(a) Smoke produced by a burning or smoldering substance; also fig.; ~ and smorther (smolder), smorther and ~; (b) a puff, cloud, or column of smoke; ben on a ~, to be emotionally disturbed; reisen (upreisen) a ~, create a disturbance, cause trouble; reisen a ~ on, cause (sb.) to flee; (c) smoke as a sign or punishment from God; smoke as an embodiment of the majesty of God; also, a cloud of such smoke; (d) smoke from Hell; also, a cloud of such smoke; helle ~; (e) in cpds.: ~ ferthing, a hearth tax; ~ hole (thirl), a hole to let smoke out of a house; ~ hous, a smokehouse; ~ silver, a payment to watchmen; a payment for the right to gather firewood; (f) in proverbs and prov. expressions.

(a) Steam, vapor, fumes; ~ of minerales, a compound made by oxidizing the vapors of smelted metals; a ~ of mist, a cloud of mist; (b) physiol. vapor or fumes produced by digestion of food or evaporation of humors in the body; (c) an odor-bearing emanation or emission, a smell.

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