vapor 
ruled v:ipor. Ai|iu < viipor i always present an a minor 
OOlUtitUent (if the -'t .--I'll.'!.- :.li<! II . ..MI.>IIM! \\liirh 1 
Very \;iri:Ll.lr h, .111 :it dill. Trill pill'.- .. 1 1 I ll r . :l rt h 'H HU I'- 
faee and ill (In- Hiniif londity ill .lilt, i, nl lini. -., (onus :in 
Import ati t element nf . liniat.-. |:\ a i > .lii.'ti.'u f t.'inp. i- 
iitiuv thr aqueous viijmr in tin- air i.s lu-oujrlit to the *<>- 
called stiite nt sutunitii.n, nncl Him ...mlrnscd Into cloud, 
nii.sl, and rain. .Hre mini. 
It would hi: an mm to ronround eloudi or fog i any 
vinllitr mist witli tin .'IIJK.III- of water; tliiw r"/x/r is a 
pi-i[rrtl\ impalpable gn, diffused, even on thr rkai.^t 
day*, throughout tin- attnoisplii r< 
/.!./<(, Radiation, { 12. 
3f. Killuenec ; influence. 
Man, liryd, lirst, lUwli. IH rl>.', and grene tre, 
They felc. ill tymes, with vapuur etcrue, 
(iod lovi'tli, and t<. l..vr wol noglll wenie. 
Chaucer, Trollus, ill. 11. 
4f. Wind; flatuhmce. 
Km- that that ciiuttoth Kajilnu . . . or stretching is when 
the wpiritH are a little heavy, by any vapour or the like. 
Bacint, Nat. Hist., f 290. 
5. lii mi'il., a class of remedies, officinal in the 
Hritisli phannaropooia, which are to be applied 
by inhalation : such us rupor crcaxoti, a raix- 
tiirc of 1'J minims of creosote in 8 fluidounceg 
of boiling water, the vapor of which is to bo 
inhaled. 6. Something unsubstantial, fleet- 
ing, or transitory ; vain imagination ; fantastic 
notion. 
Gentlemen, these are very strange vapours, and very 
Idle vapours. B. Jonson, Bartholomew Kalr, II. 1. 
7f. pi. A hectoring or bullying style of lan- 
guage or conduct, adopted by ranters and swag- 
gerers with the purpose of bringing about a 
real or mock quarrel. 
They are at it (quarrelling) still, sir; this they call va- 
pours. B. Jonson, Bartholomew Fair, Iv. :;. 
8. pi. A disease of nervous debility in which 
strange images seem to float hazily before the 
eyes, or appear as if real; hence, hypochon- 
driacal affections; depression of spirit; de- 
jection: spleen; "the blues": a term much 
affected in the eighteenth century, but now 
rarely used. 
Some call it the fever on the spirits, some a nervous 
fever, some the vapours, and some the hysterics. 
Fieldiny. Amelia, ill. 7. 
Caused hy u dearth of scandal, should the vapours 
Distress our fair ones let them read the pagers. 
Oarrick, Prol. to Sheridan's School for Scandal. 
But really these thick walls are enough to inspire the 
vapours if one never had them liefore. 
.!//-- HiifH'i/, Cecilia, vL _'. 
Aqueous vapor. See aqueous. 
vapor, vapour (va'pqr), . [< ME. vapouren, < 
OF. *vaporer = Sp. fg. vaporar = It. vuporarc, 
< L. vaporurc, iutr. steam, reek, tr. steam, 
smoke, heat, warm, < vapor, exhalation, steam, 
vapor: see vapor, w.] I. intrans. It. To pass off 
iu the form of vapor; dissolve, as into vapor or 
thin air; be exhaled; evaporate. 
Sette it to a litil tier so that it vapoure not. 
Book of (fuinte Essence (ed. Furnlvall), p. 8. 
2. To give out vapor, steam, or gas; emit va- 
pors or exhalations ; exhale ; steam. 
Swift-running waters vapour not so much as standing 
waters. Bacon, Nat. MM., 787. 
