, an epithet applied to thick smoke or vapour replete with soot or other crass matter.
In the first fusion of lead, there exhales a great deal of Fuliginous vapour, which being retained and collected, makes what is called Litharge. And Lampblack is what is gathered from the Fuliginous vapours of pines, and other resinous wood, when burnt.
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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.
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