STIFLE, STIFLING
ADJECTIVES
1696 — POTHERY of the weather: hot, close, stifling, muggy, warm
1847 — SMUDGY stifling, stuffy → Eng. dial.
NOUNS
1827 — BURKING a stifling or quietly but effectively suppressing
1894 — SMOOR a stifling or suffocating atmosphere; smoke, etc. → Sc.
VERBS
1175 — BECHEKE to choke, to stifle → obs.
1440 — QUERKEN to choke, to suffocate, to stifle → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1535 — SMOOR to smother, to stifle; to suffocate; to deprive of life by suffocation → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1561 — QUEASOM to choke, to stifle, to smother → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1561 — QUEAZEN → QUEZZEN to choke, to stifle, to smother → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1611 — WHIRKEN to choke, to suffocate, to stifle → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1766 — SCOMFISH → SKOMFISH to suffocate, to stifle, to choke; to stop the breath from want of air, from smoke, heat, stench, or the like; to affect or overpower from any of these causes → Sc.
1790 — MASKER to choke, to stifle → Eng. dial.
1905 — MAFFLE to stifle, overcome with heat → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
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