In the rear of the place stood a cooking-stove, upon 
which usually nzzed and vapored a fragrant mess of some- 
thing which looked like sausages, and smelled like onions. 
Harper's May., LXXIX., Literary Notes. 
3. To boast or vaunt; bully; hector; brag; 
swagger; bounce. 
Pierce. He 's Burst's protection. 
Fly. Fights and vapours for him. 
B. Jonson, New Inn, Hi. 1. 
He vapours like a tinker, and struts like a juggler. 
Ford, Lover's Melancholy, iv. 2. 
II. fro s. 1. To cause to pass into the state 
of vapor; cause to dissolve or disappear in or 
as in vapor, gas, thin air, or other unsubstan- 
tial thing. 
Vapour it (quicksilver! away in a styllatorie of glasse : 
And thus shal yowe fynde the golde in the bottome of the 
vessell In maner pure without uuickesyluer. 
K. Eden, tr. of Vannuccio Biringuccio (First Books on 
[America, ed. Arber, p. 366). 
He now is dead, and all his glorie gone, 
And all his greatnes vapoured to nought. 
Spenser, Ruins of Time, 1. 219. 
He'd laugh to see one throw his heart away, 
Another, sighing, vapour forth his soul. B. Jonson. 
2. To afflict or infect with vapors ; dispirit ; 
depress. 
He [Dr. Broxholme] always was nervous and vapoured. 
Walpole, Letters, II. 120. 
Her have I seen, pale, vapour'd through the day, 
With crowded parties at the midnight play. 
CralM, Works, II. 144. 
She has lost all her sprlghtliness, and vapours me but 
to look at her. !Uiis Burney, Camilla, v. 6. (Danes.) 
3. To bully; hector. 
0007 
His designe waft, if hi- rould not i . hi!, tin-in, yet at least 
wit ll quips and snapping' :.'^ "r Hi. 'in out. 
Milli'it, \|i..l..^) Inr Snir.'lyuimiu-. 
vaporability (vu'por-a-iiH'i-ti), . |< ,//,/- 
iili/r + -Hi/.] The property or state of bein;; 
vaporable. 
vaporable (vii'por-a-lil), n. [= Sp. vaporable = 
It. nipiinthili : as rnpnr + -/ift/c.j Capable of 
being vapori/.i-d or converted into vapor. 
The goodnes of tho mine may IK- the cause ... as 
eythcr It U not of vaitiiralile nature or to In- of nmaulc 
qilantltle. 
/.'. l-Alrlt, tr. of Vullliueeio ItirillKUceio (First Hooks on 
[America, ed. Arber, p. 3.07). 
vaporarium (va-po-ra'ri-um), .; pi. rui>orari- 
unix, vaporaria (-umz, -U). [NL., < l<. rapm'u- 
i in in, a steam-pipe in a hot bath, < rnpor, steam, 
vapor: see vapor."} A Kussian bath. 
vaporatet (va'por-ut). r. i. f< \4. r<i/iiir(itii, pi). 
ot r<i/Mirtire, emit vapor: see vapor, t'.] To 
emit vapor; evaporate. 
vaporationt (va-po-ra'shon), . [= 8p. vapo- 
racion = Pg. rapora^So = It. vajwrasioiie, < L. 
raporatio(n-),(. nipnniri-, emit vapor: see vapor, 
raporate.] The act or process of converting 
into vapor, or of passing off in vapor ; evapora- 
tion. 
vapor-bath (va'por-bath), . 1. The applica- 
tion of the vapor of water to tho body in a close 
apartment. 
The physical organization of the Bengalee is feeble even 
to effeminacy. He lives in a constant vapour bath. II is 
pursuits are sedentary, ... his movements languid. 
Macaulay, Warren Hastings. 
2. The apartment or bath for such application; 
an apparatus for bathing the body in vapor. 
vapory-burner (va'por-ber'ner), n. A device 
or apparatus for burning a hydrocarbon in the 
form of vapor: used for lamps, for heating- 
and cooking-stoves, etc. In a usual form the hydro- 
carbon la caused to pass through a metallic part which is 
so heated by the flame as to vaporize the liquid u It passes 
through. K. U. Knight. 
vapor-douche (va'por-d8sh), n. A topical va- 
por-bath which consists in the direction of a 
jet of aqueous vapor on some part of the body. 
vapored, vapoured (va'pord), a. [< rapor + 
-f'f-.] 1. Full of vapors; dim or hazy, as if 
with vapors. 
