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FUMAY', a town of France, in the department of the 
Ardennes, and. cliief place of a canton, in the diflrift of 
Rocroy ; the principal trade is inflates, of which there 
x;re quarries near the town : two ports and tliree quarters 
fouth of Givet, and one and three quarters north of Ro¬ 
croy. Lat. 50. N. Ion. 22. 20. E. Ferro. 
Zb FUM'BLE, v.n. \_Jommelen, Dut.] To attempt any 
thing aukwardly- or ungainly.—Our mechanic theirts will 
Itave tlieir atoms never once to hdiVe fumbled in thefe their 
jiotions, nor to have produced any in.ept fyrtem. ..Cudwo<th. 
—To puzzle ; to drain in perplexity.—Am not I a friend 
toltelp you out t You would l.iave been fimbltng half an 
hour for this excufe. Dryden.- —-To play chiidifliiy.—I faw 
him fumble with the flieets, and play with flowers, and 
fmile upon his finger’s end. Shalufpeare. 
Ze FUM'BLE, v, a. To manage aukwardly ; 
As many farewels as be ftars in heav’n, 
With diYlinCt breath and confign’d kilfes to them, 
tlej'i/.'wWw up all in oiic loofe adieu. Shakefpeare. 
FUMB'LER,y.- One who adls aukwardly. 
FUMB'LINGLY, adv. In an aukward manner, 
FUME, y. \_fumee, )r'c. fiimus, Lat.] Smoke: 
Thus fighting fires awhile thenafelves confume ; 
But rtraight, like Turks, forc’d on to win or die. 
They firft lay tender bridges of then fume. 
And o’er the breach in unftuous vapours fly. Dryden, 
Vapour ,• any volatile parts flying away : 
Love is a fmoke rais’d with the fume of fighs : 
Being purg’d, a fire fparkling in lovers- eyes. Skakefp. 
Exhalation from the ftomach-The fumes of drink dif- 
compofe and ftiipify. the brains of a man overcharged with 
it. South. 
Pow’r,,like new wine, does your weak brain furprife, 
And its mad fumes in your diicourfes rife ; 
But time thefe yielding vapours will remove : 
Meanwhile I’ll tafte the fober joys of love. Dryden. 
Rage ; heat of mind ; paflion.—^The fumes of his, paflion 
do really intoxicate and confound his judging and difcern- 
ing faculty, South.—Anp thing iinfubllantiai : 
When Duncan is afleep, his two cliamberlains 
W^ill I with wine andwalTel fo convince. 
That memory, the warder of the brain, ' 
Shall be a fume, ^ Skakefpearc. 
Idle conceit ; vain imagination.—To lay afide all that 
may feem to have a fliew of fumes and fancies, and to fpeak 
folids, a war with'Spain is a mighty work. Bacon. 
Zo FUME, v.n. \_fumer^ Vc. furno, Lat.] To fmoke: 
From thence the fuming trail began to fp'read, 
And lambent glories danc’d about her head. Dryden. 
Strait hover found the fair her airy ban.d ; 
Some, as (he fipp’d, theytiwwz^ liq'uor fann’d. Pope, 
To vapour j to yield exhalations, as by heat; 
Thofe conftant cups lay/t/mV/j-to liis brain, 
And always boil in each extended vein. Rofcommon. 
To pafs away in vapours..—Their parts are kept from 
fuming away by their fixity, and alfo by the vaft vveigltt 
and denfity of the atmofpheres incumbent upon them. 
Cheyne. 
The firft frefli dawn then wak’d the gladden race, 
Of uncorrupted man, nor blufli’d to fee 
The fluggard fleep beneath its facred beam ; 
For their light llumbers gentle Jurd’d away. Thomfon. 
To be in a rage; to be hot with anger s 
When he knew his rival free’d and gone. 
He fwells with wrath ; he makes outrageous moan ; 
He frets, he fumes, he rtares, he ftarops the ground, 
The hollow tow’r with clamours ring aro.imd. Dryden, 
Ze FUME, v.a. To fmplte ; to dry in the fmoke.— 
Thofe that ferye for hot countries they ufed at firft to 
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fume, by hanging them tipon long flicks one by one, and 
drying them with the fmoke of a foft fire. Carew.—To 
perfume with odours in the fire.— The fuming of tlie holes 
with brimflone, garlic, .or other u.nlavory things, will 
drive moles out of liie ground. Mortimer. 
