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[ME., And of the cariage of corne comyn by ship, That no wegh suld want while the werre laste, Ne no fode for to faile, but the fulthe haue, Sent fro the same lond by the selfe The lap hon. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T, S.), L. 5414. fulvid (ful'vid), a. [= Pg. It. fulvido ; an im- proper extension of fulvous , in imitation of fulgid , L. fulgid us .] Same as fulvous . And in right colours to the life depaint The fulvid eagle with her sun-bright eye. from the flues being allowed to escape into it; a smoke-room. fumarole (fūmā-rōl), n. [ fumaruolo , fumajuolo , a fumarole, fumariolum , the vent of a chimney, dim. of ML. fumarium, a chimney, LL. a smoke-chamber: see fumari- um.] A hole from which vapor i ues in a sul- phur-mine or a volcano. fumatory) (fu'ma-to-ri), n. Same as fumitory1 . fumble (fum'bl), v .; pret. and pp. fumbled , ppr. fumbling . [The bis excrescent, as in grumble , humblel, humble, etc.; fommelen = LG. fummeln, fommeln , fumble, grope, = Sw. fumla , also famla = Dan. famle = Icel. falma , fumble, grope; other forms are famble1 , q. v. (of Scand. origin), and fimble1 (appar., like G. dial. fimmeln , an attenuated form of fumble, LG. fummeln ); prob. a derivative of the word preserved in OHG . folma = AS. folm = OS. pl. folmos , the hand, L. palm a , the palm of the hand: see famble2 , palm1 .] I. in trans. 1. To feel or fumarate (fü'ma-rāt), n. [ fumar -ic +-atel.] In chem ., a salt of fumaric acid. Fumarial (fū-ma'ri-ä), n. [NL. (also Sp. Pg.), fum us , smoke: see fume , n. Cf. fumitory1.] A genus of delicate herbaceous plants, the type of the order Fumariaceæ , distinguished by the single spur of the corolla and a globular one- seeded fruit. The species are all natives of the old world, and several are weeds in cultivated fields in Europe. The common fumitory, F. officinal is , now naturalized in most civilized countries, has a bitter, acrid taste, and was in repute from early times as a remedy for a variety of diseases. fumaria2, n. Plural of fumarium . Fumariaceæ (fū-mā-ri-a'sē-ē), n. pl . [NL., Fumaria + -aceæ .] A natural order of plants, nearly allied to the Papaveraceæ , and some- times united with that order, from which it is distinguished by the irregular corolla, with its 4 petals in di imilar pairs, and by the 6 dia- delphous stamens. The foliage is much di ected, and the juice is colorle and inert. There are 7 genera, including about 100 species. The principal genera are Corydalis , Fumaria , and Dicentra . See cuts under Cory- dalis and Dicentra . make awkward attempts; seek or search for something awkwardly. I saw him fumble with the sheets, and play with flowers. Shak ., Hen. V., ii. 3. They asked him for his certificate... So he fumbled in his bosom for one, and found none. Bunyan , Pilgrim's Progre , p. 216. Am not I a friend to help you out? You would have been fumbling half an hour for this excuse. Dryden , Spanish Friar. My hand trembles to that degree that I can hardly hold my pen, my understanding flutters, and my memory fum bles. Chesterfield, Misc. Works, IV. lxxi. The author fumbles after a thought, and the critic fum- bles after the author. N. A. Rev. , CXLIII. 64. He was never at rest for an instant, but changed his support from one leg to the other,... and fumbled , as it were, with his feet. His speech doth fail. Tragedy of King John (1611). and sigh, and put forth many fumbling lamentable He heard his wife Calpurnia, being fast asleep, weep North , tr. of Plutarch, p. 613. ascertain by feeling about blindly or clumsily. Late that night a small square man, in a wet overcoat, fumbled his way into the damp entrance of the house. G. W. Cable, Old Creole Days, p. 13. Specifically-2. In base - ball , to stop or catch, as the ball, in such a clumsy manner that an opportunity is lost to put out an opponent.