suffumigation

plural suffumigations · alternative subfumigation

1. countableuncountableThe burning of substances to produce fumes as part of some magical rituals.

   Now I will make dis avail me at de change of every quarter-moon dat I shall find by the same proportions of expenses I lay out in de suffumigations, as nine, to de product of nine multiplied unto itself.

   1816, Walter Scott, The Antiquary, Oxford University Press, published 2002, page 208

   Synonyms: smudging