Definition of water smoke
(Entry 1 of 2)
1 : mist or foggy vapor rising from the surface of a body of water
2 : the moisture that rises in the firing of clayware in the form of vapor from the green brick as it is undergoing heating
water-smoke
transitive verbDefinition of water-smoke (Entry 2 of 2)
: to drive off the moisture in (as green brick) in the preliminary stage of burning by means of a slow fire
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