But I ... kisse the ground wheras the corse doth rest, 
With vapour'd eyes, from whence such streames availe 
As l"yramus did on Thisbee's brest bewail. 
Surrey, Death of Wyatt. 
2. Affected with the vapors; dejected; sple- 
netic. 
I was become so vapoured and timorous at home that I 
was ready to faint away if I did but go a few stones out 
from our own house. Whiston, Memoirs ( 1 7 1:1 1, p. 18. 
vapor-engine (va'por-en'jin), . A generic 
term for motors driven by elastic fluids, as hot 
air, steam, vapors of ammonia, alcohol, etc. 
vaporer, vapourer (va'por-er), n. [< vapor + 
-er 1 .] 1. One who vapors, swaggers, or bul- 
lies; one who makes a blustering display of 
his prowess; a braggart; a blusterer. 
A ruffian, a riotous spendthrift, and a notable vapourer. 
Camden, Elizabeth, an. 157U. 
My Lord Barkeley hath all along been a fortunate, 
though a passionate and but weak man as to policy, . . . 
and one that is the greatest vapourer in the world. 
Pepys, Diary, II. 331. 
2. A vaporer-moth. 
vaporer-moth (va'por-er-m6th), . A common 
brown moth, Or</yia antiqua, the female of 
which cannot fly ; hence, any member of this 
group; a tussock. See tussock-moth, and cut 
under Orgyia. 
vaporiferous (va-po-rif'e-rus), a. [< L. vapo- 
rifer, emitting vapor, < vapor, vapor, + ferre = 
E. ienr 1 .] Conveying or producing vapor, 
vaporific (va-po-rif'ik), n. [^ L. vapor, vapor, 
+ -ficus, (.facere, make: see -Jic,] That con- 
verts or is capable of converting into steam or 
other vapor; exhaling in a volatile form, as 
fluids. 
The statement by Dr. Thomson refers to the completion, 
or last stage, of the discovery, namely, the vaporific com- 
bination of heat. ISiifi-le, Civilization, II. vl., note. 
vaporiform (va'por-i-form), a. [< L. vapor, va- 
por, + forma, form.] Existing in the form of 
vapor. 
Steam Is water in its vaporiform state. 
Ure, Diet., III. 888. 
vaporimeter (va-po-rim'e-ter), >. [< L. ;-, 
vapor, + Gr. utrpov, measure.] An instru- 
ment for measuring the pressure of a vapor, 
especially one by which the amount of alcohol 
in a wine or liquor is determined from the 
height of the column of mercury which its va- 
por will support. 
vaporole 
Tills last distillate Is diluted with water to a i 
ond. strength, ud th* alcohol determined . . . byOelsn- 
ler's vapuntniter. ' 
vaporing, vapouring ( vn'por-ing). . | Verbal 
u. of rti/inr, r. ] The net of lir:im;iiig or l>lu>ter- 
ing; ostentatious or windy talk. 
Here, take thy satin plncnsldon. uitli thy . uiious half 
hundred of pins In 't, thou niadent such a vapuuriiiy about 
yesterday. Vanbruyk, The Mistake, Ir. 1. 
All these valorous capouriwjt had a considerable effect. 
Ining, Knickerbocker, p. 356. 
The warnings were not less numerous ; the vaporing* of 
village bullies, tile extravagance* of excited secessionist 
politicians, even the drolling of practical joker*, were 
I. u! Mull) reported to him by zealous or nervous friend*. 
The Century, \\\\ 
vaporing (vii'pcjr-ing). /'. ii. Vaunting; swag- 
gering; blustering; given to brag or bluster: 
;is. i-ii/iiii-nii/ talk: a tn/iiirilii/ ili-l. 
vaporingly, vapouringly (ri'pjjr-lngJi), </i. 
