fumalis

fumalis 1 of or for smoke. b (w. denarius) reek penny. ignis innocuus in rubo rutilat / nec rubum nubilo fumali nubilat Walt. Wimb. Carm. 87; omnis pompa temporalis / ut ros, ut nix, ut fumalis / vapor cito preterit Id. Van. 152. b p1274 de denariis ~ibus vj li. xviij s. j d. Ann. Durh. 185; 1356 (v. denarius 5b). 2 (w. ref. to exhalations) ‘fumy’, vaporous. ab odorabili eat ~is evaporatio Bacon XIV 98; ~is evaporatio est principaliter ipsius terre, licet sit simul cum hoc ipsius aeris Ib. 100; Ib. 104 (v. exhalatio 3a). 3 (w. ref. to smell or fragrance) misty, vaporous. odor dicitur ~is quia evaporatio est causa odoris R. Orford Reprob. 76.

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