- 3. To manage awkwardly; crowd or tumble to- gether; jumble. fumble (fum'bl), n. [ fumble , v.] The act of groping; awkward attempt; aimle search. [Rare.] The world's a well strung fidle, mans tongue the quill, That fills the world with fumble for want of skill. N. Ward , Simple Cobler, p. 87. fumbler (fum'bler), n. One who fumbles or gropes. fumblingly (fum'bling-li), adv . In a fumbling, awkward, hesitating, or stammering manner. Many good schollars speake but fumblingly ; like a rich man that for want of particular note and difference can bring you no certaine ware readily out of his shop. B. Jonson , Discoveries. IMG:content-1936.png:[blocks in formation] 4. Any mental agitation regarded as clouding or affecting the understanding; excitement; especially, an irritable or angry mood; pas- sion: generally in the singular. Her fume needs no spurs, She'll gallop far enough to her destruction. Shak., 2 Hen. VI., i. 3. But least of all Philosophy presumes Of truth in dreams, from melancholy fumes . Bacon , Advancement of Learning, ii. 125. Memory, the warder of the brain, Shall be a fume , and the receipt of reason A limbeck only. Shak., Macbeth, i. 7. To know That which before us lies in daily life Is the prime wisdom: what is more is fume , Or emptine , or fond impertinence. Pardon, great prelate, sith I thus presume To sence perfection with imperfect fume . Davies, To Worthy Persons. because With incense, where the golden altar fumed . Milton , P. L., xi. 18. The rain increases. The fire sputters and fumes. C. D. Warner, In the Wilderne , vi. 2. To emit any smoky or invisible vaporous exhalation; throw off narcotic, stifling, pun- gent, fragrant, or otherwise noticeable volatile Dampier , Voyages, II. 1. 62. Some, as she sipp'd, the fuming liquor fann'd. Pope , R. of the L., iii. 114. 3. To be confused by emotion, excitement, or exce , as if by stupefying or poisonous fumes. Ay me the dayes that I in dole consume! Alas the nights which witne e well mine woe! O wrong full world wich makest my fancie fume ! Putten ham , Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 177. Tie up the libertine in a field of feasts; Keep his brain fuming . Shak., A. and C., ii. 1. fume (fūm), n. [ fume , fum (F. dial. fum ), m., also fume , f., and fumee , F. fumée = Pr. fum = OSp. fumo , Sp. humo = Pg. It. fumo , fum us , smoke, steam, fume, Skt. dhuma , 4. To pa off in vapor. smoke, perhaps ✔dhu , shake.] 1t. Smoke. As from the fyre depertith fume , So body and sowle asondre goothe. MS . Cantab. Ff. ii. 38, f. 20. ( Hall i well .) Great pity too That, having wielded th' elements and built A you sand systems, each in his own way, They should go out in fume and be forgot. Send a fume , and keep the air Pure and wholesome, sweet and blest. 3. Any smoky or invisible vaporous exhala- tion, especially if po e ing narcotic, stifling, or other marked properties; volatile matter arising from anything; an exhalation: gener- ally in the plural: as, the fumes of tobacco; the Whan he came to the place, anon the erthe moeuyd, and a fum me of grete swetene e was felte in suche wyse that Iudas smote his hondes to-gyder for ioye. Holy Rood (E. E. T. S.), p. 157. Their parts are kept from fuming away by their fixity. G. Cheyne. That for oblivion take their daily birth From all the fuming vanities of Earth! Their vineyards he destroyed round, Which made them fret and fume . Samson (Child's Ballads, VIII. 204). What have you done? she chafes and fumes outrageously, And still they persecute her. The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary fume The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary There is always danger in the pillows and mattre es [after smallpox], for they cannot be thoroughly fumigated , nor can they be washed, therefore these articles should be burned. Buck's Handbook of Med . Sci ., VI. 486. B. Jonson, Alchemist, 1. 