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▪ I. stifling, vbl. n.1|ˈstaɪflɪŋ|
[-ing1.]
1. The action of stifle v.1; suffocating, smothering, suppressing, etc.; † numbing; † strangulation.
1548Patten Exped. Scot. Pref. c vj b marg., Cast in a deadly slumber with a stifelinge, & benumminge of al partes. 1578Lyte Dodoens v. xxxviii. 602 The seede of wilde Carrot..is very good agaynst the suffocation and stiflinges of the Matrix. 1711Addison Spect. No. 21 ⁋7 Retainers to Physick, who..amuse themselves with the stifling of Cats in an Air Pump. 1805Wordsw. Waggoner i. 19 Now and then Comes a tired and sultry breeze With a haunting and a panting, Like the stifling of disease. 1882Garden 18 Mar. 178/2 This hardy little plant cannot bear stifling or coddling in high heat and close air.
†2. Farriery. (See quot.) Obs.
1610L. W. C. Perf. Disc. Horse (1624) B 4, For the paine in the Head, or Stifeling.
▪ II. ˈstifling, vbl. n.2 Farriery. ? Obs.
Also 6–7 stifeling, 6–8 stiffling.
[f. stifle v.2 + -ing1.]
1. Dislocation or sprain of the stifle-joint.
1580Blundevil Curing Horses Dis. cxxiv. 56 b, Of stiffling, and hurtes in the stiffle. 1639T. de la Grey Compl. Horsem. (1656) 596 Take pitch..and..annoint the stifling.
2. Comb. stifling-bone = stifle-bone (stifle n.1 3); stifling-place, ? the region of the stifle-joint.
1580Blundevil Curing Horses Dis. cxxiv. 56 b, The Horse is said to be stiffled when the *stiffling bone is remooued from the right place. 1725Bradley's Family Dict. s.v., Some Blow or Stroak..which either puts out the Stiffling-Bone, or much hurts or strains the Joint.
1580Blundevil Curing Horses Dis. cxxiv. 57 The *stiffling place is not so broad as the shoulder. 1701Lond. Gaz. No. 3751/8 A Scar in the Stifling-place on the off Side.
▪ III. stifling, ppl. a.|ˈstaɪflɪŋ|
[f. stifle v.1 + -ing2.]
That stifles or tends to stifle; suffocating, smothering, choking.
a1560T. Phaer æneid viii. (1562) A a iiij b, A cloud of stifling stinkinge smoke. 1602Marston Antonio's Rev. iv. iv, Then death, like to a stifling incubus, Lie on my bosome. 1633P. Fletcher Purple Isl. ii. xl, When the Chanel's stopt with stifeling mire. 1795Southey Joan of Arc viii. 593 The soil, that trampled late By multitudes, sent up its stifling clouds Of dust. 1863Geo. Eliot Romola xxxvi, As a strong body struggles against fumes with the more violence when they begin to be stifling.
b. Of hot or close air, a close room, etc.: Producing the sensation of suffocation; in which one breathes with difficulty; oppressive to the lungs. † Also quasi-adv., in stifling hot.
1737[S. Berington] G. di Lucca's Mem. (1738) 105 The Weather was stifling hot. 1748Anson's Voy. ii. v. 184 A most intense and stifling heat. 1832H. Martineau Ireland 120 The heat was stifling, from many sleepers being collected within a small space. 1899Lady M. Verney Verney Mem. IV. 281 A stifling cell in Newgate.
c. fig.
1584–7Greene Carde of Fancie (1593) C iij, The stiffeling stormes of vnbrideled fancie. 1649Milton Eikon. xxvii. 514 A stifling and obstructing evil that hath no vent. 1884R. Paton Scott. Ch. x. 104 The stifling atmosphere of legend and myth. c1900Bridges La Gloire de Voltaire Poems (1912) 384 Let your unwholesome flattery flow ungrudged, And with ungrudging measure shall men pour Their stifling homage back.
†d. stifling grass, the Royal Fern, Osmunda regalis.
1692A. Symson Descr. Galloway (1823) 78 They call this plant also by the name of stifling-grasse.
Hence ˈstiflingly adv.
1839H. Rogers Ess. (1860) II. 149 They forget that it is possible for perfumes to be as stiflingly strong as ill odours. 1887Rider Haggard Jess xxiii, The air was stiflingly hot. |