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1 fumare [CL] 1 (of fire or something burning) to emit smoke or fumes. b (p. ppl. ~atus) blackened by smoke. c (of foods) cured by smoking. et lichinus fumans furvis obtorpuit umbris Aldh. VirgV 908; ~ante, i. ardente, rec, lig GlH F 869 (cf. ib. 876: ~at, exarsit, ardet); ~et, smeoce GlP 391; [Phaëthon] fulminatus a Jove in Eridanum fluvium corruit qui ~antia ejus membra lavit Natura Deorum 25 (cf. Ov. Met. II 324–26); pone Mercurium in crucibulo super ignem quousque incipiat ~are Ripley 306.  b Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 241 (v. fuligo a).  c J. Godard Ep. 222 (v. allec 2c). 2 to give the appearance of smoking, (in quot., of mountain, pr. ppl.) cloud-capped. datur lex in monte Synai ~ante ubi ceperunt audiri tonitrua, micare fulgura Ad. Dore Pictor 163. 3 (anat.) to emit fume. illa pars fumi que grossitie sua ~at in superficie pori interclusa extra porum parum emittitur Quaest. Salern. P 42. 4 to give off fragrance. lateros punicos, nitidos, plano tabulatu contextos et crocea nardo ~antes certatim excrustantur Gosc. Transl. Aug. 27A; ~ante musco et ambra J. Godard Ep. 233.
2 fumare [cf. OF fumage, fumaison, fumation] , to manure (land). Cf. fimare, fimorare. terra ‥ sabulonosa fimo puro non fumaretur [ed. 1647: fimoretur], sed cum terra optime permisceatur Fleta 165.
3 fumare v. sinuare

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