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单词 lunt
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luntn.

Brit. /lʌnt/, U.S. /lənt/, Scottish English /lʌnt/
Forms: Also 1500s luntt.
Etymology: < Dutch lont a match. Compare linstock n.
Scottish.
1. A slow match; also, a torch. to set lunt to: to set fire to.
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society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > material for igniting > [noun] > cord or rope to light fireworks or guns
match?a1549
lunt1550
stouple1634
match-cord1647
slow match1651
quick-match1690
match-thread1740
match-line1824
punk1852
society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > material for igniting > [noun] > torch or brand
fire stickc1300
firebrandc1330
fire-blazea1500
firing?c1500
stick of firec1510
lunt1550
tede1562
fire-link1579
fire cane1644
brand1810
1550 in Acts Privy Council (1891) III. 89 One cth weight of fyne corne powder, demi cth of matches or luntes.
c1600 Hist. & Life James VI (1825) 77 Ane of thayme..had a lowse lunt, whilk negligentlie fell out of his hand amang the great quantitie of poulder.
a1605 R. Bannatyne Jrnl. Trans. Scotl. (1806) 132 Some men that was going vpon the croftis with lunttis.
1706 in Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.)
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Lunt, the matchcord with which guns are fired.
1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf ix, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 177 ‘If ye step a foot nearer it wi' that lunt, it's be the dearest step ye ever made in your days’... ‘We'll sune see that,’ said Hobbie, advancing fearlessly with the torch.
1842 P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. (ed. 2) VII. i. 67 They..laid a train, which was connected with a ‘lunt’, or slow match.
1887 P. McNeill Blawearie 57 The ‘lunt’ was used by the miner..for the purpose of kindling his lamp when he arrived at the stairhead.
1894 S. R. Crockett Lilac Sunbonnet xvi. 141 An' whiles they tied them to a bit stick an' set lunt to them.
2. Smoke, smoke with flame, esp. the smoke from a pipe. Also, hot vapour.
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1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 157 She fuff't her pipe wi' sic a lunt.
1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. xxviii Till butter'd So'ns, wi' fragrant lunt, Set a' their gabs a steerin.
1865 J. Shaw in R. Wallace Country Schoolmaster (1899) 123 After she had discussed her ‘lunt’ she would crouch with her chin on her palms.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

luntadj.

Brit. /lʌnt/, U.S. /lənt/
Etymology: Compare Danish †lunte lazy (Kalkar).
a. Of a horse: spiritless, tame. Obsolete.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > temperament > [adjective] > badly trained or of bad habits
lunt1639
mistetched1691
misteached1788
1639 T. de Gray Compl. Horseman ii. xviii. 303 He will become lunt, and utterly to have lost his mettle.
b. dialect. (See quot. a1825.)
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a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Lunt, short; crusty; surly in speech or in manners.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

luntv.

Brit. /lʌnt/, U.S. /lənt/
Etymology: < lunt n.
a. intransitive. To smoke, emit smoke.
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1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders x. 92 He sat ever by the chimney corner and lunted away on his cutty pipe.
b. quasi-transitive. To smoke (a pipe).
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1830 D. Vedder in Whitelaw Bk. Sc. Song (1875) 185/2 The carle..was luntin' his cutty before the fire.
c. intransitive. Of smoke: To rise in wreaths, to curl.
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1836 M. Mackintosh Cottager's Daughter 71 The curling reek was luntin' up the lum.
d. transitive. To kindle, light up.
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1861 R. Quinn Heather Lintie (1866) 172 Dumfries, to me thy very name Lunts up a soul-endearing flame.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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