luntingadj.
Smoking, blazing, glowing. Of the eyes: Flashing.
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lighteOE
burningc1000
blazingc1400
flamingc1400
flagranta1513
flammigerous1592
bright-burning1594
flameful1605
flamant1607
aflame1698
lowing1720
lunting1786
blazy1838
1786 R. Burns Twa Dogs xx, in Poems 16 The luntan pipe, an' sneeshin mill, Are handed round wi' right guid will.
1791 J. Learmont Poems Pastoral 117 The fierce blaze o' simmer's luntin' heat Wad ruin a'.
1834 Tait's Edinb. Mag. New Ser. 1 428/2 They must kindle a lunting fire.
1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona xv. 166 Peden wi' his lang chafts an' luntin' een.
1895 S. R. Crockett Men of Moss-hags 234 Nae beard like bristles, nae luntin' stinkin' pipes.
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adj.1786