fumigant, a. and n.
(ˈfjuːmɪgənt)
[ad. L. fūmigant-em, pr. pple. of fūmigāre: see next.]
† A. adj. That fumes. Obs. B. n. That which fumigates.
| 1727–36 Bailey, Fumigant, smoaking, fuming. 1890 Scott. Leader 7 Feb. 7 The production of the fashionable little fumigant [cigarette] has trebled in the last two years. 1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 359/1 Examples of fumigants are hydrogen cyanide and ethylene oxide. 1952 Oxf. Jun. Encycl. VI. 327/1 The farmer and gardener have a number of methods of control they can use against pests, apart from..spraying with..Fumigants. 1971 Listener 15 Apr. 493/2 Dr Bannerman had put microbes in the privy to test the fumigant. |