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fumigant, a. and n.|ˈfjuːmɪgənt|
[ad. L. fūmigant-em, pr. pple. of fūmigāre: see next.]
†A. adj. That fumes. Obs.
B. n. That which fumigates.
1727–36Bailey, Fumigant, smoaking, fuming. 1890Scott. Leader 7 Feb. 7 The production of the fashionable little fumigant [cigarette] has trebled in the last two years. 1940Chambers's Techn. Dict. 359/1 Examples of fumigants are hydrogen cyanide and ethylene oxide. 1952Oxf. Jun. Encycl. VI. 327/1 The farmer and gardener have a number of methods of control they can use against pests, apart from..spraying with..Fumigants. 1971Listener 15 Apr. 493/2 Dr Bannerman had put microbes in the privy to test the fumigant. |