smeech

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsmiːt͡ʃ/
  • Rhymes: -iːtʃ

Noun

smeech (plural smeeches)

  1. (Cornwall) Acrid smoke or other stench.
    • 1906, Sabine Baring-Gould, A Book of Cornwall
      […] gases escape in puffs from the furnace doors, which the men designate "smeeches," and these contain arsenic in a vaporised form, which has an extremely irritating effect on the bronchial tubes.

Verb

smeech (third-person singular simple present smeeches, present participle smeeching, simple past and past participle smeeched)

  1. (Cornwall, intransitive) To produce smoke or stench.
    • 2011, John Neale, Following the River Camel
      The story was so vivid that it was possible in the mind's eye of those in the audience to see the saucepan on the stove smeeching' away as she heated and stirred the mixture.
    • 1993, Penelope Williamson, Once in a Blue Moon (page 23)
      "The fire's smeeching." Jessalyn pulled the old mullioned window shut with a protest of its rusty hinges, then stooped to poke at a fire of furze and bits of driftwood, coaxing out a reluctant flame.
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