Va"por*er (?), n. One who vapors; a braggart.
Vaporer moth. (Zoöl.) See Orgyia.
Vap`o*rif"er*ous (?), a. [L. vaporifer; vapor + ferre to bear.]
Conveying or producing vapor.
Vap`o*rif"ic (?), a. [L. vapor vapor + facere to make.] (Chem.)
Producing vapor; tending to pass, or to cause to pass, into vapor;
thus, volatile fluids are vaporific; heat is a vaporific agent.
Va*por"i*form (?), a. Existing in a vaporous form or state; as, steam
is a vaporiform substance.
Vap`o*rim"e*ter (?), n. [Vapor + - meter.] An instrument for measuring
the volume or the tension of any vapor; specifically, an instrument of
this sort used as an alcoholometer in testing spirituous liquors.
Va"por*ing (?), a. Talking idly; boasting; vaunting. — Va"por*ing*ly,
adv.
Va"por*ish, a. 1. Full of vapors; vaporous.
2. Hypochondriacal; affected by hysterics; splenetic; peevish;
humorsome.
Pallas grew vap'rish once and odd.
Pope.
Vap"o*ri`za*ble (?; 110), a. Capable of being vaporized into vapor.
Vap`o*ri*za"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. vaporisation.] The act or process of
vaporizing, or the state of being converted into vapor; the artificial
formation of vapor; specifically, the conversion of water into steam,
as in a steam boiler.
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Vap"o*rize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vaporized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Vaporizing (?).] [Cf. F. vaporiser.] To convert into vapor, as by the
application of heat, whether naturally or artificially.
Vaporizing surface. (Steam Boilers) See Evaporating surface, under
Evaporate, v. t.
Vap"o*rize, v. i. To pass off in vapor.
Vap"o*ri`zer (?), n. One who, or that which, vaporizes, or converts
into vapor.
Va"por*ose` (?), a. Full of vapor; vaporous.