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Full (?), n. Complete measure; utmost extent; the highest state or degree.
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The swan's-down feather,
That stands upon the swell at full of tide. Shak.
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Coloq. Full of the moon , the time of full moon.
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Full, adv. Quite; to the same degree; without abatement or diminution; with the whole force or effect; thoroughly; completely; exactly; entirely.
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The pawn I proffer shall be full as good. Dryden.
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The diapason closing full in man. Dryden.
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Full in the center of the sacred wood. Addison.
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☞ Full is placed before adjectives and adverbs to heighten or strengthen their signification. “Full sad.” Milton. “Master of a full poor cell.” Shak. “Full many a gem of purest ray serene.” T. Gray.
Full is also prefixed to participles to express utmost extent or degree; as, full-bloomed, full-blown, full-crammed full-grown, full-laden, full-stuffed, etc. Such compounds, for the most part, are self-defining.
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Full, v. i. To become full or wholly illuminated; as, the moon fulls at midnight.
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Full, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fulled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fulling.] [OE. fullen, OF. fuler, fouler, F. fouler, LL. fullare, fr. L. fullo fuller, cloth fuller, cf. Gr. � shining, white, AS. fullian to whiten as a fuller, to baptize, fullere a fuller. Cf. to foul, to frustrate, . n. ] To thicken by moistening, heating, and pressing, as cloth; to mill; to make compact; to scour, cleanse, and thicken in a mill.
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Full, v. i. To become fulled or thickened; as, this material fulls well.
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Fullage (?), n. The money or price paid for fulling or cleansing cloth. Johnson.
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Fullam (?), n. A false die. See .
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fullback n. an offensive football player who plays farther behind the line of scrimmage than the half-back. They are used primarily for blocking and line plunges.
Syn. -- fullback.
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fullback v. 1. (Football) To play the position of fullback on a football team; to be the fullback.
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Full-blooded (?), a. 1. Having a full supply of blood.
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2. Of pure blood; thoroughbred; as, a full-blooded horse.
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Full-bloomed (?), a. Like a perfect blossom. “Full-bloomed lips.” Crashaw.
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Full-blown (?), a. 1. Fully expanded, as a blossom; completely developed; as, a full-blown rose. Denham.
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2. Fully distended with wind, as a sail. Dryden.
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3. Hence: Of full intensity; as, the recession developed into full-blown depression; a full-blown international crisis.
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full-bosomed adj. having a pronounced womanly shape, with well-developed breasts. [informal]
Syn. -- bosomy, buxom, curvaceous, sonsie, sonsy, voluptuous.
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Full-bottomed (?), a. 1. Full and large at the bottom, as wigs worn by certain civil officers in Great Britain.
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2. (Naut.) Of great capacity below the water line.
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Full-butt (?), adv. With direct and violent opposition; with sudden collision. [Colloq.] L'Estrange.
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full-dress n. full evening dress for men.
Syn. -- dress suit, full dress, tailcoat, tail coat, tails, white tie, white tie and tails.
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full-dress adj. 1. suitable for formal occasions; as, a full-dress uniform.
Syn. -- dress.
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2. requiring formal clothes; -- of a social event; as, a full-dress ceremony.
Syn. -- dress.
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3. complete in every respect, including formalities; as, a full-dress debate; a full-dress investigation.
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Full-drive (?), adv. With full speed. [Colloq.]
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Fuller (?), n. [AS. fullere, fr. L. fullo. See , v. t.] One whose occupation is to full cloth.
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Coloq. Fuller's earth , a variety of clay, used in scouring and cleansing cloth, to imbibe grease. -- Coloq. Fuller's herb (Bot.), the soapwort (Saponaria officinalis), formerly used to remove stains from cloth. -- Coloq. Fuller's thistle or Coloq. Fuller's weed (Bot.), the teasel (Dipsacus fullonum) whose burs are used by fullers in dressing cloth. See .
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Fuller, n. [From , a.] (Blacksmith's Work) A die; a half-round set hammer, used for forming grooves and spreading iron; -- called also a creaser.
