[L.] Soot. (See also quot. 1727.)
1646. Sir T. Browne, Pseud. Ep., VI. xii. 335. Thus Camphire of a white substance, by its fuligo affordeth a deepe black.
1693. Evelyn, De la Quint. Compl. Gard., Advt. to Curious, 4. Wax, or Oyl-Olive (for such it ought to be, to avoid the intolerable smell and fuligo’s of gross and cheaper Materials).
1727. Bailey, vol. II., Fuligo, sulphureous, foul and thick Vapours, breath’d out at the Mouth, or thro’ the Pores of the Body.
1830. Westm. Rev., XII. 387. The book before us smells pestilently of orange peel and the lamp … nor is the fuligo wanting.
