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n. The announcement to the outside world that a conclave has chosen a new Pope.
Usage examples of "white smoke".
And all the while, jet after jet of white smoke was agonisingly shot from the spiracle of the whale, and vehement puff after puff from the mouth of the excited headsman.
The veil she let down over her face and hid her look in its white smoke, and went out.
Screaming straight through the watch fire, it scattered burning sticks, kicking up a shower of bright sparks and cloud of thick, white smoke.
Her little revolver spit out a slug while gray-white smoke drifted from the barrel.
Thick yellow-white smoke rolled outward, filling the yard with heavy, dry mist that made everyone cough.
As Tom throttled back and started to descend he detected a puff of white smoke miles below them.
Plumes of white smoke rising from behind the Empire's formation indicated that Ajax was almost finished with his task.
The sun was almost overhead now, and its light, scattered into green dapples by the tall canopy of trees, lit up the curl of white smoke that rose from the fire.
And all the while, jet after jet of white smoke was agonizingly shot from the spiracle of the whale, and vehement puff after puff from the mouth of the excited headsman.
Black smoke, Dayne knew, tended to be a lot more expensive than white smoke where cars were concerned.
They had orange-coloured headlights and emitted puffs of white smoke or vapour.
Greasy off-white smoke curled up from their positions, then drifted away in the scudding breeze.
Suddenly there was a puff of white smoke from her deck, followed by a thunderous report and the whine of a shell passing high over the masts of the Black Parrot.