lunt

¹ American  

[luhnt, loont] / lʌnt, lunt /

noun

1. a match; the flame used to light a fire.

2. smoke or steam, especially smoke from a tobacco pipe.

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verb (used without object)

1. to emit smoke or steam.

2. to smoke a pipe.

verb (used with object)

1. to kindle (a fire).

2. to light (a pipe, torch, etc.).

3. to smoke (a pipe).

Lunt ² American  

[luhnt] / lʌnt /

noun

1. Alfred, 1893–1977, U.S. actor (husband of Lynn Fontanne).

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Etymology

Origin of lunt

1540–50; < Dutch lont match, fuse; akin to Middle Low German lunte match, wick

Example Sentences

Meanwhile the foreign captain had taken the lunt in his own hand to fire the largest cannon, such a cannon as none of the Cossacks had ever beheld before.

From Taras Bulba and Other Tales by Gogol, Nikolai Vasilievich

He had a square red face which I could see only indistinctly above the burning lunt he carried in one hand, blowing it continually to prevent it from going out.

From Told by the Death's Head A Romantic Tale by J?kai, M?r

He became quite friendly; he extinguished the lunt by stamping on it with his foot, tapped my shoulder in a confidential manner and called me little brother.

From Told by the Death's Head A Romantic Tale by J?kai, M?r

And SCOTIA! while thy rantin' lunt   Is mirk and moop with gowans fine, I'll stowlins pit my unco brunt,   An' cleek my duds for auld lang syne.

From The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe by Parton, James

And Scotia! while thy rantin' lunt Is mirk and moop with gowans fine, I'll stowlins pit my unco brunt, An' cleek my duds for auld lang syne.

From The Book of Humorous Verse by Wells, Carolyn