She fum'd the tempies with a_n pd’rous flame. 
And oft beibre the fiicred altars came, 
To pray for him who was an empty name. Dryden. 
Todifperfe in vapours.—Tlie heat wiil/z/jn?away moft of 
the feent. Mortimer. 
FUMEL, a town of France, in the department of the 
Lot and Garonne, and cliief place of a canton, in the difl 
trift of Monflanquin, fituated on the Lot : three leagues 
eart. Couth eaft of Monfianquin, iuid three north of Tour non. 
FU'MET, /. The.dung of the deer. 
FUME'TTE,y'. [French.] A word introduced by 
cooks, and the pupils of cooks, for the ftink of meat: 
A haunch of ven’fon made her fweat, 
Unlefs it had the right fumette. Swift. 
FU'MID, adj. \_fumidus, Lat.] Sirioky ; vaporous.— 
A crafs andyirmCrf exhalation is caufed from the combat 
•ot the fulphur and iron with the acid and nitrous fpirits 
of aquafortis. Brown. 
FUMI'DITY, f. Smokinefs ; tendency to fmoke. 
FU'MIDNESS, y. Smokinefs. Scott, Little ufed. 
FUMIF'EROUS, adj. \_fumus, Lat. fmoke, and fero, 
to bring.] Pi'oducing fmoke. Scett. Not much ufed. 
FUMIF'IC, adj. \_fumus, Lat. fmoke, and facio, to 
make.] Making fmoke, producing fumes. Scott. Little 
ujed. 
FUMIF'ICATE, v. To make a fume ; to perfume, 
Bailey Not much ufed. 
FUMIGANT, adj. Smoking, fuming. 
To FU'MIGATE, v. n. [from fumits, Lat. fumiger, Fr.] 
To fmoke ; to perfume by fmoke or vapour : 
Would’ft thou preferve thy famifli’d family. 
With fragrant thyme the c\ty fumigate, 
And break the waxen walls to fave the ftate. Dryden. 
To medicate or heal by vapours. 
FUMIG A'TION, yi [ fumigatio, 'L'&t. fumigation, Yx ,1 
Scents raifed by fire.— Fumigations, often repeated, are 
very beneficial. Arbulhnoi. 
My fumigation \s' to Venus juft 
The fouls of rofes, and red coral’s daft : 
And, laft, to make my fumigation good, 
’Tis mixt with fparrows bruiiis and pigeons blood. 
Dryden. 
The application of medicines to the body in fumes, or of 
vapours to the air, for the purpofe of eradicating miaf- 
mataand,conia.gion, By the Cubtle fumes that are infpired 
as well as iiihaled into pur bodies, much benefit or preju¬ 
dice may be- produced, according to the nature of the 
matter, and the conftitution into, whicli it is received ; as 
is evident from the pal Ties produced among workers in 
lead-mines, &c, and the benefits received in many cafes 
when putrid air is i-mpregnated with falutary materials. 
A very fatisfaffory and mterefting proof of tliis lafi; was 
given by Dr. Carnrichael Smyth, on board the Union hof- 
pital fliip in 1795, as hated under the article CoNTAGiON, 
vol. V. p. 132 ; and fince that by Mr. Cruicklhank, by 
fimilar experiments made at Woolwich, with the fame 
important views, Thefe laudable attempts of our coun¬ 
trymen to remove, by ea(y and obvious .methods, the fa¬ 
tal effebls of noxious and peftilential effluvia, have been 
more recently purfued by M. Morveau, toaftill greater 
extent, and with additional intereft. Conceiving it luffi- 
ciently proved by experiment, that the mineral acids 
have the power of deftroying contagious miafmata, as well 
as the putrid odour which denotes their prefence, he in¬ 
quires whether thefe acids all aft in a fimilar manner ; if 
they exert tlie fame affinities ; if their effects are equally 
prompt and certain ; if their atlion be increafed by oxy¬ 
gen ; if ammoniac makes a neceffary part of thefe com- 
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