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ˈsmoke-dry, v.
[smoke n. 1: cf. prec.]
1. trans. To dry or cure (meat, fish, etc.) by exposure to smoke.
1704Dict. Rust. s.v. Chesnut, It is best to beat the Fruit down from the Tree,..or if you don't, you must Smoke-dry 'em. 1796Stedman Surinam II. xx. 111 They even took out the jaw-bones, which they smoke-dried. 1843A. Bethune Sc. Fireside Stor. 62 He even spoke of having an old woman..hung up in the chimney, and smoke-drying her for three weeks. 1886Encycl. Brit. XX. 174/2 Boiled, smoke-dried, and packed in bags.
2. intr. To become dried by the action of smoke. In quot. transf.
1855Smedley H. Coverdale ii, You've been smoke-drying in London..till you're out of condition.
Hence ˈsmoke-drying vbl. n.
1812L. M. Hawkins C'tess & Gertr. I. 265 The discipline of a smoke-drying in one of the closest streets of the city. |