‖ fuligo
(fjuːˈlaɪgəʊ)
[L.]
Soot. (See also quot. 1727.)
| 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. vi. xii. 335 Thus Camphire of a white substance, by its fuligo affordeth a deepe black. 1693 Evelyn De la Quint. Compl. Gard. Advt. to Curious 4 Wax, or Oyl-Olive (for such it ought to be, to avoid the intollerable smell and fuligo's of gross and cheaper Materials). 1727 Bailey vol. II, Fuligo, sulphureous, foul and thick Vapours, breath'd out at the Mouth, or thro' the Pores of the Body. 1830 Westm. Rev. XII. 387 The book before us smells pestilently of orange peel and the lamp..nor is the fuligo wanting. |