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besmoking

besmoking is the present participle and gerund 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 besmoking

What is besmoking the present participle and gerund of?
Besmoking is the present participle and gerund of besmoke.

Words near besmoking in the dictionary

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

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