单词 | smokery |
释义 | smokeryn. 1. In contemptuous use (see quot. 1657). ΚΠ 1657 J. Watts Scribe, Pharisee 97 From the publick Ministery or Steeple-houses, (be it so) to private mysteries or smokeries, rather of their Chimney-houses. 2. Articles or materials used in smoking. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > smoking > articles or materials used in smoking > [noun] smoking apparatus1771 smokery1837 1837 New Monthly Mag. 50 86 Pipes of all sorts..—all nations and all people were represented in this vast arsenal of smokery. 3. a. A place used for smoking; a smoking-room, an opium-den, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > smoking > [noun] > place for smoking smoking-room1689 smoke-shop1798 smoke-room1883 smokery1901 smoking lounge1951 1901 Daily Chron. 29 May 5/6 The immorality of the ‘smokeries’ will probably suffice to close them as disorderly. b. = smoke-house n. 3. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preserving or pickling > [noun] > place for curing, smoking, or salting smeek housea1225 curing-house1672 smoke-house1746 smokery1794 1794 T. Cooper Some Information Amer. 132 His smokery for bacon, hams, &c. is a room about twelve feet square. 1961 N. Froud et al. tr. P. Montagné & A. Gottschalk Larousse Gastronomique 494/1 In modern smokeries, the racks are fitted into the chimney, thus avoiding a great deal of handling. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < n.1657 |
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