1. The Egyptians take great delight in perfumes, and often fumigate their apartments. E. W. Lane, Modern Egyptians, I. 171. Marston, What you Will, iii. 1. fumigation (fū-mi-gā'shon), n. [= F. fumiga- Fume all the ground, And sprinkle holy water, for unsound And foul infection 'gins to fill the air. up as vapor. Our hate is spent and fumed away in vapour, Before our hands be at work. The heat will fume away most of the scent. Mortimer. How vicious hearts fume frenzy to the brain. Young. 5. To offer incense to; hence, to flatter ex- ce ively. They dem i-deify and fume him so. For by his slot, his entries, and his port, His frayings, fermets , he doth promise sport, And standing 'fore the dogs. fumette (fü-met'), n. [ fumet , flavor (of wine, of a partridge, etc.), fum , smoke, vapor: see fume, n.] The scent of meat when kept too long; the characteristic savor or flavor of venison or other game; the game-flavor; the scent from meats cooking. A haunch of ven's on made her sweat, Unle it had the right fumette. It was the custom of the ancients to force bees out of their hives by fumigation . Fawkes , tr. of A poll on i us Rhodius's Argonautics, ii., note. 2. The smoke or fumes generated in fumigat- ing; in an old use, fragrant vapor or incense raised by heat. Fumigation was formerly used as a sacrificial offering or in magical ceremo- nies. They [devotion and knowledge) savour togither farre more sweetly than any fumigation , either of juniper, in- cense, or whatsoeuer else, be they neuer so pleasant, doth sauour in any man's nose. My fumigation is to Venus, just The souls of roses, and red coral's dust: And, last, to make my fumigation good, 'Tis mixt with sparrows' brains and pigeons' blood. Dryden. Arabia was not abandoned wholly to the inclemency of its climate, as it produced myrrh and frankincense, which, when used as perfumes or fumigations , were powerful an- tiseptics of their kind. Bruce , Source of the Nile, I. 374. fumigator (fu'mi-ga-tor), n. [F. fumigateur = Sp. fumigador ; as fumigate + -or.] One who or that which fumigates; specifically, a furnace or brazier in which tobacco-stems, dis- infecting materials, etc., are burned for the purpose of creating a heavy smoke destructive to insect life, as in plant-houses, or for purify- ing or perfuming an apartment. A corps of physicians and fumigators went to the... Hotel, and thoroughly disinfected and fumigated the room. fumigatorium (fu mi-ga-to'ri-um), n.; pl. fu- migatoria (-a). [ML., neut. of * fumigator i us : see fumigatory . ] A censer. See thurible . fumigatory (fu'mi-ga-to-ri), a . [= F. fumiga- toire = Sp. fumigatorio =Pg. fumigatorio , * fumigator i us , fumigare , pp. fumigatus , fu- migate: see fumigate .] Having the quality of cleansing or disinfecting by smoke. fumily (fu'mi-li), adv . With fume; smokily. Wright . fuming (fu'ming), n. [Verbal n. of fume , v.] 11. Smoking; fumigation. The fuming of the holes with brimstone, garlick, or other unsavory things will drive moles out of the ground. Mortimer, Husbandry. Two or three of these fumid vortices are able to whirl it 2t. Fume; idle conceit; vain fancy. about the whole city, rendering it in a few minutes like the picture of Troy sacked by the Greeks, or the approaches of Mount Hecla. Evelyn, Fumifugium, i. fumidityt (fu-mid'i-ti), n. [ fumid + -ity .] The state or quality of being fumid; smokine . Bailey , 1727. fumifugist (fū-mif'u-jist), n. smoke, + fugare , drive away, + E. ist .) One who or that which drives away smoke or fumes. fumifyt, v. t. [ fum us , smoke, + -ficare , make: see -fy.] To impregnate with smoke. Daries. IMG:content-1939.png:[blocks in formation] fumisht (fü'mish), a. [ fume + -ish1 .] Smoky; hot; choleric. [Rare.] An other sort are there, that wil seeke for no cumfort, nor yet none receive, but are in their tribulation (be it lo e, or sicknes), so testie, so fumish , and so far out of al pacience, that it boteth no man to speake to them. Sir T. More , Cumfort against Tribulation (1573), fol. 9. The fumish and dryer part of the cloude yeelding a pur- plish, the waterie a greenish Sea-colour, .,.. are ac- counted the naturall causes of this wonder of Nature [the rainbow]. Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 43. fumishne t (fu'mish-nes), n . The state or quality of being fumish; fretfulne ; pa ion. Drive thou out of us all fumishne , indignation, and self-will. Cover dale , Fruitful Le ons (Parker Soc.), p. 24. fumitert, n. Same as fumitory1 . fumitory1 (fü'mi-to-ri), n. [Formerly also fu- matory ; an alteration (as if with reg. term. -ory) of earlier fumiter , Ye take youre laxatives, Of lauriol, centaure, and fumetere. Chaucer, Nun's Priest's Tale, 1. 143. Her fallow leas The darnel, hemlock, and rank fumitory Doth root upon. Shak., Hen. V., v. 2. fummel (fum'el), n. gin obscure.) The a she-a ; a hinny. fumose (fü'mōs); a . Same as fumous . fumosityt (fu-mos'i-ti), n. [ fumosite , fumosite , F. fumosité = Pr. fumosetat , fu- mositat = Sp. fumosidad = Pg. fumosidade = It. fummosità , fumosita ( t- ) s , fumosus , smoky: see fumous .] 1. The quality of being fumous or fumid; tendency to emit fumes or cause eructation. giff dyuerse drynkes of thaire fumosite haue the di esid, Ete an appulle rawe. Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 124. 2. pl . Fumes arising from exce ive drink- ing or eating, or eructations from indigestible food. Of alle maner metes ye must thus know & fele The fumositees of fysch, flesche, & fowles, dyuers & feele [many]. Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 139. Eaten after meate when a man is drunken indeed, it riddeth away the fumosities in the braine, and bringeth him to be sober. Holland, tr. of Pliny, xx. 9. fumous (fu'mus), a . [Also fumose ; fu- mose , fumos = Pr. fumos = Sp. Pg. It. fumoso , fume , n.] 1t. Fumy; producing fumes or eructations. Syr, hertyly y pray yow for to telle me Certenle Of how many metes that ar fumose in theire degre. Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), р. 139. So that the Fleete of Flanders pa e nought That in the narrowe see it be not brought Into the Rochelle to fetch the fumose wine. 2. In bot . , smoke-colored; fuliginous; gray changing to brown. fumy (fu'mi), a . Producing fumes; full of va- por; vaporous. From dice and wine the youth retir'd to rest, And puffed the fumy god from out his breast. Dryden, Eneid. Oppre ed with sleep, and drown'd in fumy wine, The prostrate guards their regal charge resign. Brooke , Constant i a. fun (fun), n. [First appears in literature in the latter part of the 17th century; scantly re- corded in the 18th century (in Gay, Goldsmith, Burns, etc.); of Sc. origin, ult. Celtic: ef. Gael. fonn , delight, desire, temper, an air, = Ir. fonn , delight, desire. Certainly not connected with fon , fond3.] 1. Mirthful sport; frolicsome amusement; enjoyment from gay or comical action or speech. 2. Mirthful wit or humor; sportive gaiety of speech or manner; drollery; whimsicality. Such wit had current pa 'd alone, Tho' Selwyn's fun had ne'er been known. Here Whitefoord reclines, and, deny it who can, Though he merrily liv'd, he is now a grave man; Rare compound of oddity, frolic, and fun , Who relish'd a joke, and rejoic'd in a pun. IMG:content-1940.png:[blocks in formation] Figure of fun. See figure . In fun, as a joke; by way of making fun; not seriously: as, it was said in fun.- Like fun, in a lively, energetic, or rapid manner. [Colloq.] That (noise) stopped all of a sudden, and the bolts went to like fun. T. Hughes, Tom Brown at Rugby, ii. 3. Not to see the fun of, not to take as a joke; be unwill- ing to put up with. Young Miller did not see the fun of being imposed on in that fashion. W. Black . fun To be great fun, to be very amusing or funny. [Colloq.] He's great fun, I can tell you.. We had such a game with him last half. T. Hughes, Tom Brown at Rugby, ii. 3. To make fun of, to ridicule.