Smoked
[sməʊkt] or [smokt]
Definition
(adj.) (used especially of meats and fish) dried and cured by hanging in wood smoke .
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Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Smoke
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Examples
- For the next five minutes I smoked at every pore, like a frame house that is on fire on the inside. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He never smoked so late, and it seemed to hint to me that he wanted comforting, for some reason or other. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- He smoked his pipe as we went along, and sometimes stopped to clap me on the shoulder. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I handed him my pouch, and he seated himself opposite to me and smoked for some time in silence. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The wayfarer smoked his pipe out, put it in his breast, slipped off his great wooden shoes, and lay down on his back on the heap of stones. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- We sat on the ground with our backs against the wall and smoked. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The simple morning meal now smoked on the table, for Mrs. Shelby had excused Aunt Chloe's attendance at the great house that morning. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Simmons sat propped up by the pillows and smoked. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- He has been standing on the hearthstone with his back to the smoked chimney-piece, and now turns round with his glasses to his eyes. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Sophie is my nurse; she came with me over the sea in a great ship with a chimney that smoked--how it did smoke! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Indeed, he smoked very little, and yet he might have kept some tobacco for his friends. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Say nothink of the sort,' retorted Riderhood, shaking his head as he smoked. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He smoked his cigar in silence. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Perhaps he would have wintered in Moscow, but the Russians smoked him out; they set fire to and burnt most of the city. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He whiffed the compound of scents away, as he put down his smoked-out pipe. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Moreover, as he darned he smoked a pipe, the stem and bowl of which were red also. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The same may be said of smoked salmon. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Sat and smoked his pipe, and said the infant negroes were--what did he say the infant negroes were? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Holmes smoked for some time in silence. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He drank a great deal of brandy and smoked very heavily, but he would see no society and did not want any friends, not even his own brother. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Eugene leaned back in his chair, and smoked with his eyes negligently turned on the informer, and his pen ready to reduce him to more writing. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- So he felt a moment; and then he smoked a cigar, and read the Picayune, and forgot his little gospel. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- When one coating became sufficiently hard another was added, and smoked in turn, and so successive coatings were applied until a sufficient thickness was obtained. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- That some unburned carbon is present in a flame is shown by the fact that whenever a cold object is held in the flame, it becomes smoked or covered with soot. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- This gave them an airtight container for the meat and enabled them to keep smoked meats all during the summer months. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Fasten a stiff bristle to a tuning fork by means of wax, allowing the end of the point to rest lightly upon a piece of smoked glass. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- I therefore smoked a great number of those excellent cigarettes, and I dropped the ash all over the space in front of the suspected bookcase. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He ate all that was placed before him, emptied his bottle of wine, called for a glass of rum, and smoked his cigarette with his cup of coffee. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- While he smoked out his cigar in peace, she made his bed, and put the small room in order for his repose. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Smoked leather? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
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