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 ]