fume

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1. 1.Rage or excitement which deprives the mind of self-control; as, the fumes of passion. South.
2. 2.Anything vaporlike, unsubstantial, or' airy; idle conceit; vain imagination. A show of fumes and fancies. Bacon.
3. 3.The incense of praise; inordinate flattery. To smother him with fumes and eulogies. Burton. In a fume, in ill temper, esp. from impatience.
4. 4.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.
5. 5.To be as in a mist; to be dulled and stupefied. Keep his brain fuming. Shak.
6. 6.To pass off in fumes or vapors. Their parts pre kept from fuming away by their fixity. Cheyne.
7. 7.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.
8. 8.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.
9. 9.To praise inordinately; to flatter. They demi-deify and fume him so. Cowper.
10. 10.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.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is rage or excitement which deprives the mind of self-control; as, the fumes of passion. South called?
• What is anything vaporlike, unsubstantial, or' airy; idle conceit; vain imagination. A show of fumes and fancies. Bacon called?
• What is the incense of praise; inordinate flattery. To smother him with fumes and eulogies. Burton. In a fume, in ill temper, esp. from impatience called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is to be as in a mist; to be dulled and stupefied. Keep his brain fuming. Shak called?
• What is to pass off in fumes or vapors. Their parts pre kept from fuming away by their fixity. Cheyne called?
• What is to praise inordinately; to flatter. They demi-deify and fume him so. Cowper called?
• What is 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 called?