lunt
noun
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
lunt
1 American
[luhnt, loont]
/ lʌnt, lunt /
noun
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a match; the flame used to light a fire.
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smoke or steam, especially smoke from a tobacco pipe.
verb (used without object)
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to emit smoke or steam.
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to smoke a pipe.
verb (used with object)
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to kindle (a fire).
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to light (a pipe, torch, etc.).
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to smoke (a pipe).
Lunt
2
American
[luhnt]
/ lʌnt /
noun
Etymology
Origin of lunt
1540–50; < Dutch lont match, fuse; akin to Middle Low German lunte match, wick
Example Sentences
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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 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
Come, stifle thy soul in the delirium of joy, and when thy drooping head sinks down upon my breast, I will light the end of this lunt.
From 'Midst the Wild Carpathians by J?kai, M?r
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
The challenge was of use, the freebooter lowered his lunt.
From Pretty Michal by Jókai, Mór
He took two companions with him, recorded as Ford and Lunt, and ascended from the Capitoline baseball ground in Brooklyn, but the balloon never reached the ocean.
From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2024
Lisa Lunt, partner at law firm Pogust Goodhead, which led the actions on behalf of the women, said those implanted with transvaginal mesh had suffered years of chronic pain and suffering.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2024
Professor Dan Lunt, from the University of Bristol, said: 'This study shows that over the course of Earth's history, the extinction risk of marine life has been inextricably linked to climate change.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 7, 2024
The unidentified man died later at a hospital, Lunt said.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 16, 2023
Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne were the old couple, and they were very good, but I didn't like them much.
From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
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