n. The capability of flying off in fumes or vapor. [ Obs. ] Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. effumare to emit smoke; ex + fumare to smoke, fr. fumus smoke. ] To breathe or puff out. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A nonsensical exclamation attributed to giants and ogres; hence, any expression calculated to impose upon the timid and ignorant. “Impudent fee-faw-fums.” J. H. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To play upon a fiddle. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Follow me, and fum as you go. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Fume. ] Smoky; hence, fond of smoking; addicted to smoking tobacco. [ 1913 Webster ]

/mhw>, n.; pl. Fumades Fumadoes [ Sp. fumodo smoked, p. p. of fumar to smoke, fr. L. fumare. See Fume, v. i. ] A salted and smoked fish, as the pilchard. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. fumage, fumaige, fr. L. fumus smoke. ] Hearth money. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fumage, or fuage, vulgarly called smoke farthings. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of fumaric acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, fumitory (Fumaria officinalis). [ 1913 Webster ]

Fumaric acid (Chem.), a widely occurring organic acid, extracted from fumitory as a white crystallline substance, C2H2(CO2H)2, and produced artificially in many ways, as by the distillation of malic acid; boletic acid. It is found also in the lichen, Iceland moss, and hence was also called lichenic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. fumus smoke, fume. ] (Chem.) An alkaloid extracted from fumitory, as a white crystalline substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ It. fumaruola, fr. fumo smoke, L. fumus: cf. F. fumerolle, fumarolle. ] A hole or spot in a volcanic or other region, from which fumes issue. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; L. pl. -ria /plu>. [ NL., fr. L. fumare, fumatum, to smoke. ] An air-tight compartment in which vapor may be generated to destroy germs or insects; esp., the apparatus used to destroy San José scale on nursery stock, with hydrocyanic acid vapor. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ See Fumatorium. ] Pert. to, or concerned with, smoking. -- n.; pl. -ries /plu>. A place for subjecting things to smoke or vapor. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. See Fumitory. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Fumbled p. pr. & vb. n. Fumbling ] [ Akin to D. fommelen to crumple, fumble, Sw. fumla to fusuble, famla to grope, Dan. famle to grope, fumble, Icel. falme, AS. folm palm of the hand. See Feel, and cf. Fanble, Palm. ] 1. To feel or grope about; to make awkward attempts to do or find something. [ 1913 Webster ]

Adams now began to fumble in his pockets. Fielding. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To grope about in perplexity; to seek awkwardly; as, to fumble for an excuse. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

My understanding flutters and my memory fumbles. Chesterfield. [ 1913 Webster ]

Alas! how he fumbles about the domains. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To handle much; to play childishly; to turn over and over. [ 1913 Webster ]

I saw him fumble with the sheets, and play with flowers. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To handle or manage awkwardly; to crowd or tumble together. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who fumbles. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the manner of one who fumbles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. fumus; akin to Skr. dhūma smoke, dhū to shake, fan a flame, cf. Gr. qy`ein to sacrifice, storm, rage, qy`mon, qy`mos, thyme, and perh. to E. dust: cf. OF. fum smoke, F. fumée. Cf. Dust, n., Femerell, Thyme. ] 1. Exhalation; volatile matter (esp. noxious vapor or smoke) ascending in a dense body; smoke; vapor; reek; as, the fumes of tobacco. [ 1913 Webster ]

The fumes of new shorn hay. T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]

The fumes of undigested wine. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Rage or excitement which deprives the mind of self-control; as, the fumes of passion. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Anything vaporlike, unsubstantial, or airy; idle conceit; vain imagination. [ 1913 Webster ]

A show of fumes and fancies. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The incense of praise; inordinate flattery. [ 1913 Webster ]

To smother him with fumes and eulogies. Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Metal.) Solid material deposited by condensation of fumes; as, lead fume (a grayish powder chiefly lead sulphate). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

In a fume, in ill temper, esp. from impatience. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Fumed p. pr. & vb. n. Fuming. ] [ Cf. F. fumer, L. fumare to smoke. See Fume, n. ] 1. To smoke; to throw off fumes, as in combustion or chemical action; to rise up, as vapor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Where the golden altar fumed. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Silenus lay,
Whose constant cups lay fuming to his brain. Roscommon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be as in a mist; to be dulled and stupefied. [ 1913 Webster ]

