Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for FUL'MI-NA-TING
FUL'MI-NA-TING, ppr.
- Thundering; crackling; exploding; detonating.
- Hurling papal denunciations, menaces or censures. Fulminating powder, a detonating compound of sulphur, carbonate of potash and niter.
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