† subfumiˈgation Obs.
= suffumigation.
| 1390 Gower Conf. III. 45 With Nigromance he wole assaile To make his incantacioun With hot subfumigacioun. 14.. Chaucer's H. Fame 1264 (Thynne), That vsen exorsisacions And eke subfumygacions. 1562 W. Bullein Bulwarke, Bk. Simples 26 The smoke of theim [marigold flowers] to bee made in a close subfumigacion. 1579 Langham Garden Health 1 To stop fluxes, vse subfumigations thereof [acacia]. |