scomfishv.

Brit.

/ˈskʌmfɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈskəmˌfɪʃ/, Scottish English

/ˈskʌmfɪʃ/

Forms: Also 1700s sconfice, 1700s–1800s scumfish; past participle Middle English sconfyste, 1700s scunfest.

Etymology: Shortened < discomfish (see discomfish v.).

Scottish and northern.

transitive.

†a. = scomfit v. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > have or cause breathing disorder [verb (transitive)] > choke

stranglea1300

chokec1380

worrya1400

stiflec1400

to stop the breath (more rarely the wind) ofc1400

scomfishc1480

to choke up1555

grane1613

suffocatea1616

c1480 (a1400) St. Martha 67 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 287 As sconfyste [s]til he stud.

b. To suffocate, stifle, choke (with heat, smoke, a bad smell). Also, to injure, ‘do for’. (See Eng. Dial. Dict. at Scumfish.)

ΚΠ

1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 30 Her stinking breath Was just enough to sconfice ane to death.

1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Scumfish'd, smother'd. N.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian ii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 28 A' thing is sae poisoned wi' snuff, that I am like to be scomfished whiles.

1819 W. Scott Legend of Montrose iv, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. III. 227 Without scomfishing them with so much smoke.

1853 E. C. Gaskell Ruth II. v. 100 I'll scomfish you if ever you go for to tell.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	scomfish
释义	scomfishv. Brit. /ˈskʌmfɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈskəmˌfɪʃ/, Scottish English /ˈskʌmfɪʃ/ Forms: Also 1700s sconfice, 1700s–1800s scumfish; past participle Middle English sconfyste, 1700s scunfest. Etymology: Shortened < discomfish (see discomfish v.). Scottish and northern. transitive. †a. = scomfit v. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > have or cause breathing disorder [verb (transitive)] > choke stranglea1300 chokec1380 worrya1400 stiflec1400 to stop the breath (more rarely the wind) ofc1400 scomfishc1480 to choke up1555 grane1613 suffocatea1616 c1480 (a1400) St. Martha 67 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 287 As sconfyste [s]til he stud. b. To suffocate, stifle, choke (with heat, smoke, a bad smell). Also, to injure, ‘do for’. (See Eng. Dial. Dict. at Scumfish.) ΚΠ 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 30 Her stinking breath Was just enough to sconfice ane to death. 1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Scumfish'd, smother'd. N. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian ii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 28 A' thing is sae poisoned wi' snuff, that I am like to be scomfished whiles. 1819 W. Scott Legend of Montrose iv, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. III. 227 Without scomfishing them with so much smoke. 1853 E. C. Gaskell Ruth II. v. 100 I'll scomfish you if ever you go for to tell. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.c1480
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