lunt

[ luhnt, loont ]

/ lʌnt, lunt /

Scot.

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).

Words nearby lunt

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

Lunt

[ luhnt ]

/ lʌnt /

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

It was the lunt of a musket, which someone was hiding beneath his mantle to prevent it from going out.
Pretty Michal|Mr Jkai
The Earl was extremely unwilling to extend his confidence further than Colonel Lunt.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866|Various
Colonel Lunt considered that the secret was not his to keep or reveal.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866|Various
There was an argument about it; Lunt told the deputies to sign it or get the hell out without the Fuzzies.
Little Fuzzy|Henry Beam Piper

"Lunt has not come back with the pilot-boat, Carvel," said he.
Richard Carvel, Complete|Winston Churchill