fire-cure

verb

To cure (tobacco) by exposing it directly to smoke from open woodfires.

Meanings

verbfire-cure (third-person singular simple present fire-cures, present participle fire-curing, simple past and past participle fire-cured)

present singular third person fire-cures · participle present fire-curing · participle past fire-cured · past fire-cured

  1. transitiveTo cure (tobacco) by exposing it directly to smoke from open woodfires.
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Chicago

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