Middle English Dictionary Entry
fūmen, -ien v.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | fūmen, -ien v.(1) |
| Etymology | OF fumer & L fūmāre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Fumigate, suffumigate; (b) ~ awai, fig. make or let evaporate.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)179/13 : Þou schalt fumie [L suffumigare] hem wiþ sulphur.
- 1790(1471-1472) Ordin.Househ.Edw.IV(2) (Topham)40 : That the King's robes..and shertes be fumyd by all the yere of the yeoman pothecary.
b
- a1550 *Norton OAlch.(BodeMus 63)2b : With hasty credence to fume away theyr thrifte.