lunt

lunt
noun /lʌnt/
a) A slow-burning match or torch.

, 1969: Bent down and saw I was right. A lunt up the bugger’s nose. A lunt? said Doctor Copper. Almost as long as your left forefinger, yes, said his visitor. Still burning. — Robert Nye, Tales I Told My Mother

b) Smoke with flames, especially from a pipe.

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