n. Smoking; fumigation.n. Fume; idle conceit; vain fancy.n. Irritated excitement; anger.n. The process of subjecting oak or other wood used in furniture to the fumes of ammonia, in order to give it an appearance of age.n. In photography, the process of exposing albuminized paper to the fumes of ammonia, which makes the paper print a trifle more quickly and gives it a purple tone.