Meaning & use
Lunt
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A slow-burning cord or match once used to ignite the charge in old firearms and cannons; also, a puff of smoke.
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The gunner touched the lunt to the cannon's fuse.
A lunt of smoke curled up from the chimney on the cold morning.
A note on using this word
"Lunt" survives mainly in Scots and northern English dialect, where it can also be used as a verb meaning "to smoke" or "to smolder."
Words with a similar meaning
slow matchfuse
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To give off smoke; to smolder.
The damp wood lunted rather than burned.
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