Smoken
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 To make or become smoked or smoky. ambitransitive
"She chewed on a knuckle bone and was silent, looking into the dying fire, till she raised her smokened face, looked at him steadily and said, 'You were born an old soul indeed, as I recall, but I'll thank you to remember that this boy, whom I have come to think of as my own bairn too, is one of the innocents of the world.'"
- 2 past participle of smoke form-of, nonstandard, participle, past, rare
"After a long pause, they smile or grin at each other, this is understood to be the prelude to asking news, and the conversation becomes general after they have smoken a pipe."
Example
More examples"She chewed on a knuckle bone and was silent, looking into the dying fire, till she raised her smokened face, looked at him steadily and said, 'You were born an old soul indeed, as I recall, but I'll thank you to remember that this boy, whom I have come to think of as my own bairn too, is one of the innocents of the world.'"
Etymology
From smoke + -en (inchoative suffix).
From smoke + -en (suffix forming past participles).
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