lunt

[luhnt, loont]Scot.

noun

a match; the flame used to light a fire.
smoke or steam, especially smoke from a tobacco pipe.

verb (used without object)

to emit smoke or steam.
to smoke a pipe.

verb (used with object)

to kindle (a fire).
to light (a pipe, torch, etc.).
to smoke (a pipe).

Origin of lunt

1540–50; < Dutch lont match, fuse; akin to Middle Low German lunte match, wick

Lunt

[luhnt]

noun

Alfred,1893–1977, U.S. actor (husband of Lynn Fontanne).

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Examples from the Web for lunt

Historical Examples of lunt

Colonel Lunt considered that the secret was not his to keep or reveal.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866
Various
"Lunt has not come back with the pilot-boat, Carvel," said he.
Richard Carvel, Complete
Winston Churchill
Mr. Lunt said that the counsel for the defence had commenced by saying, that he did not know how he was to be answered.
Report of the Proceedings at the Examination of Charles G. Davis, Esq., on the Charge of Aiding and Abetting in the Rescue of a Fugitive Slave
Various
Mr. Lunt here intervened and said it was the custom for the District Attorney to swear to complaints on hearsay evidence.
Report of the Proceedings at the Examination of Charles G. Davis, Esq., on the Charge of Aiding and Abetting in the Rescue of a Fugitive Slave
Various
You have introduced in your argument a great many irrelevant matters, Mr. Dana, and Mr. Lunt may do the same.
Report of the Proceedings at the Examination of Charles G. Davis, Esq., on the Charge of Aiding and Abetting in the Rescue of a Fugitive Slave
Various