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besmoke, v.|bɪˈsməʊk|
Forms: 4–5 bysmoke, 5 bismoke, 6–9 besmoak, 7 besmoake, 6– besmoke.
[f. be- 4 + smoke v.]
trans. To fill with smoke, to act on with smoke, to fumigate.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xviii. liii. (1495) 813 Yf a man bismokith the hous of the ampte wyth byrmstoon. 1574T. Hill Bees xv, Besmoke the hive with flaxe. 1598Sylvester Du Bartas (1608) 1133 Mists of Rome, That have so long besmoaked Christendom. 1611Florio, Affumare, to besmoake, to drie in the smoake as bacon. 1823W. Taylor in Month. Mag. LVI. 126 They besmoak us with a disgusting mixture of sacrifice and frankincense.
Hence beˈsmoked ppl. a., beˈsmoking vbl. n.
c1374Chaucer Boeth. 5 It is wont to dirken by-smoked ymages. 1611Cotgr., Enfumement, a smoaking, a besmoaking. 1854Dickens Hard T. xxii. (D.) The besmoked evergreens were sprinkled with a dirty powder. |