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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Fume n.
 1. Exhalation; volatile matter (esp. noxious vapor or smoke) ascending in a dense body; smoke; vapor; reek; as, the fumes of tobacco.
    The fumes of new shorn hay.   --T. Warton.
    The fumes of undigested wine.   --Dryden.
 2. Rage or excitement which deprives the mind of self-control; as, the fumes of passion.
 3. Anything vaporlike, unsubstantial, or airy; idle conceit; vain imagination.
    A show of fumes and fancies.   --Bacon.
 4. The incense of praise; inordinate flattery.
    To smother him with fumes and eulogies.   --Burton.
 5. Metal. Solid material deposited by condensation of fumes; as, lead fume (a grayish powder chiefly lead sulphate).
 In a fume, in ill temper, esp. from impatience.