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besmoked

besmoked is the simple past and past participle of besmoke.

Meaning of besmoke

Verb

besmoke (third-person singular simple present besmokes, present participle besmoking, simple past and past participle besmoked)

  1. (transitive) To fill with smoke; act on with smoke; fumigate.
  2. (transitive) To befoul with smoke.
    • On one side hung a very large oil-painting so thoroughly besmoked, and every way defaced, that in the unequal cross-lights by which you viewed it, it was only by diligent study and a series of systematic visits to it, and careful inquiry of the neighbors, that you could any way arrive at an...1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 3, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 11
  3. (transitive) To harden or dry in smoke.

Questions about besmoked

What is besmoked the simple past and past participle of?
Besmoked is the simple past and past participle of besmoke.

Words near besmoked in the dictionary

  1. besmog
  2. besmogged
  3. besmogging
  4. besmogs
  5. besmoke
  6. besmoked
  7. besmokes
  8. besmoking
  9. besmooch
  10. besmooched
  11. besmooches

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