lunt

¹ American  

[luhnt, loont] / lʌnt, lunt /

noun

1. a match; the flame used to light a fire.

2. smoke or steam, especially smoke from a tobacco pipe.

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verb (used without object)

1. to emit smoke or steam.

2. to smoke a pipe.

verb (used with object)

1. to kindle (a fire).

2. to light (a pipe, torch, etc.).

3. to smoke (a pipe).

Lunt ² American  

[luhnt] / lʌnt /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of lunt

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

Example Sentences

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

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

I give it in the original language, with a literal translation: DE SAD DER, DE TO— De sad der, de to, i saa lunt et hus ved host og i venterdage, Saa braendte huset.

From The Master Builder by Gosse, Edmund

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