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Fuller, v. t. To form a groove or channel in, by a fuller or set hammer; as, to fuller a bayonet.
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Fullery (?), n.; pl. Fulleries (�). The place or the works where the fulling of cloth is carried on.
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full-face adj. (Heraldry) looking forward.
Syn. -- guardant(postnominal), gardant(postnominal).
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full-fashioned adj. knitted to fit the shape of the body; as, full-fashioned hosiery.
Syn. -- fully fashioned.
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full-fledged adj. 1. having reached full development with fully grown adult plumage; ready to fly; -- of a bird. fledgling
Syn. -- fully fledged.
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2. having gained full status; -- of persons in respect to human roles; as, a full-fledged lawyer; by the age of seventeen I was a full-fledged atheist.
Syn. -- fully fledged.
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Full-formed (?), a. Full in form or shape; rounded out with flesh.
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The full-formed maids of Afric. Thomson.
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full-grown adj. 1. .
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Full-grown (?), a. Having reached the limits of growth; mature; fully developed; -- used mostly of living organisms; as, A full-grown lion can easily kill an unarmed man.. “Full-grown wings.” Lowell.
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Full-hearted (?), a. Full of courage or confidence. Shak.
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Full-hot (?), a. Very fiery. Shak.
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Full house. (Poker) A hand containing three of a kind and a pair, as three kings and two tens. It ranks above a flush and below four of a kind.
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Fulling, n. The process of cleansing, shrinking, and thickening cloth by moisture, heat, and pressure.
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Coloq. Fulling mill , a mill for fulling cloth as by means of pesties or stampers, which alternately fall into and rise from troughs where the cloth is placed with hot water and fuller's earth, or other cleansing materials.
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full-length adj. 1. accommodating the full height of the human figure; as, a full-length mirror.
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2. representing the full height of the human figure; as, a full-length portrait.
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3. unabridged; as, the full-length play. Opposite of abridged.
Syn. -- complete, uncut.
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Full-manned (?), a. Completely furnished wiith men, as a ship.
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Fullmart (?), n. See . B. Jonson.
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Fullness, n. The state of being full, or of abounding; abundance; completeness. [Written also fulness.]
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“In thy presence is fullness of joy.” Ps. xvi. 11.
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full-of-the-moon n. the time when the moon is fully illuminated.
Syn. -- full moon, full-of-the-moon.
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Fullonical (?), a. [L. fullonicus, from fullo a cloth fuller.] Pertaining to a fuller of cloth. [Obs.] Blount.
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Full-orbed (�), a. Having the orb or disk complete or fully illuminated; like the full moon.
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full-page adj. 1. occupying an entire page in a book or paper; as, a full-page ad.
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Full-sailed (?), a. Having all its sails set,; hence, without restriction or reservation. Massinger.
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full-scale adj. using all available resources; -- of actions; as, a full-scale effort to find the perpetrator.
Syn. -- all-out.
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full-size adj. Being of the same size as an original.
Syn. -- life-size, life-sized.
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full-strength adj. Undiluted; -- of liquids. Opposite of diluted.
Syn. -- neat, straight.
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full-term adj. Gestated for the entire duration of normal pregnancy; as, a healthy full-term baby; -- of new-born infants. Opposite of premature. Also See: .
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full-time adj. spending or requiring all of the time normally given to an activity; as, full-time students; a full-time job. Opposite of part-time.
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Full-winged (?), a. 1. Having large and strong or complete wings. Shak.
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2. Ready for flight; eager. [Archaic] Beau. & Fl.
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Fully (?), adv. In a full manner or degree; completely; entirely; without lack or defect; adequately; satisfactorily; as, to be fully persuaded of the truth of a proposition.
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Coloq. Fully committed (Law), committed to prison for trial, in distinction from being detained for examination.

Syn. -- Completely; entirely; maturely; plentifully; abundantly; plenteously; copiously; largely; amply; sufficiently; clearly; distinctly; perfectly.
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Fulmar (fŭlmär), n. [Icel. fūlmār. See , and a gull.] (Zoöl.) One of several species of sea birds, of the family Procellariidæ, allied to the albatrosses and petrels. Among the well-known species are the arctic fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) (called also fulmar petrel, malduck, and mollemock), and the giant fulmar (Ossifraga gigantea).
