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Fume \Fume\ (f[=u]m), n. [L. fumus; akin to Skr. dh[=u]ma smoke,
dh[=u] 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. fum['e]e. 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 \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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Fume \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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