Dictionary entry

FUMIGATION

Webster's Dictionary 1828

FUMIGA'TION, noun [Latin fumigatio.]

1. The act of smoking or applying smoke, as in chimistry for softening a metal, or in the healing art by inhaling the smoke of certain substances. Expectoration is often assisted and sometimes ulcers of the lungs healed by fumigationfumigation is also used in cleansing infected rooms.

2. Vapors; scent raised by fire.