smoke pole

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1. 1

   The central, vertical pole of a teepee.

   • A little cross stick is tied to the smoke pole of the four-pole tipi where it is secured to the flap to prevent its going through too far. The cover for a four-pole tipi is cut quite differently from that for a three-pole one.
   • To keep the end of the smoke pole from going too far through the hole, a small cross-piece should be lashed to it about two feet from the end.
   • Hanging on the center smoke pole high above the small smoldering fire hung two beadeye dolls.
2. 2

   A ridgepole.

   • These rafters are connected at the top by a round bar, the smoke pole, which also serves to take the hooks on which the cooking pots are suspended.
   • The support structure of the arched-post tent consists of two inclined arches joined by three transverse poles, a ridge or smoke-pole at the top and two other poles at about half the height.
3. 3

   A firearm.

   • Drawing a deep, steadying breath, Barefoot smelled the machine oil of the well-kept smoke pole. His very first shot put an immediate stop to Swann's barraging of Jessie.
   • When first introduced to the flintlock, Steve and I worked at a State Prison and he made me promise to never utter the words “smoke pole” at work for fear of people getting the wrong idea about us.
   • “You reach for that smoke pole, law dog, and you're a dead man.”
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      A long stick or pole with a burning tip, used to repel insects.

      • I separate my swarms with my smoke-pole, holding It near the swarm already settled, which will prevent others from settling.
      • A smoke-pole is quite handy to keep two or more swarms from settling together.
      • Another commented on such useful bush-lore as lighting a fire with a shoe-lace, stick, and dry birch bark, and using an “Indian smoke pole” to keep bugs away.
   2. 5

      To perform fellatio.

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