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smokish adj. From smoke n. Resembling smoke. a1500(c1477) Norton OAlch. Add 10302 1973 Odour is a smokish vapour resoluyd with hete Owte of a substance bi a Invisible swete.

uprẹken v. From rẹken v.(3). Of smoke: to ascend, rise. a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex. Corp-C 444 3465 Smoke up rekeð and munt quakeð.

smoringe ger. Suffocating with smoke. (1440) PParv. Hrl 221 461 Smorynge: Fumigacio.

outkennen v. From kennen v.(1). To make (sth.) known, indicate. c1300 SLeg.Cross LdMisc 108 74 Out of one stude A smoke þare cam and..huy..bi-gonne forto deluen deope þare ase þe smoke out kende.

rounsen v. Cp. MnE dial. rounce v. Of smoke: to swirl up, eddy upward. ?a1500 Henslow Recipes Henslow 8/9 Make a pipe þat haþ a wyd hende and hold hit ouer þe smoke þat hit may rounse þorwe þe pipe

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into the said lime-kiln, which was then and there on fire; and was, by means of the sul phur and smoke arising therefrom, suffocated and instantly died. Tho s Edwards Alex r Purcel Bailiffs and Coroners of the said Town.

mentioned as being near to St. Paul's, in page 98 ante . faciendam . The louvres, or flues for the smoke. To the Guildhall. This was done by sending a billet, arbitrarily seizing the best houses, turning out the inhabitants,

of all who shall smell the smoke from such melting,-as may be proved by some of the same trade, and other good folks, and trustworthy, who bear witness that whosoever has smelt the smoke therefrom, has never escaped without mischief:-

a real understanding and friendship with the Duke of Burgundy, it is thought that all these projects will end in smoke, and the English will return home, while the Dukes of Berri and Britanny will be glad for his Majesty

4 d. arising from the rents of 220 tenants by a certain custom called in Welsh "chence," and in English "Smoke silu r ," namely, from every such tenant dwelling within the lordship aforesaid, for the same time, 1 d

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