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smoke

• 1 n. a fire which gives off dense, acrid smoke from having damp moss, green grass or leaves, etc. heaped on its flames.

  See also: smudge  (def. 1)  

• 2 n. a column of smoke from a dampened fire, intended as a signal or taken as a sign of the presence of other men.

  See also: smoke talk  signal fire   

• 3a n. a rest period between spells of travelling.

  See also: pipe ((1)) (def. 2)  

• 3b n. a spell of travelling or rowing between rest periods at which a pipe was smoked; the distance that could be travelled in such a spell.

  See also: pipe ((1)) (def. 1)  

• 3c n. a space of time.

  See also: pipe ((1)) (def. 3)  

• 4 n. a drift of smoke seen at a distance as evidence of a forest fire.

  See also: smoke drift