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Any substance in the gaseous, or aeriform, state, the
condition of which is ordinarily that of a liquid or solid. |
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In a loose and popular sense, any visible diffused substance
floating in the atmosphere and impairing its transparency, as smoke,
fog, etc. |
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Wind; flatulence. |
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Something unsubstantial, fleeting, or transitory; unreal
fancy; vain imagination; idle talk; boasting. |
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An old name for hypochondria, or melancholy; the blues. |
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A medicinal agent designed for administration in the form of
inhaled vapor. |
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To pass off in fumes, or as a moist, floating substance,
whether visible or invisible, to steam; to be exhaled; to evaporate. |
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To emit vapor or fumes. |
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To talk idly; to boast or vaunt; to brag. |
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To send off in vapor, or as if in vapor; as, to vapor
away a heated fluid. |
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