smokejack

smokejack
/smohk"jak'/, n.
an apparatus for turning a roasting spit, set in motion by the current of ascending gases in a chimney.
[1665-75; SMOKE + JACK1]

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  • smokejack — noun Date: 1675 a device for turning a spit by a fly or wheel moved by rising gases in a chimney …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • smokejack — /ˈsmoʊkdʒæk/ (say smohkjak) noun an apparatus formerly used for turning a roasting spit, set in motion by the current of ascending gases in a chimney. {smoke + jack1} …  

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