Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To discomfit.
- To suffocate, as by noxious air, smoke, etc.; stifle; choke.
- To be suffocated or stifled.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb Scot. & Prov. Eng. To suffocate or stifle; to smother.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive, UK, Scotland, dialect To
suffocate orstifle ; tosmother .
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Examples
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He does naething but rowt aboot in 's boaratory as he ca's 't -- bore-a-whig, or bore-a-tory, it's little to me -- makin 'stinks there fit to scomfish a whaul, an' gar 'im stick his nose aneth the watter for a glamp o' fresh air.
Warlock o' Glenwarlock George MacDonald 1864
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He's a burnin 'shame, and a stinkin' lamp; for the grace o 'God wasna hauden to the nib o' 'm lang eneuch to set him in a low (flame), but only lang eneuch to gar the ile o' 'm reek fit to scomfish (suffocate) a haill Sodom. "
Alec Forbes of Howglen George MacDonald 1864
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I could tell you my story better if I had my will in my hand; and I'll scomfish you if ever you go for to tell. "
Ruth Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 1837
hernesheir commented on the word scomfish
It's not a fish.
strangle, smother
January 3, 2012