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† enˈfume, v. Obs.
Also 7 infume.
[ad. F. enfume-r:—L. īnfūmāre (see infumate v.) f. in + fūm-us smoke.]
trans. To expose to the action of smoke. a. To give a smoky taste to (wine). b. To dry in smoke; = infumate v. c. To make dingy, obscure with smoke. d. To blind as with smoke. Hence enˈfumed ppl. a., enˈfuming vbl. n.
1601Holland Pliny I. 406 Other [grapes] they suffer to be dried in the smoke of smiths forges, wherby they get the very tast of infumed wine. 1603Davies Microcosmos (1876) 38 (D.) Perturbations..so enfume them that they cannot see. 1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1673) 21 The brain of an Asse steeped in sweet water and infumed in leaves..easeth the falling evill. 1611Florio, Infumatione, an infuming, a bloting. 1623Cockeram, Infume, to dry in the smoake. 1658J. Hewitt Serm. 177 (T.), Let them no more produce their enfumed titles. |
