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Fume (f&ū;m), n. [L. fumus; akin to Skr. dh&ū;ma smoke, dh&ū; 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.
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The fumes of new shorn hay. T. Warton.
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The fumes of undigested wine. Dryden.
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2. Rage or excitement which deprives the mind of self-control; as, the fumes of passion. South.
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3. Anything vaporlike, unsubstantial, or airy; idle conceit; vain imagination.
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A show of fumes and fancies. Bacon.
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4. The incense of praise; inordinate flattery.
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To smother him with fumes and eulogies. Burton.
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5. (Metal.) Solid material deposited by condensation of fumes; as, lead fume (a grayish powder chiefly lead sulphate).
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In a fume, in ill temper, esp. from impatience.
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Fume, 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.
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Where the golden altar fumed. Milton.
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Silenus lay,
Whose constant cups lay fuming to his brain.
Roscommon.
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2. To be as in a mist; to be dulled and stupefied.
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Keep his brain fuming. Shak.
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3. To pass off in fumes or vapors.
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Their parts are kept from fuming away by their fixity. Cheyne.
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4. To be in a rage; to be hot with anger.
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He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground. Dryden.
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While her mother did fret, and her father did fume. Sir W. Scott.
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To fume away, to give way to excitement and displeasure; to storm; also, to pass off in fumes.
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Fume, 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.
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She fumed the temple with an odorous flame. Dryden.
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2. To praise inordinately; to flatter.
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They demi-deify and fume him so. Cowper.
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3. To throw off in vapor, or as in the form of vapor.
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The heat will fume away most of the scent. Montimer.
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How vicious hearts fume frenzy to the brain! Young.
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