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Fulmarus n. A genus of birds including many of the fulmars.
Syn. -- genus Fulmarus.
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Fulminant (?), a. [L. fulminans, p. pr. of fulminare to lighten: cf. F. fulminant.] Thundering; fulminating. [R.] Bailey.
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Fulminate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fulminated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fulminating.] [L. fulminatus, p. p. of fulminare to lighten, strike with lightning, fr. fulmen thunderbolt, fr. fulgere to shine. See , and cf. .] 1. To thunder; hence, to make a loud, sudden noise; to detonate; to explode with a violent report.
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2. To issue or send forth decrees or censures with the assumption of supreme authority; to thunder forth menaces.
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Fulminate, v. t. 1. To cause to explode. Sprat.
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2. To utter or send out with denunciations or censures; -- said especially of menaces or censures uttered by ecclesiastical authority.
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They fulminated the most hostile of all decrees. De Quincey.
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Fulminate (?), n. [Cf. P. fulminate. See , v. i.] (Chem.) (a) A salt of fulminic acid. See under . (b) A fulminating powder.
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Coloq. Fulminate of gold , an explosive compound of gold; -- called also fulminating gold, and aurum fulminans.
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fulminate of mercury (?), n. (Chem.) The mercury salt of fulminic acid (Hg(CNO)2), called also mercury fulminate. It is prepared as gray crystals, and is used primarily in detonators for detonating high explosives, such as dynamite or TNT.
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Fulminating (?), a. 1. Thundering; exploding in a peculiarly sudden or violent manner.
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2. Hurling denunciations, menaces, or censures.
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Coloq. Fulminating oil , nitroglycerin. -- Coloq. Fulminating powder (Chem.) any violently explosive powder, but especially one of the fulminates, as mercuric fulminate.
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Fulmination (?), n. [L. fulminatio a darting of lightning: cf. F. fulmination.] 1. The act of fulminating or exploding; detonation.
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2. The act of thundering forth threats or censures, as with authority.
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3. That which is fulminated or thundered forth; vehement menace or censure.
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The fulminations from the Vatican were turned into ridicule. Ayliffe.
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Fulminatory (?), a. [Cf. F. fulminatoire.] Thundering; striking terror. Cotgrave.
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Fulmine (?), v. i. [F. fulminer. See , v.] To thunder. [Obs.] Spenser. Milton.
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Fulmine, v. t. To shoot; to dart like lightning; to fulminate; to utter with authority or vehemence.
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She fulmined out her scorn of laws Salique. Tennyson.
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Fulmineous (?), a. [L. fulmen thunder.] Of, or concerning thunder.
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Fulmiaic (?), a. [Cf. F. fulminique.] Pertaining to fulmination; detonating; specifically (Chem.), pertaining to, derived from, or denoting, an acid, so called; as, fulminic acid.
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Coloq. Fulminic acid (Chem.), a complex acid, H2C2N2O2, isomeric with cyanic and cyanuric acids, and not known in the free state, but forming a large class of highly explosive salts, the fulminates. Of these, mercuric fulminate, the most common, is used, mixed with niter, to fill percussion caps, charge cartridges, etc. Fulminic acid is made by the action of nitric acid on alcohol.
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Fulminuric (?), a. [Fulminic + cyanuric.] (Chem.) Pertaining to fulminic and cyanuric acids, and designating an acid so called.
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Coloq. Fulminuric acid (Chem.), a white, crystalline, explosive substance, H3C3N3O3, forming well known salts, and obtained from the fulminates. It is isomeric with cyanuric acid, and hence is also called isocyanuric acid.
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Fulness (?), n. See .
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Fulsamic (?), a. [See .] Fulsome. [Obs.]
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Fulsome (?), a. [Full, a. + -some.] 1. Full; abundant; plenteous; not shriveled. [Obs.]
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His lean, pale, hoar, and withered corpse grew fulsome, fair, and fresh. Golding.
