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fume

n. ஆவி, நறுமணப் புகை, நீரியல் ஆவி, இரைப் பையினின்று மூளைக்குச் செல்லுவதாகக் கருதப்படும் கெடுதலான ஆவி, கிளர்ச்சி, எழுச்சி, சீற்றம், மனவெப்பு, மன எழுச்சி மிக்கவர், சிறப்பற்ற செய்தி, போலிப் பெருமை, (வினை) நறுமணப்புகை எழுப்பு, நறுமணம் ஊட்டு, வேதியியல்ட இணைபால் புகையெழுப்பு, புகை வௌதயிடு, ஆவி வௌதவிடு, எழு, வௌதயிடப்பெறு, சினங்கொள், சிடுசிடுப்புக்கொள், பொறுமையிழந்து படபடப்புக் காட்டு, துடிதுடி.


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Fume, n. Etym: [L. fumus; akin to Skr. dh smoke, dh to shake, fan a flame, cf. Gr. fum smoke, F. fumée. Cf. Dust, n., Femerell, Thyme.] 1. Exhalation; volatile matter (esp. noxious vapor or smoke) ascending in a dense body; smoke; vapor; reek; as, the fumes of tobacco. The fumes of new shorn hay. T. Warton. The fumes of undigested wine. Dryden. 2. Rage or excitement which deprives the mind of self-control; as, the fumes of passion. South. 3. Anything vaporlike, unsubstantial, or' airy; idle conceit; vain imagination. A show of fumes and fancies. Bacon. 4. The incense of praise; inordinate flattery. To smother him with fumes and eulogies. Burton. In a fume, in ill temper, esp. from impatience. Fume, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fumed; p. pr. & vb. n. Fuming.] Etym: [Cf. F. fumer, L. fumare to smoke. See Fume, n.] 1. To smoke; to throw off fumes, as in combustion or chemical action; to rise up, as vapor. Where the golden altar fumed. Milton. Silenus lay, Whose constant cups lay fuming to his brain. Roscommon. 2. To be as in a mist; to be dulled and stupefied. Keep his brain fuming. Shak. 3. To pass off in fumes or vapors. Their parts pre 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. While her mother did fret, and her father did fume. Sir W. Scott. To tame away, to give way to excitement and displeasure; to storm; also, to pass off in fumes. Fume, e. 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. She fumed the temple with an odorous flame. Dryden. 2. To praise inordinately; to flatter. They demi-deify and fume him so. Cowper. 3. To throw off in vapor, or as in the form of vapor. The heat will fume away most of the scent. Montimer. How vicious hearts fume frenzy to the brain! Young.


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