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[Lat. fumus, O. Fr. fum, N. Fr. fumée, Pr. fum, O. Sp., Pg., & It. fumo, N. Sp. humo.] 1. Vapor from combustion, or exhalation; volatile matter ascending in a dense body; smoke; reek; as, a fume of tobacco, of a dunghill, and the like. “The fumes of new-shorn hay.” Waller. “The fumes of wine.” Dryden. From them a fume at first appears. Chapman. 2. Any thing vapor-like, unsubstantial, or airy; idle conceit; vain imagination. “A show of fumes and fancies.” Bacon.
v. i. [imp. & p. p. FUMED; p. pr. & vb. n. FUMING.] [Fr. fumer, Pr., Sp., & Pg. fumar, It. & Lat. fumare, from Lat. fumus, smoke. See supra.] 1. To smoke; to throw off vapor, as in combustion; to yield vapor or exhalations. “Where the golden altar fumed.” Milton. Silenus lay, Whose constant cups lay fuming to his brain. Roscommon. 2. To pass off in vapors. Their parts are kept from fuming away by their fixity. Cheyne. 3. To be in a rage; to be hot with anger. He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground. Dryden. To fume away (Fig.), to give way to excitement and displeasure.
v. t. 1. To smoke; to dry in smoke. Carew.
Sense 2. To perfume. [Obs. or rare.]
She fumed the temple with an odorous flame. Dryden.
Sense 3. To disperse or throw off in vapor, or as in the form of vapor.
The heat will fume away most of the scent. Mortimer.
How vicious hearts fume frenzy to the brain! Young.