (fu'mi), a. Producing fumes; full of va- 
por; vaporous. 
From dice and wine the youth retir'd to rest, 
And puffed the/umi/ god from out his breast. 
Oppressed with sleep, and drown'd in/wwi/ wine, 
The prostrate guards their regal charge resign. 
Brooke, Constantia. 
fun (fun), n. [First appears in literature in 
the latter part of the 17th century; scantly re- 
corded in the 18th century (in Gay, Goldsmith, 
Burns, etc.); of Sc. origin, ult. Celtic : cf. Gael. 
fonn, delight, desire, temper, an air, = Ir. fouii, 
delight, desire. Certainly not connected with 
fan, fond 3 .] 1. Mirthful sport; frolicsome 
amusement; enjoyment from gay or comical 
action or speech. 
He was remarkably cheerful in his temper; and the 
most forward always in promoting innocent mirth, of that 
puerile species which we in England call fun, in great re- 
quest among the young men in Abyssinia. 
Bruce, Source of the Kile, II. 345. 
2. Mirthful wit or humor ; sportive gaiety of 
speech or manner ; drollery ; whimsicality. 
Such wit hail current pass'd alone, 
Tho' Selwyn's/im had ne'er been known. 
G. Birch, To Mr. Cambridge. 
Here Whitefoord reclines, and, deny it who can, 
Though he merrily liv'd, he is now a grave man ; 
Rare compound of oddity, frolic, and/un, 
Who relish'd a joke, and rejoie'd in a pun. 
Goldmiiitli, Retaliation. 
That/im, the most English of qualities, which does not 
reach the height of humour, yet overwhelms even gravity 
itself with a laughter in which there is no sting or bitter- 
ness. Mrs. Olifihaiit, Sheridan, p. 54. 
Figure of fun. fee jii/tire.la. fun, as a joke ; by way 
of making fun; not seriously; as, it was said in fun. 
Like fun, in a lively, energetic, or rapid manner. [Colloq.] 
That (noise) stopped all of a sudden, and the bolts went 
to like J 'n ii. T. Iluyhet, Tom Brown at Rugby, ii. 3. 
Not to see the fun of, not to take as a joke; be unwill- 
ing to put up with. 
Young Miller did not see the fun of being imposed on in 
that fashion. W. Stack. 
