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fumigate
fumigate, v. (ˈfjuːmɪgeɪt) [f. L. fūmigāt- ppl. stem of fūmigāre to smoke, f. fūmus fume n.] 1. trans. To apply smoke or fumes to; esp. to disinfect or purify by exposure to smoke or fumes.1781 Cowper Let. to Newton (1884) 69 You never fumigate the ladies, or force them out of company. 1791 Hamilton... Oxford English Dictionary
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fumigate
fumigate/ˈfju:mɪgeɪt; `fjuməˌɡet/ v[Tn]destroy infectious germs, insects, etc in (sth) with the fumes ofcertain chemicals 用烟熏(某物)消毒 The hospital wards were fumigated after the outbreak of typhus. 发现斑疹伤寒以後, 医院的病房进行了烟熏消毒. 牛津英汉双解词典
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Fumigatory box
Botanical use A third type of fumigatory box was described at the turn of the 20th century as being used to fumigate imported plants on their arrival in wikipedia.org
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Eriocephalus
Together with Metalasia muricata, Eriocephalus punctulatus has been used by the Southern Sotho to fumigate the hut of a person suffering from a cold or diarrhoea, and to fumigate a hut during illness or after a death. wikipedia.org
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fumigating
fumigating, vbl. n. (ˈfjuːmɪgeɪtɪŋ) [f. fumigate v. + -ing1.] The action of the vb. fumigate.1881 M. A. Lewis Two Pretty G. I. 40 Washings, fumigatings, and burnings.attrib. 1801 Med. Jrnl. V. 218, I applied the nitrous gas..by means of a tube from the top of a patent fumigating lamp. 1869 E. A. Par... Oxford English Dictionary
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fumigatin
fumigatin Biochem. (fjuːmɪˈgeɪtɪn) [f. mod.L. fūmigāt-us, specific epithet of the fungus Aspergillus fumigatus, f. L. fūmigāt- ppl. stem of fūmigāre (see fumigate v.) + -in1.] A maroon crystalline compound, C8H8O4, with antibiotic activity, obtained synthetically and from Aspergillus fumigatus.1938 ... Oxford English Dictionary
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Grotte du Bichon
healing, suggesting the interpretation that the bear was wounded by arrows, retreated into the cave, and was pursued by the hunter, who made a fire to fumigate wikipedia.org
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suffounge
† suffounge, v. Obs. rare—1. [a. OF. *suffongier (cf. AF. fungier to smoke):—L. suffūmigāre, f. suf- = sub- 26 + fumigāre to fumigate.] trans. To fumigate.1490 Caxton Eneydos xxiv. 87 [She] toke herself for to encence it, and to suffounge the place. Oxford English Dictionary
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Irvine Bean and Growers Association Building
Inside the warehouse was two fumigation rooms which could hold up to 500 sacks which took a full day to fumigate. wikipedia.org
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fumigative
fumigative, a. and n. (ˈfjuːmɪgeɪtɪv) [ad. mod.L. fūmigatīv-us, f. L. fūmigāre: see fumigate v. and -ive.] † A. adj. That is used in (medicinal) fumigation. Obs. B. n. (nonce-wd.) = fumigant n.1599 A. M. tr. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physicke 200/2 Cause the loyncte, or the whole bodye, to sweate in a fumiga... Oxford English Dictionary
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烟熏 [煙燻] - smoke, to fumigate - yān xūn | Definition | ChinesePod.com
人烟稀少. rén yān xī shǎo. 1 no sign of human habitation (idiom); desolate
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Forest integrated pest management
Southern pine nurseries fumigate the soil every four years and hardwood nurseries fumigate yearly. wikipedia.org
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fumigator
fumigator (ˈfjuːmɪgeɪtə(r)) [agent-n. f. L. fūmigāre: see fumigate v. and -or. Cf. F. fumigateur.] One who or that which fumigates; spec., see quot. 1874.1872 ‘Mark Twain’ Innoc. Abr. xxi, We feel no malice toward these fumigators. 1874 Knight Dict. Mech. I. 924/2 Fumigator, an apparatus for applyin... Oxford English Dictionary
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fumigal
† fumigal, a. Obs. rare—1. [? Badly f. L. fūmigāre to fumigate.] ? Productive of fumes.1477 Norton Ord. Alch. v. in Ashm. (1652) 70 Pleasant Odours ingendered be shall Of cleane and Pure substance and fumigale [fumigall, MS. margin] As it appeareth in Amber, Narde, and Mirrhe. Oxford English Dictionary
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suffumigate
suffumigate, v. rare. (sʌˈfjuːmɪgeɪt) Also 6 pa. pple. (Sc.) suffumigat. [f. pa. pple. of L. suffūmigāre, f. suf- = sub- 2, 26 + fūmigāre to fumigate.] 1. trans. To fumigate from below.1588 A. Hume Hymns vii. 35 Suffumigat with nard and cinnamon. 1612 Woodall Surg. Mate Wks. (1653) 202 The patients ... Oxford English Dictionary
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