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Chiefly Scottish, Irish English, and English regional (northern and midlands) in later use. Now rare. intransitive. Of a chimney, or a thing that…
Of a room, chimney, lamp, etc.: To be smoky, to emit smoke, as the result of imperfect draught or improper burning.