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sufflaminate, v. Now rare.|səˈflæmɪneɪt|
[f. L. sufflāmināt-, -āre, f. sufflāmen, -min-, f. suf- = sub- 2 + *flāmen:—*flagmen (cogn. with balk n.1) beam, balk.]
trans. To put an obstacle in the way of, obstruct.
1656Blount Glossogr., Sufflaminate, to skatch, scotch, or trig a wheel. 1660H. More Myst. Godl. To Rdr. 24 All their superstitious Ceremonies put together adde nothing to them, but rather stifle and sufflaminate them. a1672Wren in Gutch Coll. Cur. I. 252 By long speeches..to sufflaminate the progress of business. 1683Phil. Trans. XIV. 467 These ponds or Cisterns that sufflaminate the Current of the Aqueducts. 1836Tait's Mag. III. 8 The movement and play of public business is sufflaminated. 1907Athenæum 27 July 98/2 An advertisement of..‘the..gas microscope,’..which gave Sam Weller an occasion to sufflaminate Mr. Buzfuz.
Hence † sufflamiˈnation (see quot.) rare—0.
1658Phillips, Sufflamination, a stopping the wheels of a Coach, or Cart, with an Instrument called a Sufflamen, or Trigger. |