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Fume
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(v. t.) 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.
(2):
(n.) To pass off in fumes or vapors.
(3):
(v. t.) To throw off in vapor, or as in the form of vapor.
(4):
(v. t.) To praise inordinately; to flatter.
(5):
(n.) To be as in a mist; to be dulled and stupefied.
(6):
(n.) Solid material deposited by condensation of fumes; as, lead fume (a grayish powder chiefly lead sulphate).
(7):
(n.) Rage or excitement which deprives the mind of self-control; as, the fumes of passion.
(8):
(n.) The incense of praise; inordinate flattery.
(9):
(n.) Anything vaporlike, unsubstantial, or airy; idle conceit; vain imagination.
(10):
(n.) To smoke; to throw off fumes, as in combustion or chemical action; to rise up, as vapor.
(11):
(n.) To be in a rage; to be hot with anger.
(12):
(n.) Exhalation; volatile matter (esp. noxious vapor or smoke) ascending in a dense body; smoke; vapor; reek; as, the fumes of tobacco.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Fume'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/f/fume.html. 1828.
