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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It was the lunt of a musket, which someone was hiding beneath his mantle to prevent it from going out.
From Pretty Michal by Jókai, Mór
And SCOTIA! while thy rantin' lunt Is mirk and moop with gowans fine, I'll stowlins pit my unco brunt, An' cleek my duds for auld lang syne.
From The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe by Parton, James
Meanwhile the foreign captain had taken the lunt in his own hand to fire the largest cannon, such a cannon as none of the Cossacks had ever beheld before.
From Taras Bulba and Other Tales by Gogol, Nikolai Vasilievich
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
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