the Week of Proper 3 / Ordinary 8
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Vapor
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) Any substance in the gaseous, or aeriform, state, the condition of which is ordinarily that of a liquid or solid.
(2):
(n.) To emit vapor or fumes.
(3):
(n.) To talk idly; to boast or vaunt; to brag.
(4):
(n.) Wind; flatulence.
(5):
(n.) To pass off in fumes, or as a moist, floating substance, whether visible or invisible, to steam; to be exhaled; to evaporate.
(6):
(v. t.) To send off in vapor, or as if in vapor; as, to vapor away a heated fluid.
(7):
(n.) An old name for hypochondria, or melancholy; the blues.
(8):
(n.) Something unsubstantial, fleeting, or transitory; unreal fancy; vain imagination; idle talk; boasting.
(9):
(n.) In a loose and popular sense, any visible diffused substance floating in the atmosphere and impairing its transparency, as smoke, fog, etc.
(10):
(n.) A medicinal agent designed for administration in the form of inhaled vapor.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Vapor'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/v/vapor.html. 1828.
