Vocabulary : Fumbling to Fumetere
Fumbling : of FumbleFumblingly : In the manner of one who fumbles.
Fume : Exhalation; volatile matter (esp. noxious vapor or smoke) ascending in a dense body; smoke; vapor; reek; as, the fumes of tobacco. ;; Rage or excitement which deprives the mind of self-control; as, the fumes of passion. ;; Anything vaporlike, unsubstantial, or airy; idle conceit; vain imagination. ;; The incense of praise; inordinate flattery. ;; To smoke; to throw off fumes, as in combustion or chemical action; to rise up, as vapor. ;; To be as in a mist; to be dulled and stupefied. ;; To pass off in fumes or vapors. ;; To be in a rage; to be hot with anger. ;; To expose to the action of fumes; to treat with vapors, smoke, etc.; as, to bleach straw by fuming it with sulphur; to fill with fumes, vapors, odors, etc., as a room. ;; To praise inordinately; to flatter. ;; To throw off in vapor, or as in the form of vapor. ;; Solid material deposited by condensation of fumes; as, lead fume (a grayish powder chiefly lead sulphate).
Fumed : of Fume
Fumed oak : Oak given a weathered appearance by exposure in an air-tight compartment to fumes of ammonia from uncorked cans, being first given a coat of filler.
