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oilsmoke

noun

Etymology

From oil + smoke.

  1. derived from *(s)mewg-✻ — “to smoke”
  2. derived from *smaukaną✻ — “to smoke”
  3. inherited from *smukōną✻ — “to smoke”
  4. inherited from *smokōn✻
  5. inherited from smocian — “to smoke, emit smoke; fumigate”
  6. inherited from smoken
  7. compounded as oilsmoke — “oil + smoke”

Definitions

  1. Smoke from burning oil

    Smoke from burning oil; especially, such smoke that is thick and black.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for oilsmoke. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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