With hatred to prompt the blow, with arms to strike, so much dishonour to avenge, we need not wonder that these youths beheld the bit of liberty in prospect magnified by their mighty Obfuscating ardour, like a lantern in a fog.
"The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith"
George Meredith
This restive propensity was first evinced in certain popular meetings, in which the burghers of New Amsterdam met to talk and smoke over the complicated affairs of the province, gradually Obfuscating themselves with politics and tobacco smoke.
"Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete"
Washington Irving