单词 | smoor |
释义 | smoorn. 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. 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). < n.1894v.1508 |
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