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Definition of Fumigating
1. fumigate [v] - See also: fumigate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fumigating
Literary usage of Fumigating
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of Gardening: A Practical Guide to the Making of Home Grounds and the by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"fumigating. An effective means of destroying insects in glass houses is by
fumigating with various kinds of smoke or vapors. The best material to use for ..."
2. Monthly Review (1824)
"The Utility and Importance of fumigating Baths illustrated : or, a Series of
Facts and Remarks, shewing the Origin, Progress, and final Establishment (by ..."
3. Medical lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science by Robley Dunglison (1856)
"A nume given by I>r. CT Downing to an instrument used by him to allay pain in
nerves. It is a kind of fumigating apparatus, in which dried narcotic and ..."
4. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1824)
"The Utility and Importance of fumigating Baths illustrated: or, a Series of Facts
and" Remarks, shewing the Origin, Progress, and final Establishment (by ..."
5. The Treatment of Paper for Special Purposes: A Practical Introduction to the by Louis Edgar Andés (1907)
"fumigating PAPERS. COMBUSTIBLE. Paper is soaked in a solution of saltpetre ...
A good fumigating paper is obtained from the following recipe:— Benzol . ..."
6. Annual Report by Entomological Society of Ontario, Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture (1899)
"No person is to be allowed to enter the fumigating house until after the ventilation
period has expired. Entering before may prove injurious, if not fatal, ..."
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