A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1568-1604
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Suffumigatio(u)n, -one, n. [Late ME and e.m.E. suffumygacion (1422), suffumigacion (a1425), suffumigation (1540), OF subfumigation (OED), L. suffūmigātiōn-, f. suffūmigāre.] The action of producing aromatic smoke or fumes by burning herbs, spices, etc. —1568 Skeyne Descr. Pest 18.
Correctand the air vniuersalie or priuatlie be fyre & suffumigatioun maid be aromatical materialis 1568 Skeyne Descr. Pest 25.
Duelling in luging … quhairin odorative treis, herbis, flowris … be vsit in suffumigatioun, brining, or inspersione 1568 Skeyne Descr. Pest 31.
Siclyk the pulderis dry, may be cassin amangis claith or suffumigatione maid tharof 1604 James VI Tobacco 88/4.
The pockes … from them [sc. American Indians] was first brought into Christendome … so from them likewise was brought this vse of tobacco … the stinking suffumigation whereof they yet vse against that disease
