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fumy, a.|ˈfjuːmɪ| [f. fume n. + -y1.] Composed of, or full of, fumes, vapours, or smoke; of the nature of fume or fumes.
1570Levins Manip. 101/40 Fumye, fumosus. 1591Sylvester Du Bartas i. ii. 1006 Blent With fumie mixture of grosse nourishment. 1605Timme Quersit. i. ix. 36 Ashes..have in them partly that which is earthie, and partly that which is fumie. 1635Sir H. Wotton in Lismore Papers (1888) Ser. ii. III. 219 This fumie Citie [London]. 1703Rowe Ulyss. ii. i. 953 The fumy Vapours And mounting Spirits of the deep-drunk Bowl. 1794Mathias Purs. Lit. (1803) 368 The fumy tint [of a smoked glass]. 1871G. Macdonald Parable in Wks. Fancy & Imag. IV. 71 Through the fumy, thickened air. 1885G. Meredith Diana I. i. 4 It knows enough for its fumy dubiousness. †b. fumy ball: ? ‘a puff-ball’ (Halliw.); ? a bubble.
1598Hall Sat. iv. iv, All soft as is the falling thistledown, Soft as the fumy ball, or Morrians crowne. Hence ˈfumily adv., smokily.
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