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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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Fuming \Fum"ing\, a.
Producing fumes, or vapors.
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{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}.
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