smoke n
1 Esp in pl, gusts of wind and spray.
1977 BUTLER 26 There were white smokes of wind as high as the hills and water blew over the vessel in sheets.
2 Comb smoke heap: smudge fire.
1876 MURRAY & HOWLEY 449 The more recent destruction [of the forest] is in many cases clearly traceable to the most culpable neglect, on the part of trappers, lumber explorers or 'rhynders,' in omitting to extinguish their camp fires, or smoke heaps, which they had used to drive off flies.
smoke leader: device placed in front of a fireplace to lead smoke up the flue.
P 127-78 ~ A wooden stick hung down from the mouth of a fire-place flue to lead the smoke upward in the right direction. Such an implement even though used in some homes, was most commonly used in tilts where the flue was usually made of wood.
