Obs. rare. [a. F. fumée, f. fumer to FUME.] Smoke, a cloud of smoke.

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1481.  Caxton, Mirrour of the World, II. viii. 85. Whan they confesse them to God they sette by them fyre and encence, and they wene certaynly that their thoughtes goo vp vnto Our Lord in this fumee. Ibid. (1483), Gold. Leg., 302 a/2. He vanysshed awey as a fumee or smoke.

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