Emily Dickinson Lexicon

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.