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Consuming Consume Con*sume", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Consumed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Consuming.] [L. consumere to take wholly or
complectely, to consume; con- + sumere to take; sub + emere
to buv. See Redeem.]
To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire;
to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to
devour.
If he were putting to my house the brand That shall
consume it. --Shak.
Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where
neither moth nor rust doth consume. --Matt. vi. 20
(Rev. Ver. ).
Let me alone . . . that I may consume them. --Ex.
xxxii. 10.
Syn: To destroy; swallow up; ingulf; absorb; waste; exhaust;
spend; expend; squander; lavish; dissipate.
Consumingly Consumingly Con*sum"ing*ly, adv.
In a consuming manner.
Exhuming Exhume Ex*hume", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exhumedp. pr. & vb. n..
Exhuming.] [LL. exhumare; L. ex out + humus ground, soil:
cf. F. exhumer. See Humble.]
To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial;
to disinter. --Mantell.
Fuming Fume Fume, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fumed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fuming.] [Cf. F. fumer, L. fumare to smoke. See Fume, n.]
1. To smoke; to throw off fumes, as in combustion or chemical
action; to rise up, as vapor.
Where the golden altar fumed. --Milton.
Silenus lay, Whose constant cups lay fuming to his
brain. --Roscommon.
2. To be as in a mist; to be dulled and stupefied.
Keep his brain fuming. --Shak.
3. To pass off in fumes or vapors.
Their parts pre kept from fuming away by their
fixity. --Cheyne.
4. To be in a rage; to be hot with anger.
He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground.
--Dryden.
While her mother did fret, and her father did fume.
--Sir W.
Scott.
To tame away, to give way to excitement and displeasure; to
storm; also, to pass off in fumes.
fuming liquor of Libavius Stannic Stan"nic, a. [L. stannum tin: cf. F. stannique.]
(Chem.)
Of or pertaining to tin; derived from or containing tin;
specifically, designating those compounds in which the
element has a higher valence as contrasted with stannous
compounds.
Stannic acid.
(a) A hypothetical substance, Sn(OH)4, analogous to silic
acid, and called also normal stannic acid.
(b) Metastannic acid.
Stannic chloride, a thin, colorless, fuming liquid,
SnCl4, used as a mordant in calico printing and dyeing;
-- formerly called spirit of tin, or fuming liquor of
Libavius.
Stannic oxide, tin oxide, SnO2, produced artificially as
a white amorphous powder, and occurring naturally in the
mineral cassiterite. It is used in the manufacture of
white enamels, and, under the name of putty powder, for
polishing glass, etc.
Fuming sulphuric acid Sulphuric Sul*phu"ric, a. [Cf. F. sulfurique.]
1. Of or pertaining to sulphur; as, a sulphuric smell.
2. (Chem.) Derived from, or containing, sulphur;
specifically, designating those compounds in which the
element has a higher valence as contrasted with the
sulphurous compounds; as, sulphuric acid.
Sulphuric acid.
(a) Sulphur trioxide (see under Sulphur); -- formerly so
called on the dualistic theory of salts. [Obs.]
(b) A heavy, corrosive, oily liquid, H2SO4, colorless
when pure, but usually yellowish or brownish, produced
by the combined action of sulphur dioxide, oxygen
(from the air), steam, and nitric fumes. It attacks
and dissolves many metals and other intractable
substances, sets free most acids from their salts, and
is used in the manufacture of hydrochloric and nitric
acids, of soda, of bleaching powders, etc. It is also
powerful dehydrating agent, having a strong affinity
for water, and eating and corroding paper, wood,
clothing, etc. It is thus used in the manufacture of
ether, of imitation parchment, and of nitroglycerin.
It is also used in etching iron, in removing iron
scale from forgings, in petroleum refining, etc., and
in general its manufacture is the most important and
fundamental of all the chemical industries. Formerly
called vitriolic acid, and now popularly vitriol,
and oil of vitriol.
Fuming sulphuric acid, or Nordhausen sulphuric acid. See
Disulphuric acid, under Disulphuric.
Sulphuric anhydride, sulphur trioxide. See under Sulphur.
Sulphuric ether, common an[ae]sthetic ether; -- so called
because made by the catalytic action of sulphuric acid on
alcohol. See Ether, 3
(a) .
fuming sulphuric acid Disulphuric Di`sul*phu"ric, a. [Pref. di- + sulphuric.]
(Chem.)
Applied to an acid having in each molecule two atoms of
sulphur in the higher state of oxidation.
Disulphuric acid, a thick oily liquid, H2S2O7, called
also Nordhausen acid (from Nordhausen in the Harts,
where it was originally manufactured), fuming sulphuric
acid, and especially pyrosulphuric acid. See under
Pyrosulphuric.
Fumingly Fumingly Fum"ing*ly, adv.
In a fuming manner; angrily. ``They answer fumingly.'
--Hooker.
Inhuming Inhume In*hume", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inhumed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Inhuming.] [Cf. F. inhumer. See Inhumate.]
1. To deposit, as a dead body, in the earth; to bury; to
inter.
Weeping they bear the mangled heaps of slain, Inhume
the natives in their native plain. --Pope.
2. To bury or place in warm earth for chemical or medicinal
purposes.
Octodon Cumingii Degu De"gu, n. [Native name.] (Zo["o]l.)
A small South American rodent (Octodon Cumingii), of the
family Octodontid[ae].
Pluming Plume Plume, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plumed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pluming.] [Cf. F. plumer to pluck, to strip, L. plumare to
cover with feathers.]
1. To pick and adjust the plumes or feathers of; to dress or
prink.
Pluming her wings among the breezy bowers. --W.
Irving.
2. To strip of feathers; to pluck; to strip; to pillage;
also, to peel. [Obs.] --Bacon. Dryden.
3. To adorn with feathers or plumes. ``Farewell the plumed
troop.' --Shak.
4. To pride; to vaunt; to boast; -- used reflexively; as, he
plumes himself on his skill. --South.
Plumed adder (Zo["o]l.), an African viper (Vipera, or
Clotho cornuta), having a plumelike structure over each
eye. It is venomous, and is related to the African puff
adder. Called also horned viper and hornsman.
Plumed partridge (Zo["o]l.), the California mountain quail
(Oreortyx pictus). See Mountain quail, under
Mountain.
Reluming Relume Re*lume" (r?-l?m"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Relumed
(-l?md"); p. pr. & vb. n. Reluming.] [OF. relumer (cf. F.
rallumer), L. reluminare; pref. re- re- + luminare to light.
Cf. Reillume.]
To rekindle; to light again.
Relumed her ancient light, not kindled new. --Pope.
I know not where is that Promethean heat That can thy
light relume. --Shak.
Spuming Spume Spume, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Spumed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Spuming.] [L. spumare.]
To froth; to foam.
Unassuming Unassuming Un`as*sum"ing, a.
Not assuming; not bold or forward; not arrogant or presuming;
humble; modest; retiring; as, an unassuming youth; unassuming
manners.
