smoking

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

SMO'KING, participle present tense 1. Emitting smoke, as fuel, etc. 2. Applying smoke for cleansing, drying, etc. 3. Using tobacco in a pipe or cigar. SMO'KING, noun 1. The act of emitting smoke. 2. The act of applying smoke to. 3. The act or practice of using tobacco by burning it in a pipe or cigar.
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