Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to smoke or fumigation.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
fumitory . - noun Same as
fumitory (which is a less correct form).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete See
fumitory . - adjective Pert. to, or concerned with, smoking.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of or relating to
smoke ,smoking , orfumigation
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From Latin fūmāre, to smoke, from fūmus, smoke.]
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Examples
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This fumatory process proceeded for some time, almost in silence.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 Various
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6 'CONFESSIONAL OP VALOMBRB* the wind midst the poisonous intertex - tpre of fumatory and night-shade.
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