Keep his brain fuming. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To pass off in fumes or vapors. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their parts are kept from fuming away by their fixity. Cheyne. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To be in a rage; to be hot with anger. [ 1913 Webster ]

He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

While her mother did fret, and her father did fume. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

To fume away, to give way to excitement and displeasure; to storm; also, to pass off in fumes. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To expose to the action of fumes; to treat with vapors, smoke, etc.; as, to bleach straw by fuming it with sulphur; to fill with fumes, vapors, odors, etc., as a room. [ 1913 Webster ]

She fumed the temple with an odorous flame. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To praise inordinately; to flatter. [ 1913 Webster ]

They demi-deify and fume him so. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To throw off in vapor, or as in the form of vapor. [ 1913 Webster ]

The heat will fume away most of the scent. Montimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

How vicious hearts fume frenzy to the brain! Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Cabinetwork) Oak given a weathered appearance by exposure in an air-tight compartment to fumes of ammonia from uncorked cans, being first given a coat of filler. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Free from fumes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One that fumes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who makes or uses perfumes. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Embroiderers, feather makers, fumers. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Arch.) See Femerell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. fumier dung, OF. femier, fr. L. fimus dung. ] The dung of deer. B. Jonson. [ Sometimes spelled fewmet. ]

‖n. [ F. ] A high-flavored substance, such as extract of game, for flavoring dishes of food; less properly, a ragout of partridge and rabbit braised in wine. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. Fumitory. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ Verbar; } n. [ F. fumet odor, fume of wine or meat, fr. L. fumus smoke. See Fume, n. ] The stench or high flavor of game or other meat when kept long. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. fumidus, fr. fumus smoke. See Fume. ] Smoky; vaporous. Sir T. Broune.

{ n. The state of being fumid; smokiness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. fumifer; fumus smoke + ferre to bear. ] Producing smoke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. fumus smoke + fugare to put to flight, fugere to flee. ] One who, or that which, drives away smoke or fumes. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Fume + -fy. ] To subject to the action of smoke. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. fumigans, p. pr. of fumigare. See Fumigate. ] Fuming. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Fumigated p. pr. & vb. n. Fumigating ] [ L. fumigate, p. p. of fumigare to fumigate, fr. fumus smoke. See Fume, n. ] 1. To apply smoke to; to expose to smoke or vapor; to purify, or free from infection, by the use of smoke or vapors. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To smoke; to perfume. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. fumigation. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of fumigating, or applying smoke or vapor, as for disinfection. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Vapor raised in the process of fumigating. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, fumigates; an apparattus for fumigating. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. fumigatoire. ] Having the quality of purifying by smoke. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Smokily; with fume. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Producing fumes, or vapors. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cadet's fuming liquid (Chem.), alkarsin. --
Fuming liquor of Libavius (Old Chem.), stannic chloride; the chloride of tin, SnCl4, forming a colorless, mobile liquid which fumes in the air. Mixed with water it solidifies to the so-called butter of tin. --
Fuming sulphuric acid. (Chem.) Same as Disulphuric acid, uder Disulphuric. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a fuming manner; angrily. “They answer fumingly.” Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Smoky; hot; choleric. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Choler; fretfulness; passion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) Fumitory. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. fumetere, F. fumeterre, prop., smoke of the ground, fr. L. fumus smoke + terra earth. See Fume, and Terrace. ] (Bot.) The common uame of several species of the genus Fumaria, annual herbs of the Old World, with finely dissected leaves and small flowers in dense racemes or spikes. F. officinalis is a common species, and was formerly used as an antiscorbutic. [ 1913 Webster ]

Climbing fumitory (Bot.), the Alleghany vine (Adlumia cirrhosa); a biennial climbing plant with elegant feathery leaves and large clusters of pretty white or pinkish flowers looking like grains of rice. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A hinny. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. fumosité. ] The fumes of drink. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. fumosus, fr. fumus smoke: cf. F. fumeux. ] 1. Producing smoke; smoky. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Producing fumes; full of fumes. [ 1913 Webster ]

Garlic, onions, mustard, and such-like fumous things. Barough (1625). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Producing fumes; fumous. “Drowned in fumy wine.” H. Brooke. [ 1913 Webster ]