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third-person singular simple present fums, present participle fumming, simple past and past participle fummed
(obsolete, intransitive) To play upon a fiddle. quotations
Follow me, and fum as you go.
c. 1604, Thomas Dekker, John Webster, Westward Ho
plural fums
(mythology, obsolete) A mythological Chinese bird, the fènghuáng. quotations
The fum is a bird said to be found in no part of the world but China. It is described as of most admirable beauty, and if at any time absent, or long unseen, it is regarded as an omen of some misfortune to the royal family.
1823, Richard Sickelmore, The history of Brighton from the earliest period to the present time