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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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(Smukand,) Smewkand, Smooking, Smo(a)king, ppl. adj. [ME and e.m.E. smokyng (Chaucer), smoaking (1592), smoking (1667); Smuke v.] Emitting, giving off smoke or vapour. Also fig.c1520-c1535 Nisbet Matth. xii 20.
He … sal nocht slokin a smewkand [P. smokynge] brand, til [etc.] 1638 Fugitive Poetry II xiii 1/11.
That old bold smoaking monster & the pryde Of these usurping prelates 1644 Rec. Kirk Scotl. 447.
All ministers would be carefull to cherish the smoaking flax of weak beginnings 16… Letter by Mr. John Dickson from the Bass Prison 5.
A lukewarm church … and self justification jouking under a smoaking bramblefig. 1585 Calderwood IV 315.
They are … preparing again a way to their tyrannicall supremacie, … of which the author of our declaration hath made alreadie a smooking kything 1604-9 Grahame Anat. Hum. 44.
When all his smooking hopes are vanished c1680 W. Row Blair 171.
Our smoking desires for a more strict union … did break forth into a vehement flame
