(a) To emit smoke, smolder; also fig.; ~ up, to billow, rise, spread; -- used fig.; ppl. smokinge, emitting smoke, smoldering; also fig.; (b) to expose (sb.) to smoke as a means of torture; expose (sb., oneself) to smoke as a medical treatment; spread the smoke of burning incense in (a temple), cense; (c) to emit steam or vapors; form a cloud of finely divided particles [quot. c1400]; ppl. smokinge, giving off vapor or steam [2nd quot. in (a) may also belong in this sense]; (d) error for smaken v., prob. caused by confusion with smoken v. (a).