单词 | fumigation |
释义 | fumigationn. 1. a. The action of generating odorous smoke or fumes, esp. as one of the ceremonies of incantation; the action of perfuming with aromatic herbs, perfumes, etc. Also concrete the preparation used to produce this, or the fumes resulting from it. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > other practices > [noun] > burning or perfuming with incense fumigationc1384 subfumigationa1393 incensinga1425 thurification1496 censing1499 suffumigation1565 thurifyinga1618 fuming1686 incensation1853 society > faith > artefacts > consumables > substance for producing fumes or vapours > [noun] fumigationc1384 subfumigationa1393 society > faith > artefacts > consumables > substance for producing fumes or vapours > [noun] > fumes or vapours produced by fumigationc1384 subfumigationa1393 suffumigation1565 the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > [noun] > fragrant substance or perfume > incense > action of incensing fumigationc1384 incensinga1425 censing1499 suffume1656 incensation1853 c1384 G. Chaucer Hous of Fame iii. 174 Olde wicches, sorceresses, That use exorsisaciouns, And eek thise fumigaciouns. a1483 Liber Niger in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 40 These ij wardrobers have all theyre fumigations. a1529 J. Skelton Why come ye nat to Courte (?1545) 696 It was by necromansy Under a certeyne constellacyon, And a certayne fumygacyon. 1567 T. Palfreyman Baldwin's Treat. Morall Philos. (new ed.) ix. v. f. 204 Perfecte deuocion and the knowledge of goddes lawe..smelleth farre more swetley before him, then anye earthly fumigation..doth pleasantly smell in the nose of man. 1616 B. Jonson Cynthias Revels (rev. ed.) v. iv, in Wks. I. 246 It is the sorting, and the diuiding, and the mixing..that makes the fumigation, and the suffumigation. a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) II. 235 These Spirits they use to catch by the Noses with Fumigations. 1758 S. Johnson Idler 16 Dec. 289 She keeps the rooms always scented by fumigations to destroy the moths. 1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) I. 36 A divine efficacy is attributed to rites and formulas, sprinklings or fumigations. 1867 F. Parkman Jesuits in N. Amer. viii. 91 On these the sorcerer threw tobacco, producing a stifling fumigation. b. jocularly. Tobacco-smoking. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > smoking > [noun] whiffing1605 tobacco-fuming1635 smoking1691 fumigation1800 1800 Freemason's Mag. in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1801) 4 157 Taciturnity and fumigation are now two essential requisites in a candidate..Every member of this society must, immediately after supper, take a pipe. 2. a. The action or process of fumigating or applying fumes or smoke, esp. as a disinfectant. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > disinfecting > [noun] > fumigating suffumigation1422 perfuming1548 fumigation1572 fuming1694 fumigating1801 1572 L. Mascall tr. D. Brossard L'Art et Maniere de Semer vii, in Bk. Plant & Graffe Trees 53 Defend them from the frost (if there come any) with fumigations or smokes made on the winde side of your Orchards. 1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 956 You may make a Fumigation or Perfume of Pomegranat Pills..Sulphur, and Vitriol, which will drive them away. 1758 E. Darwin in Philos. Trans. 1757 (Royal Soc.) 50 252 The fumes of boiling water were conveyed upon this ball..and, after a fumigation for thirty seconds, it shewed signs of electricity. a1777 F. Fawkes tr. Apollonius Rhodius Argonautics (1780) 347 It was the custom of the ancients to force bees out of their hives by fumigation. 1813 J. Thomson Lect. Inflammation 489 The day after the fumigation not the slightest vestige of any offensive odour could be perceived. 1892 Times (Weekly ed.) 21 Oct. 2/4 The vessel is detained for fumigation. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > [noun] > chemical reactions or processes (named) > miscellaneous other processes redintegrationa1550 decoction1555 fixion1555 cementation1592 fumigation1617 spiritualization1651 retortion1657 rocking1673 phosphorizationa1687 concentration1689 humectation1706 animalization1733 hyperoxygenation1793 bituminization1804 assimilation1830 metamorphosis1843 transformation1857 retorting1858 tincturation1860 regeneration1869 nitrification1880 diagenesis1886 aluminothermy1900 aluminothermics1902 photoprocess1910 olation1931 mass transfer1937 reconcentration1956 tritiation1961 borohydride reduction1965 1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate Termes 343 Fumigation is calcination of mettals, by the sharp corroding vapour of Mercury, Philosophers leade. 1651 J. French Art Distillation iii. 80 Calcine it by fumigation i.e. by the fume of some very sharp Spirit as of Aqua fortis. 1683 J. Pettus Ess. Metallick Words at To Calcine, in Fleta Minor ii There are other ways of Calcination especially of Metals; viz. by..Fumigations. 3. Medicine. ‘Exposure to fumes, especially the exposure of the body or a part of it, such as the skin or the respiratory mucous membrane, to fumes in order to produce a therapeutic effect’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon 1885). Also concrete the fumes generated for this purpose. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatment by gas, air, or fumes > [noun] > exposure to fumes or vapour fumigationc1400 suffumigation1422 subjugation?a1425 evaporation1583 suffume1656 vapour-bathing1766 bath1771 c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 256 Make him a fumigacioun to his eere wiþ hoot watir. c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 291 Drie hem with fumygaciouns maad of pulpa coloquintida. 1527 L. Andrewe tr. H. Brunschwig Vertuose Boke Distyllacyon sig. Tijv A fumygacyon made of the same water is good for hering. 1630 P. Massinger Picture sig. K3v The Friction with funigation cannot saue him From the chine euill. 1655 N. Culpeper et al. tr. L. Rivière Pract. Physick i. i. 3 Fumigations if they be not too strong, do well to consume moisture. 1713 A. Pope Narr. Robert Norris 15 Let Fumigations be used to corroborate the Brain. 1801 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 5 219 I also applied the nitrous fumigation in cases of synochus. 1876 R. Bartholow Pract. Treat. Materia Med. ii. 108 In..maladies of the respiratory organs, it [arsenic] is used with advantage by the process of fumigation. Compounds fumigation-lamp n. (see quot.). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > other equipment rack1691 ice hook1694 searcher1775 fumigation-lamp1815 mete-stick1815 boat axe1820 devil's claw1833 telegraph1842 boat slide1854 anchor ball1858 umbrella warping1867 anchor ball1942 coffee grinder1952 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > disinfecting > [noun] > fumigating > one who or that which > lamp fumigation-lamp1815 1815 W. Burney Falconer's New Universal Dict. Marine (rev. ed.) Fumigation lamps, a recent invention for the purpose of expelling foul air from the holds and other confined places of ships. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1384 |
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