smoke-dry
[ smohk-drahy ]
verb (used with object),smoke-dried, smoke-dry·ing.
to dry or cure (meat or other food) using smoke.
verb (used without object),smoke-dried, smoke-dry·ing.
to become dried by smoke: to be eaten as soon as it smoke-dries.
Origin of smoke-dry
1First recorded in 1695–1705
Words Nearby smoke-dry
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How to use smoke-dry in a sentence
For lack of salt, they smoke-dry them, which always leaves an unpleasant taste, and the fish spoil easily.
They smoke dry what they cannot at once consume, thus preserving it a long time for food.
The Western World | W.H.G. KingstonThe actual time taken to smoke-dry rubber may be insufficient to smoke-cure it.
The Preparation of Plantation Rubber | Sidney MorganThis led to a system of working whereby it was possible to smoke-dry sheets thoroughly in from twelve to fourteen days.
The Preparation of Plantation Rubber | Sidney MorganNo game was to be found, and she was compelled to kill the horses, and smoke-dry their flesh.
The Ferryman of Brill | William H. G. Kingston
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