In a vaporing or blustering manner ; boastf ully. 
The Corporal . . . gave > slight nourish with his stick 
but not vapouringly. Sterne, Tristram Shandy, fx. 3. 
vapor-inhaler (va'p<;r-in-ha'16r), n. An ap- 
paratus for administering meitieiiml or 
I hctic vapors. 
vaporisable, vaporisation, etc. Kee taptrti 
"/</' , etc. 
vaporish, vapourish (va'por-ish),fl. [< vapor 
+ -tsA 1 .] 1. Abounding in vapors; vaporous 
in a physical sense : as, a caporinh cave. 
It proceeded from the nature of the capwiruli place. 
Sandy*. 
2. Affected by vapors; hypochondriac; de- 
jected ; splenetic ; whimsical ; hysterical. 
A man had bettr he plagued with all the curses of Egypt 
than with a vapourish wife. Fielding, Amelia, III. 7. 
Nor to be fretful, vapourish, or give way 
To spleen and anger, as the wealthy may. 
Crabbe, Works, VII. 63. 
vaporishness, vapourishness (va'por-ish- 
nes), . The state or character of being va- 
porish or melancholy; hypochondria; spleen ; 
the vapors. 
You will not wonder that the vapourishness which has 
laid hold of niy heart should rise to my pen. 
ItichardsiiH, Clarissa Harlowe, II. xcvif. 
vaporizable (va'por-i-za-bl), a. [< vaporize + 
-able.'] Capable of beiug'vaporized or converted 
into vapor. Also spelled raporisable. 
vaporization (va'por-i-za'shon), . [= F. va- 
porisation = Sp. vaporization ; as vajwrize + 
-ation.] The act or process of vaporizing; the 
artificial formation of vapor, or the state of be- 
ing converted into vapor ; treatment with va- 
por. Also spelled vaporisation. 
AH matter, even the most solid, he [Zollner] says, must 
slowly suffer volatilization if its temperature is above the 
absolute null point. This he illustrates by the capvrua- 
tion of ice and the smell of metiils and minerals. 
0. 5. //"/;, German Culture, p. 131. 
Vaporize (va'por-iz), r.; pret. and pp. vaporized, 
ppr. vaporizing. [= P. vaporiner = Sp. vapori- 
zar; as rapor + -ire.] I. trans. 1. To convert 
into vapor by the application of heat or by ar- 
tificial means; cause to evaporate ; sublimate. 
The energy of our rivers and streams comes from the 
sun, too for its heat vapuriia the water of the ocean, and 
makes the winds which carry it over the land, where it falls 
as rain, and, flowing to the ocean again, runs our mills and 
factories. Jour. FranUin Inst., CXiX. 89. 
The World lay still, suffused with a jewel light, as of 
vaporized sapphire. Harper's Mag., LXXVI. 757. 
2. To affect with the vapors ; render splenetic 
or hypochondriacal. 
As vaporixed ladles . . . run from spa to spa. 
Macaulay, in Trevelyan, I. 358. 
II. intrans. To pass off in vapor: as, sul- 
phur or mercury vaporizes under certain con- 
ditions. 
Iodine, allowed to vaporize at the temperature of boiling 
sulphur In presence of a large excess of air, showed no 
sign of dissociation. Amer. Jour. Sci., 3d ser., XLI. 323. 
Also spelled vaporise. 
vaporizer (va'por-i-zfer), w. [< vaporize + -erl.] 
One who or that which vaporizes or converts 
into vapor ; a form of atomizer. Also spelled 
vaporiser. 
Take a vaporiser, and let the same be kept well at wurk 
with Mentholised Water night and day. 
Lancet, No. 3463, p. 25 of adv'ts. 
vaporizing-stove (va'por-i-zing-stov), H. A 
form of heater for supplying steam to the air 
of a greenhouse. It consists, usually, of a pan 
for water placed over a lamp. 
vapor-lamp (va'por-lamp), n. A yappr-burner, 
or a lamp constructed on the principle of the 
vapor-burner. 
vaporole (va'po-rol), H. [< rtipiir + -of>.] A 
small thin glass capsule, containing a definite 