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2. Offending or disgusting by overfullness, excess, or grossness; cloying; gross; nauseous; esp., offensive from excess of praise; as, fulsome flattery.
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And lest the fulsome artifice should fail
Themselves will hide its coarseness with a veil. Cowper.
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3. Lustful; wanton; obscene; also, tending to obscenity. [Obs.] “Fulsome ewes.” Shak.

-- Fulsomely, adv. -- Fulsomeness, n. Dryden.
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Fulvid (?), a. [LL. fulvidus, fr. L. fulvus.] Fulvous. [R.] Dr. H. More.
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Fulvous (?), a. [L. fulvus.] Tawny; dull yellow, with a mixture of gray and brown. Lindley.
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Fum (?), v. i. To play upon a fiddle. [Obs.]
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Follow me, and fum as you go. B. Jonson.
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Fumacious (?), a. [From Fume.] Smoky; hence, fond of smoking; addicted to smoking tobacco.
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Fumade (?), Fumado (�), n.; pl. Fumades (#), Fumadoes (#). [Sp. fumodo smoked, p. p. of fumar to smoke, fr. L. fumare. See , v. i.] A salted and smoked fish, as the pilchard.
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Fumage (?), n. [OF. fumage, fumaige, fr. L. fumus smoke.] Hearth money.
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Fumage, or fuage, vulgarly called smoke farthings. Blackstone.
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Fumarate (?), n. (Chem.) A salt of fumaric acid.
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Fumaric (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, fumitory (Fumaria officinalis).
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Coloq. Fumaric acid (Chem.), a widely occurring organic acid, extracted from fumitory as a white crystallline substance, C2H2(CO2H)2, and produced artificially in many ways, as by the distillation of malic acid; boletic acid. It is found also in the lichen, Iceland moss, and hence was also called lichenic acid.
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Fumarine (?), n. [L. fumus smoke, fume.] (Chem.) An alkaloid extracted from fumitory, as a white crystalline substance.
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Fumarole (?), n. [It. fumaruola, fr. fumo smoke, L. fumus: cf. F. fumerolle, fumarolle.] A hole or spot in a volcanic or other region, from which fumes issue.
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Fumatorium (?), n.; L. pl. -ria (#). [NL., fr. L. fumare, fumatum, to smoke.] An air-tight compartment in which vapor may be generated to destroy germs or insects; esp., the apparatus used to destroy San José scale on nursery stock, with hydrocyanic acid vapor.
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Fumatory (?), a. [See .] Pert. to, or concerned with, smoking. -- n.; pl. -ries (�). A place for subjecting things to smoke or vapor.
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Fumatory (?), n. See . [Obs.]
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Fumble (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fumbled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fumbling (?).] [Akin to D. fommelen to crumple, fumble, Sw. fumla to fusuble, famla to grope, Dan. famle to grope, fumble, Icel. falme, AS. folm palm of the hand. See , and cf. , .] 1. To feel or grope about; to make awkward attempts to do or find something.
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Adams now began to fumble in his pockets. Fielding.
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2. To grope about in perplexity; to seek awkwardly; as, to fumble for an excuse. Dryden.
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My understanding flutters and my memory fumbles. Chesterfield.
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Alas! how he fumbles about the domains. Wordsworth.
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3. To handle much; to play childishly; to turn over and over.
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I saw him fumble with the sheets, and play with flowers. Shak.
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Fumble, v. t. To handle or manage awkwardly; to crowd or tumble together. Shak.
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Fumbler (?), n. One who fumbles.
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Fumblingly (?), adv. In the manner of one who fumbles.
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Fume (fūm), n. [L. fumus; akin to Skr. dhūma smoke, dhū to shake, fan a flame, cf. Gr. qyein to sacrifice, storm, rage, qymon, qymos, thyme, and perh. to E. dust: cf. OF. fum smoke, F. fumée. Cf. , n., , .] 1. Exhalation; volatile matter (esp. noxious vapor or smoke) ascending in a dense body; smoke; vapor; reek; as, the fumes of tobacco.
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The fumes of new shorn hay. T. Warton.
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The fumes of undigested wine. Dryden.
