vbl. sb. [f. FUMIGATE v. + -ING1.] The action of the vb. FUMIGATE.
1881. M. A. Lewis, Two Pretty G., I. 40. Washings, fumigatings, and burnings.
attrib. 1801. Med. Jrnl., V. 218. I applied the nitrous gas … by means of a tube from the top of a patent fumigating lamp.
1869. E. A. Parkes, A Manual of Practical Hygiene (ed. 3), 332. Fumigating-room.
1881. Daily News, 13 Sept., 6/6. The fumigating walking sticks carried by physicians when visiting plague and fever cases.
