Crossword clues for fuming
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fume \Fume\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fumed; p. pr. & vb. n. Fuming.] [Cf. F. fumer, L. fumare to smoke. See Fume, n.]
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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.
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To be as in a mist; to be dulled and stupefied.
Keep his brain fuming.
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To pass off in fumes or vapors.
Their parts are kept from fuming away by their fixity.
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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 fume away, to give way to excitement and displeasure; to storm; also, to pass off in fumes.
Fuming \Fum"ing\, a. Producing fumes, or vapors.
Cadet's fuming liquid (Chem.), alkarsin.
Fuming liquor of Libavius (Old Chem.), stannic chloride; the chloride of tin, SnCl4, forming a colorless, mobile liquid which fumes in the air. Mixed with water it solidifies to the so-called butter of tin.
Fuming sulphuric acid. (Chem.) Same as Disulphuric acid, uder Disulphuric.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1570s," emitting fumes;" 1580s, "raging, angry," present participle adjective from fume (v.). Earlier were fumish (1510s); fumous (late 14c., from Latin fumosus).
Wiktionary
1 that fumes 2 very angry n. 1 The act of one who fumes or shows suppressed anger. 2 (cx chemistry English) (rfdef: English) v
(present participle of fume English)
Wikipedia
Fuming may refer to;
- Ammonia fuming, a technique for darkening oak and other woods
- Sun Fuming, a Chinese judoka who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics
Usage examples of "fuming".
The only thing to be collected, therefore, was elder-pith, for as to the other substance necessary for the manufacture of pyroxyle, it was only fuming azotic acid.
To make pyroxyle, the cotton must be immersed in the fuming azotic acid for a quarter of an hour, then washed in cold water and dried.
As he left, he could see out of the corner of his eye that Bagman and Fudge were fuming.
It was rare to see any yama openly fuming, and to see Cor this way stunned her.
By the time Taran reached a shelf of level ground, Doli had run to the protected face of the embankment and was fuming impatiently before a huge tangle of thorn bushes.
When I rode up to the road gate I found Facilis standing there fuming.
With that, she walked away, Leaving Killigrew grinning sardonically, Sherford fuming, and the quarrelsome gentleman trying to work out whether or not Sherford had insulted him.
The Saint shrugged and turned to Orace, who had been fuming and fidgeting around him.
Complacency, but Rafar quickly took hold of him and spoke with noxious fumings right into his face.
I did so, fretting and fuming on my way as if I were some great person, and I was taken to a room where a man in an elegant nightcap was lying beside a very pretty woman.
I became furious, knocking at the door, stamping my feet, fretting and fuming, and accompanying this useless hubbub with loud cries.
Carnes said, from the hunched set of his neck and shoulders, Penner knew that he was fuming.
Visibly quelling his exasperation, however, he lifted Miss Pittard in his arms and carried her to his vehicle, where he settled her on the seat beside her fuming rival, Miss Gouge.
Sellitto corrected, looking uneasily at Polling, who was still fuming.
One time Reamy, Paul, and Gabe sat in the car in the driveway, fuming, taking turns honking and waiting for me because I was busy with some last minute bit of Vincentiana.