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1. smudge potnoun

   An oil-burning device used to prevent frost on fruit trees.

2. smudge potnoun

   A pot of tar and oil burned to produce thick noxious smoke to discourage pests.

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1. Smudge pot

   A smudge pot is an oil-burning device used to prevent frost on fruit trees. Usually a smudge pot has a large round base with a chimney coming out of the middle of the base. The smudge pot is placed between trees in an orchard. The burning oil creates some heat, but more importantly, a lot of smoke, particulates, carbon dioxide, and water vapor. This artificial smog forms a "blanket" that blocks infrared light, thereby preventing radiative cooling that would otherwise cause or worsen frost. Smudge pots were developed after a disastrous freeze in Southern California in January 1913 wiped out a whole crop. Smudge pots were commonly used for seven decades in areas such as California's numerous citrus groves. Smudge pot use in Redlands, California groves continued into the 1970s, but fell out of favor as oil prices rose and environmental concerns increased. Pots came in two major styles: a single stack above a fuel oil-filled base, and a slightly taller version that featured a cambered neck and a re-breather feed pipe out of the side of the chimney that siphoned stack gas back into the burn chamber and produced more complete combustion. Filler caps have a three- or four-hole flue control. The stem into the pot usually has a piece of oil-soaked wood secured inside the neck to aid in lighting the pot. Pots are ignited when the air temperature reaches 29 degrees Fahrenheit, and for each additional degree of drop, another hole is opened on the control cap. Below 25 degrees, nothing more can be done to enhance the heating effects.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of smudge pot in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of smudge pot in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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• FleckentopfGerman
• maceta de manchasSpanish
• pot de maculageFrench
• pentola di sbavatureItalian
• סיר כתםHebrew
• размазать горшокRussian

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