suffumigate
verb (used with object)
to fumigate from below; apply fumes or smoke to.
suffumigation
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a word derived from
suffumigate.
Example Sentences
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Because, the knave replied, in performing the invocation rites, he had carelessly omitted the necessary suffumigation, and at this omission the spirit had taken offence.
From Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland by W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport) Adams
The seed of the agnus castus is highly valued as a draught, whether taken inwardly, applied outwardly or used as a suffumigation.
Tut, it is the sorting, and the dividing, and the mixing, and the tempering, and the searching, and the decocting, that makes the fumigation and the suffumigation.
From Cynthia's Revels by Ben Jonson
If these things have no effect, try suffumigation and plasters, as they are prescribed above.
Here was the suffumigation; here was the muttering wizard; here was the desert place to which Aladdin was decoyed by the false uncle.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