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2. Rage or excitement which deprives the mind of self-control; as, the fumes of passion. South.
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3. Anything vaporlike, unsubstantial, or airy; idle conceit; vain imagination.
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A show of fumes and fancies. Bacon.
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4. The incense of praise; inordinate flattery.
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To smother him with fumes and eulogies. Burton.
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5. (Metal.) Solid material deposited by condensation of fumes; as, lead fume (a grayish powder chiefly lead sulphate).
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Coloq. In a fume , in ill temper, esp. from impatience.
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Fume, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fumed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fuming.] [Cf. F. fumer, L. fumare to smoke. See , n.] 1. To smoke; to throw off fumes, as in combustion or chemical action; to rise up, as vapor.
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Where the golden altar fumed. Milton.
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Silenus lay,
Whose constant cups lay fuming to his brain. Roscommon.
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2. To be as in a mist; to be dulled and stupefied.
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Keep his brain fuming. Shak.
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3. To pass off in fumes or vapors.
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Their parts are kept from fuming away by their fixity. Cheyne.
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4. To be in a rage; to be hot with anger.
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He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground. Dryden.
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While her mother did fret, and her father did fume. Sir W. Scott.
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Coloq. To fume away , to give way to excitement and displeasure; to storm; also, to pass off in fumes.
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Fume, v. t. 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.
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She fumed the temple with an odorous flame. Dryden.
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2. To praise inordinately; to flatter.
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They demi-deify and fume him so. Cowper.
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3. To throw off in vapor, or as in the form of vapor.
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The heat will fume away most of the scent. Montimer.
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How vicious hearts fume frenzy to the brain! Young.
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Fumed oak (?). (Cabinetwork) Oak given a weathered appearance by exposure in an air-tight compartment to fumes of ammonia from uncorked cans, being first given a coat of filler.
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Fumeless, a. Free from fumes.
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Fumer (?), n. 1. One that fumes.
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2. One who makes or uses perfumes. [Obs.]
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Embroiderers, feather makers, fumers. Beau. & Fl.
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Fumerell (?), n. (Arch.) See .
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Fumet (fūmĕt), n. [Cf. F. fumier dung, OF. femier, fr. L. fimus dung.] The dung of deer. B. Jonson. [Sometimes spelled fewmet.]

{ Fumet (?) Fumette (?), } n. [F. fumet odor, fume of wine or meat, fr. L. fumus smoke. See , n.] The stench or high flavor of game or other meat when kept long. Swift.
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Fumet (?), n. [F.] A high-flavored substance, such as extract of game, for flavoring dishes of food; less properly, a ragout of partridge and rabbit braised in wine.
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Fumetere (?), n. Fumitory. [Obs.]
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Fumid (?), a. [L. fumidus, fr. fumus smoke. See .] Smoky; vaporous. Sir T. Broune.

{ Fumidity (?), Fumidness (?) } n. The state of being fumid; smokiness.
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Fumiferous (?), a. [L. fumifer; fumus smoke + ferre to bear.] Producing smoke.
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Fumifugist (?), n. [L. fumus smoke + fugare to put to flight, fugere to flee.] One who, or that which, drives away smoke or fumes.
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Fumify (?), v. t. [Fume + -fy.] To subject to the action of smoke. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
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Fumigant (?), a. [L. fumigans, p. pr. of fumigare. See .] Fuming. [R.]
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Fumigate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fumigated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fumigating (?).] [L. fumigate, p. p. of fumigare to fumigate, fr. fumus smoke. See , n.] 1. To apply smoke to; to expose to smoke or vapor; to purify, or free from infection, by the use of smoke or vapors.
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2. To smoke; to perfume. Dryden.
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Fumigation (?), n. [Cf. F. fumigation.]
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1. The act of fumigating, or applying smoke or vapor, as for disinfection.
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2. Vapor raised in the process of fumigating.
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Fumigator (?), n. One who, or that which, fumigates; an apparattus for fumigating.
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Fumigatory (?), a. [Cf. F. fumigatoire.] Having the quality of purifying by smoke. [R.]
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