v. Obs. Also 7 infume. [ad. F. enfume-r:—L. īnfūmāre, f. in + fūm-us smoke.] trans. To expose to the action of smoke. a. To give a smoky taste to (wine). b. To dry in smoke. c. To make dingy, obscure with smoke. d. To blind as with smoke. Hence Enfumed ppl. a.
1601. Holland, Pliny, I. 406. Other [grapes] they suffer to be dried in the smoke of smiths forges, wherby they get the very tast of infumed wine.
1603. Davies, Microcosmos, 86 (D.). Perturbations … so enfume them that they cannot see.
1607. Topsell, Four-f. Beasts (1658), 21. The brain of an Asse steeped in sweet water and infumed in leaves … easeth the falling evill.
1658. Hewyt, Serm., 177 (T.). Let them no more produce their enfumed titles.
