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Webster 1828 Edition

Noun.

[Gr. fire.] In chimistry, a disagreeable smell produced from burnt oils, in distillations of animal and vegetable substances.

empyreuma ‎(plural empyreumas or empyreumata)

(obsolete, chemistry) The peculiar smell and taste arising from products of decomposition of animal or vegetable substances when burnt in close vessels.