Emily Dickinson Lexicon

FUL'SOME-NESS, n.

Nauseously; rank smell; obscenely. Eng.

FUL'VID, a. [See Fulvous, which is generally used.]

FUL'VOUS, a. [L. fulvus.]

Yellow; tawny; saffron-colored. Encyc.

FU-MA'DO, n. [L. fumus, smoke.]

A smoked fish. Carew.

FU'MA-TORY, n. [L. fumaria herba; Fr. fumeterre; from fumus, smoke.]

A plant of the genus Fumaria.

FUM'BLE, v.i. [D. fommelen; Dan. famler; Sw. famla, properly, to stop, stammer, falter, hesitate, to feel along, to grope.]

1. To feel or grope about; to attempt awkwardly. Cudworth.
2. To grope about in perplexity; to seek awkwardly; as, to fumble for an excuse. Dryden.
3. To handle much; to play childishly; to turn over and over. I saw him fumble with the sheets, and play with flowers. Shak.

FUM'BLE, v.t.

To manage awkwardly; to crowd or tumble together. Shak.

FUM'BLER, n.

One who gropes or manages awkwardly.

FUM'BLING, ppr.

Groping; managing awkwardly.

FUM'BLING-LY, adv.

In an awkward manner.

FUME, n. [L. fumus, Fr. fumée, smoke.]

1. Smoke; vapor from combustion, as from burning wood or tobacco. Bacon.
2. Vapor; volatile matter ascending in a dense body. Woodward.
3. Exhalation from the stomach; as, the fumes of wine. Dryden.
4. Rage; heat; as, the fumes of passion. South.
5. Any thing unsubstantial or fleeting. Shak.
6. Idle conceit; vain imagination. Bacon.

FUME, v.i. [L. fumo, Fr. fumer, Sp. fumar, It. fumare, to smoke.]

1. To smoke; to throw off vapor, as in combustion. Where the golden altar fumed. Milton.
2. To yield vapor or visible exhalations. Silenus lay, / Whose constant cups lay fuming to his brain. Roscommon.
3. To pass off in vapors. Their parts are kept from fuming away by their fixity. Cheyne.
4. To be in a rage; to be hot with anger. He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground. Dryden.

FUME, v.t.

1. To smoke; to dry in smoke. Carew.
2. To perfume. She fumed the temple with an od'rous flame. Dryden.
3. To disperse or drive away in vapors. The heat will fume away most of the scent. Mortimer.

FUM-ED, pp.

Smoked; dried in smoke.

FUME'LESS, a.

Free from fumes.

FU'MET, n.

The dung of deer. B. Jonson.

FU'MID, a. [L. fumidus.]

Smoky; vaporous. Brown.

FU-MID'I-TY, n.

Smokiness.

FU-MIF'ER-OUS, a.

Producing smoke.

FU-MIF'U-GIST, n. [L. fumus and fugo.]

He or that which drives away smoke or fumes.

FU'MI-GANT, a.

Fuming.

FU'MI-GATE, v.t. [L. fumigo; Fr. fumiger; from fumus, smoke.]

1. To smoke; to perfume. Dryden.
2. To apply smoke to; to expose to smoke; as, in chimistry, or in medicine by inhaling it, or in cleansing infected apartments.

FU'MI-GA-TED, pp.

Smoked; exposed to smoke.

FU'MI-GA-TING, ppr.

Smoking; applying smoke to.

FU-MI-GA'TION, n. [L. fumigatio.]

1. The act of smoking or applying smoke, as in chimistry for softening a metal, or in the healing art by inhaling the smoke of certain substances. Expectoration is often assisted and sometimes ulcers of the lungs healed by fumigation. Fumigation is also used in cleansing infected rooms.
2. Vapors; scent raised by fire.