a. and sb. rare. [f. mod.L. type *fūmigātōri-us (med.L. fūmigātōrium censer) f. L. fūmigāre: see FUMIGATE v. and -ORY. Cf. F. fumigatoire.]
A. adj. Having the quality of fumigating; concerned with fumigation. B. sb. A room or an apparatus used for fumigation (Syd. Soc. Lex., 1885).
1799. W. Tooke, View Russian Emp., II. 224. The commission for quelling the contagion caused three receipts for making fumigatory powders to be published.
1852. Frasers Mag., XLV. 675. A brother-officer sitting down to join in our fumigatory conclave.