Obs. = SUFFUMIGATION.
1390. Gower, Conf., III. 45. With Nigromance he wole assaile To make his incantacioun With hot subfumigacioun.
14[?]. Chaucer’s H. Fame, 1264 (Thynne). That vsen exorsisacions And eke subfumygacions.
1562. Bullein, Bulwarke, Bk. Simples, 26. The smoke of theim [marigold flowers] to bee made in a close subfumigacion.
1579. Langham, Gard. Health, 1. To stop fluxes, vse subfumigations thereof [acacia].
