BENUMB, BENUMBED, BENUMBING
ADJECTIVES
1388 ► ACLUMSID benumbed, paralysed → obs.
1430 ► CUMBERED benumbed → obs.
1746 ► MICKLED WITH COLD benumbed with cold → Eng. dial.
1768 ► TABETLESS → TEBBITLESS → TEPPITLESS → TIBITLESS benumbed, numb, without feeling; destitute of sensation → Sc.
1825 ► DAZY benumbing with cold, chill, chilling → Sc.
1825 ► SCRAM benumbed; withered; stiff, cramped → Eng. dial.
1838 ► VAALEN → VALEEN benumbed, numb with cold → Sc.
1911 ► BEYSAND benumbed, quite at a loss; stupefied → Sc. (Bk.)
VERBS
1300 ► ACUMBLE to benumb → obs.
1325 ► CUMBER to benumb, to stiffen with cold, etc. → obs.
1382 ► DEAD to benumb; to deprive of sensation or consciousness; to stupefy → obs.
1425 ► CUMBLE to oppress, to deprive of power; to stiffen or benumb with cold → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1570 ► DAMP to benumb; to daze; to stupefy; to stifle the faculties with noxious ‘fumes’ → obs.
1576 ► DOZEN to benumb; to make insensible or powerless → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1600 ► DAVER to benumb; to stupefy, to stun → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1611 ► BECLUMPSE to benumb → obs.
1777 ► SCRAM to benumb, to make stiff with cold; to paralyze; to disable by disease or accident → Eng. dial.
1904 ► SCRIM → SKRIM to benumb; to cramp → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
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