a match; the flame used to light a fire.
smoke or steam, especially smoke from a tobacco pipe.
to emit smoke or steam.
to smoke a pipe.
to kindle (a fire).
to light (a pipe, torch, etc.).
to smoke (a pipe).
1540–50; < Dutch lont match, fuse; akin to Middle Low German lunte match, wick
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I give it in the original language, with a literal translation: DE SAD DER, DE TO— De sad der, de to, i saa lunt et hus ved host og i venterdage, Saa braendte huset.
From The Master Builder by Gosse, Edmund
She fuff't her pipe wi' sic a lunt, In wrath she was sae vap'rin, She notic't na an aizle brunt Her braw, new, worset apron Out thro' that night.
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert
He became quite friendly; he extinguished the lunt by stamping on it with his foot, tapped my shoulder in a confidential manner and called me little brother.
From Told by the Death's Head A Romantic Tale by J?kai, M?r
He returned into the rocky chamber, rekindled the lunt, came out, and closing the iron door behind him made his way along the banks of the cold Szamos.
From 'Midst the Wild Carpathians by J?kai, M?r
The challenge was of use, the freebooter lowered his lunt.
From Pretty Michal by Jókai, Mór
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