Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A machine for turning a roasting-spit by means of a fly-wheel or -wheels, set in motion by the current of ascending air in a chimney.
- noun On railways, a hood or covering for the end of a stove-pipe, on the outside of a car. Also called
stove-jack .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A contrivance for turning a spit by means of a fly or wheel moved by the current of ascending air in a chimney.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
device forturning aspit by means of afly orwheel moved by thecurrent ofascending air in achimney .
Etymologies
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smoke + jack
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