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▪ I. ˈfumage1 Hist. [ad. med.L. fūmāgium, f. fūm-us smoke.] Hearth-money.
1755in Johnson. 1765Blackstone Comm. I. vii. 323 As early as the conquest mention is made in domesday book of fumage or fuage, vulgarly called smoke farthings; which were paid by custom to the king for every chimney in the house. 1876S. Dowell Taxes in Eng. (1888) I. i. 10 A fumage, or tax of smoke farthings, or hearth tax..ranges among those of the Anglo-Saxon period. ▪ II. † ˈfumage2 Obs.—0 [a. F. fumage, f. fumer to dung.] (See quot. 1725.)
1676–1732Coles, Fumage, manuring with dung. 1725Bradley Fam. Dict., Fumage, a Term in Agriculture signifying Dung, or manuring with Dung. |