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smudge pot

n.
A receptacle in which oil or another smoky fuel is burned to repel insects or to protect an orchard from frost.
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smudge′ pot`


n.
a container for burning oil or other fuels to produce smudge, as for protecting fruit trees from frost.
[1880–85]
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The larger of the 'cloud' sculptures, Origins, struck me as less imaginative than the wall works, yet it still provoked all kinds of associations--from a pile of smudge pots to a bubble cluster--and at the same time was fascinating in its details: split edges, twisted skin and other texturing.
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