Smoke-dry to Smut
Smoke-dry
(Smoke"-dry`) v. t. To dry by or in smoke.
Smokehouse
(Smoke"house`) n. A building where meat or fish is cured by subjecting it to a dense
smoke.
Smokejack
(Smoke"jack`) n. A contrivance for turning a spit by means of a fly or wheel moved by the
current of ascending air in a chimney.
Smokeless
(Smoke"less), a. Making or having no smoke. "Smokeless towers." Pope.
Smoker
(Smok"er) n.
1. One who dries or preserves by smoke.
2. One who smokes tobacco or the like.
3. A smoking car or compartment. [U. S.]
Smokestack
(Smoke"stack`) n. A chimney; esp., a pipe serving as a chimney, as the pipe which carries
off the smoke of a locomotive, the funnel of a steam vessel, etc.
Smokily
(Smok"i*ly) adv. In a smoky manner.
Smokiness
(Smok"i*ness), n. The quality or state of being smoky.
Smoking
(Smok"ing), a. & n. from Smoke.
Smoking bean (Bot.), the long pod of the catalpa, or Indian-bean tree, often smoked by boys as a
substitute for cigars. — Smoking car, a railway car carriage reserved for the use of passengers who
smoke tobacco.
Smoky
(Smok"y) a. [Compar. Smokier ; superl. Smokiest.]
1. Emitting smoke, esp. in large quantities or in an offensive manner; fumid; as, smoky fires.
2. Having the appearance or nature of smoke; as, a smoky fog. "Unlustrous as the smoky light." Shak.
3. Filled with smoke, or with a vapor resembling smoke; thick; as, a smoky atmosphere.
4. Subject to be filled with smoke from chimneys or fireplace; as, a smoky house.
5. Tarnished with smoke; noisome with smoke; as, smoky rafters; smoky cells.
6. Suspicious; open to suspicion. [Obs.] Foote.
Smoky quartz (Min.), a variety of quartz crystal of a pale to dark smoky-brown color. See Quartz.
Smolder
(Smol"der, Smoul"der) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Smoldered or Smouldered; p. pr. & vb. n. Smoldering
or Smouldering.] [OE. smolderen; cf. Prov. G. smölen, smelen, D. smeulen. Cf. Smell.]
1. To burn and smoke without flame; to waste away by a slow and supressed combustion.
The smoldering dust did round about him smoke.
Spenser. 2. To exist in a state of suppressed or smothered activity; to burn inwardly; as, a smoldering feud.
Smolder
(Smol"der, Smoul"der), v. t. To smother; to suffocate; to choke. [Obs.] Holinshed. Palsgrave.
