Smoke SMOKE, n.
1. The exhalation, visble vapor or substance that
escapes or is expelled in combustion from the substance burning. It is
paricularly applied to the volatile matter expelled from vegetable matter,
or wood coal, peat, etc. The matter expelled from metallic substances is
more generally called fume,fumes.
2. Vapor; water exhalations.
SMOKE, v.i.
1. To emit smoke; to throw off volatile matter in
the form of vapor or exhalation. Wood and other fuel smokes when burning;
amd smokes most when there is the least flame.
2. To burn; to be
kindled; to rage; in Scripture. The anger of the Lord and his jealousy
snall smoke against that man. Deu 29.
3. To raise a dust or smoke by
rapid motion. Proud of his steeds, be smokes along the field.
4. To
smell or hunt out; to suspect. I began to smoke that they were a parcel
of mummers. [Little used.]
5. To use tobacco in a pipe or cigar,
by kindling the tobacco, drawing the smoke into the mouth and puffing it
out.
6. TO suffer; to be punished. Some of you shall smoke for it in
Rome.
SMOKE, v.t.
1. To apply smoke to; to hang in smoke;
to scent, medicate or dry by smoke; as, to smoke infected clothing;
to smoke beef or hams for preservation.
2. To smell out; to find
out. He was first smoked by the old lord Lafeer. [Now little used.]
3. TO sneer at; to ridicule to the face.
