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▪ I. smore, n. Now Sc.|smɔə(r)|
Also 4 smorre.
[f. smore v. Cf. Du. and Flem. smoor, G. (rare) schmor.]
Smother, smoke, etc.
1393Langl. P. Pl. C. xx. 303 (MS. Cott. Vesp.), Þe smoke and þe smorre þat smyth in oure eyne. Ibid. 323. 1866 W. Gregor Banffsh. Gloss. 171 Smore, a stifling smoke;..a close, stifling atmosphere [etc.].
▪ II. smore, v. Now Sc. and north. dial.|smɔə(r)|
Forms: 1 smorian, 4– smore (4 smor, 6 Sc. smoir), 7–9 smoar; 9 dial. smor(r, smur(r. See also smoor v.
[OE. smorian, = WFris. smoarje, smoare, MDu. and Du. smoren (Flem. also smooren), MLG. and LG. smoren (hence G. schmoren), of uncertain relationship. The stem is the base of early ME. smorðer, smorðren smother n. and v.]
1. trans. To suffocate, smother.
c725Corpus Gloss. S 558 St[r]angulat, wyrᵹeð, uel smorað. c975Rushw. Gosp. Matt. xiii. 7 Sume þonne ᵹefetun in þornas & wexon þa þornas & smoradun hiæ. a1300Cursor M. 8670 Mi felaw smord hir barn in bedd. c1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 7601 All suld be smored withouten dout, War ne þa hevens ay moved obout. c1440Alph. Tales 145 As hur fadur was slepand vndernethe a matres, sho smoryd him odead. a1470Harding Chron. clxxviii. xx, Thei smored were by their contrariaunce. 1513More Rich. III (1883) 84 Smored and styfled, theyr breath failing, thei gaue vp to God their innocent soules. 1585Jas. I Ess. Poesie (Arb.) 39 A rauing cloude, Which threatnes..To smore and drowne him. a1800Lady Diamond in Child Ballads V. 37/2 Bring here to me that bonny boy, And we'll smore him right quietlie. 1808Jamieson s.v. Thow, Smore Thow,..a heavy snow, accompanied with a strong wind, which..threatens to smore, smother, or suffocate one.
b. To suffocate or smother in or with smoke, or implying this.
14..Smyth & his Dame 380 in Hazl. E.P.P. III. 215 Whan he had smored her in y⊇ smok. c1450Holland Howlat 825 Lyke a smaik smorit in a smedy. 1500–20Dunbar Poems xxvi. 120 In the depest pot of hell He smorit thame with smvke. 1584Hudson Du Bartas' Judith iii. 124 Some other vndertooke To fire the gates, or smore the towne with smoke. c1755R. Forbes Jrnl. from London 2 He was like to smore us a' i' the coach wi' the very ewder [of his pipe].
c. intr. To choke, be suffocated.
c1470Henry Wallace vii. 452 Sum neuir rais, bot smoryt quhar thai lay. a1586Montgomerie Misc. Poems xlvi. 55, I smore if I conceill, I wrak if I reveill, My hurt. 1808Jamieson s.v., ‘I was like to smore’: I was in danger of being suffocated.
2. fig. To smother, suppress, keep in obscurity or concealment, put or keep down, etc.
c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xl. (Ninian) 156 Sa þat þe science lent to þe be nocht tynt na smoryt in þe. c1470Henry Wallace xi. 1436 Gret harm I thocht his gud deid suld be smord. 1538Cromwell in Merriman Life & Lett. (1902) II. 164 Yf the same shuld be smored or mysordered after your decease. 1599Jas. I βασιλ. Δωρον (1603) 47 Vntill yee roote out these barbarous feides, that their effectes may bee..smoared downe. 1637Gillespie Eng. Pop. Cerem. Ep. A iij b, The true life of godlinesse is smoared downe and suppressed by the burthen of these human inventions. 1790Shirrefs Poems 179 'Till now, I smoar'd my joy within my breast.
†3. To smear, bedaub. Obs.—0
1530Palsgr. 723/2 Where have you ben, you have all to smored your face.
†4. To cook in a close vessel. Also intr. Obs.
This sense is prominent in Du., Flem., LG., and G.
1562Turner Herbal (1568) 76 They put it [slauke] in a poot, and smore it, as they call it, and then it looketh blake. 1615Markham Eng. Housew. (1660) 67 Set it on a gentle fire, and let it stew, and smoar till the hearbs and onyons be soft.
5. intr. To smoulder. rare.
1651H. More Enthus. Tri. (1712) 17 Melancholy, that lies at first smoaring in the Heart and Blood. 1854A. E. Baker Northampt. Gloss., Smore, to burn without flame. ‘The fire smores.’
Hence ˈsmoring vbl. n. and ppl. a.
c1440Promp. Parv. 461/1 Smorynge, fumigacio. 1586Rec. Elgin (Spald. Cl.) II. 6 To prowe the death of hir tua bairnis to have bein without violence and smoiring. 1642H. More Song of Soul i. iii. 38 There lyes A little spark.., But smoreing filth so close it doth comprize That it cannot flame out. Ibid. ii. iii. ii. 15 Let fall that smoring mantle. 1647― Exorcismus ii, Thou fast-bound ball Of smoring darknesse! |