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Fum [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To play upon a fiddle.

Fumacious [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Smoky; hence, fond of smoking; addicted to smoking tobacco.

Fumade [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Alt. of Fumado

Fumades [Plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Fumado

Fumado [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A smoked fish.

Fumado [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A salted and smoked fish, as the pilchard.

Fumadoes [Plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Fumage [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Hearth money.

Fumarate [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A salt of fumaric acid.

Fumaric [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Pertaining to, or derived from, fumitory (Fumaria officinalis).

Fumarine [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

An alkaloid extracted from fumitory, as a white crystalline substance.

Fumarole [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A hole or spot in a volcanic or other region, from which fumes issue.

Fumatory [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A plant or genus of plants, called Fumaria, of several species.

Fumatory [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

See Fumitory.

Fumble [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To feel or grope about; to attempt awkwardly.

2. To grope about in perplexity; to seek awkwardly; as, to fumble for an excuse.

3. To handle much; to play childishly; to turn over and over.

4. I saw him fumble with the sheets, and play with flowers.

Fumble [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To manage awkwardly; to crowd or tumble together.

Fumble [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To feel or grope about; to make awkward attempts to do or find something.

2. To grope about in perplexity; to seek awkwardly; as, to fumble for an excuse.

3. To handle much; to play childishly; to turn over and over.

Fumble [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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

Fumbled [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Fumble

Fumbler [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

One who gropes or manages awkwardly.

Fumbler [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who fumbles.

Fumbling [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Groping; managing awkwardly.

Fumbling [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Fumblingly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In an awkward manner.

Fumblingly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In the manner of one who fumbles.

Fume [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Smoke; vapor from combustion, as from burning wood or tobacco.

2. Vapor; volatile matter ascending in a dense body.

3. Exhalation from the stomach; as the fumes of wine.

4. Rage; heat; as the fumes of passion.

5. Any thing unsubstantial or fleeting.

6. Idle conceit; vain imagination.

Fume [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To smoke; to throw off vapor, as in combustion.

2. Where the golden altar fumed.

3. To yield vapor or visible exhalations.

4. Silenus lay, whose constant cups lay fuming to his brain.

5. To pass off in vapors.

6. Their parts are kept from fuming away by their fixity.

7. To be in a rage; to be hot with anger.

8. He fret, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground.

Fume [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To smoke; to dry in smoke.

2. To perfume,

3. She fumed the temples with an od'rous flame.

4. To disperse or drive away in vapors.

5. The heat will fume away most of the scent.

Fume [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Exhalation; volatile matter (esp. noxious vapor or smoke) ascending in a dense body; smoke; vapor; reek; as, the fumes of tobacco.

2. Rage or excitement which deprives the mind of self-control; as, the fumes of passion.

3. Anything vaporlike, unsubstantial, or airy; idle conceit; vain imagination.

4. The incense of praise; inordinate flattery.

5. To smoke; to throw off fumes, as in combustion or chemical action; to rise up, as vapor.

6. To be as in a mist; to be dulled and stupefied.

7. To pass off in fumes or vapors.

8. To be in a rage; to be hot with anger.

Fume [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To expose to the action of fumes; to treat with vapors, smoke, etc.; as, to bleach straw by fuming it with sulphur; to fill with fumes, vapors, odors, etc., as a room.

2. To praise inordinately; to flatter.

3. To throw off in vapor, or as in the form of vapor.

Fumed [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Fumeless [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Free from fumes.