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单词 smoor
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smoorn.

Brit. /smʊə/, U.S. /smʊ(ə)r/, Scottish English /smur/
Etymology: < smoor v.
Scottish.
A stifling or suffocating atmosphere, smoke, etc.; smother.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > products of burning > [noun] > smoke > dense or suffocating
smotherc1175
smoulderc1325
smore1393
pother1627
stife1636
smudge1767
smoor1894
1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders xiii. 124 Our cave..was full of the white smoor of gunpowder smoke.
1895 S. R. Crockett Men of Moss-hags 106 In the smoor of the snow.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

smoorv.

Brit. /smʊə/, U.S. /smʊ(ə)r/, Scottish English /smur/
Forms: 1500s, 1800s smure, 1500s smuyr, smuir(e; 1500s–1600s smoore, 1500s–1800s smoor, etc.
Etymology: perhaps < Middle Dutch or Middle Low German smōren (Dutch smoren , Low German smoren , smören ; German schmoren , German dialect schmoeren , schmuren ), = Old English smorian smore v. The vowel is not a normal native variant of the o of smorian.
Scottish and northern dialect.
To smother, in various senses.
1. intransitive. To undergo smothering (literal or figurative).
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > death > manner of death > die in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > die of suffocation or choking
strangle1338
smore1488
smoor1508
smotherc1528
to choke up1555
stifle1594
throttle1655
suffocate1702
quackle1806
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (intransitive)] > be crushed or stifled
bechekec1175
drowna1300
smoor1508
chokea1593
1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. diiv It war syn but recure Ye knightis honour suld smure That did me this honoure.
1594 (a1555) D. Lindsay Hist. Squyer Meldrum l. 45, in Wks. (1931) I. 147 That his hie honour suld not smure, Considering quhat he did indure.
1790 R. Burns Tam o' Shanter 90 in Poems & Songs (1968) II. 560 By this time he was cross the ford, Whare, in the snaw, the chapman smoor'd.
2. transitive.
a. figurative or transferred. To conceal or hide; to suppress; to deaden, stupefy, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > hide, conceal [verb (transitive)]
heeleOE
forhelec888
i-hedec888
dernc893
hidec897
wryOE
behelec1000
behidec1000
bewryc1000
forhidec1000
overheleOE
hilla1250
fealc1325
cover1340
forcover1382
blinda1400
hulsterc1400
overclosec1400
concealc1425
shroud1426
blend1430
close1430
shadow1436
obumber?1440
mufflea1450
alaynec1450
mew?c1450
purloin1461
to keep close?1471
oversilec1478
bewrap1481
supprime1490
occulta1500
silec1500
smoor1513
shadec1530
skleir1532
oppressa1538
hudder-mudder1544
pretex1548
lap?c1550
absconce1570
to steek away1575
couch1577
recondite1578
huddle1581
mew1581
enshrine1582
enshroud1582
mask1582
veil1582
abscondc1586
smotherc1592
blot1593
sheathe1594
immask1595
secret1595
bemist1598
palliate1598
hoodwinka1600
overmaska1600
hugger1600
obscure1600
upwrap1600
undisclose1601
disguise1605
screen1611
underfold1612
huke1613
eclipsea1616
encavea1616
ensconcea1616
obscurify1622
cloud1623
inmewa1625
beclouda1631
pretext1634
covert1647
sconce1652
tapisa1660
shun1661
sneak1701
overlay1719
secrete1741
blank1764
submerge1796
slur1813
wrap1817
buttress1820
stifle1820
disidentify1845
to stick away1900
the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > dullness of sense perception > dull (the senses) [verb (transitive)] > stupefy
swevec725
amazeOE
mazec1390
dazea1400
fordulla1400
stupefy?a1425
dullc1440
entrance1569
damp1570
daunt1581
stupefact1583
trance1597
astound1600
mulla1616
doze1617
soporate1623
consopite1647
obstupefying1660
dozzlea1670
infatuate1712
smoor1718
silly1859
maizel1869
zombify1950
1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid xi. Prol. 48 He..nevyr dar vndertak a douchty deyd, Bot doith all curage and all manheid smuyr.
1567 R. Sempill Test. & Trag. King Henrie (single sheet) Hurt not ȝour honouris, the samin to smuire.
1636 Montgomerie's Cherrie & Slae (Wreittoun) 261 But ay the more I shoope to smoor'de The bolder it brake out.
1718 A. Ramsay Christ's-kirk on Green iii. 31 They drank, Till a their Sense was smor'd.
1792 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 668 Swelling Pity smoor'ed his Wrath.
1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log II. i. 7 Ye maun smoor my firs- born, puir Conscience, atween ye.
b. To smother, stifle, suffocate; esp. to deprive of life by suffocation.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > kill [verb (transitive)] > by smothering or suffocation
smorec725
athrysmc885
stranglea1300
overliea1382
forliea1400
to stop the breath (more rarely the wind) ofc1400
overlayc1425
querken1440
smoulder1481
suffoke1490
stiflea1535
smoor1535
smother1548
suffocate1599
asphyxiate1835
asphyxy1843
1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Kings iii. 19 This womans sonne died in the nighte (for she smoored him in the slepe).
1612 J. Webster White Divel v. iv Ile smoore some of them.
1656 in W. Ross Glimpses of Pastoral Work in Covenanting Times (1887) 73 James Tailzor laitlie haid all his horses smoored.
1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd i. i Nine braw nowt were smoor'd.
1787 R. Burns Poems (new ed.) 68 The bees..Are doom'd by Man..The death o' devils, smoor'd wi' brimstone reek.
a1800– in many northern dial. glossaries.
a1834 R. Surtees in J. Raine Taylor's Mem. R. Surtees (1852) 282 Nic. Ward was smoor'd in his father's own draw well.
1881 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 530 The sheep had been smoored by scores in the drifts.
c. To put out or extinguish (a light or fire). Also in figurative context.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > extinguishing fire > extinguish (fire) [verb (transitive)]
aquenchc1000
quenchc1175
sleckc1175
slockena1300
bleschea1325
sleckena1340
sleaka1400
asteyntea1450
stancha1450
mesec1480
slockc1480
extinct1483
redd1487
to put outa1500
out-quencha1522
squench1535
extinguish1551
out1629
smoor1721
douse1842
the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > make dark [verb (transitive)] > quench (light)
aquenchc1000
quenchOE
to do outa1425
extinct1483
to put outa1500
out-quencha1522
dout1526
pop1530
extinguish1551
to put forth1598
snuff1688
douse1753
douse1780
smoor1808
to turn out1844
outen1877
to turn off1892
to black out1913
1721 A. Ramsay Lucky Spence xv The quacks wha that fire smoors, And puts nae out.
1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. at Smore Smure the candle, put it out.
1903 Q. Rev. July 25 When kindling or ‘smooring’ a fire.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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