smother-firen.
A smouldering or smoky fire. Also figurative.
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1635 A. Gil Sacred Philos. Holy Script. viii. xxxiv. 139 That dampish smother-fire of heresies, which the devill did kindle among his brands.
1905 Daily News 27 Jan. 4 If any ashes are to hand from a smother fire this will be found a grand fertiliser for onions.
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n.1635- to shaft out
- to shake
- to shake a cloth in the wind
- to shake a day-day
- to shake a dayday
- to shake a fall
- to shake a foot
- to shake a free leg
- to shake a hoof
- to shake a hough
- to shake a leg
- to shake a loose leg
- to shake a person by the hand
- to shake a person out of
- to shake a person rigid
- to shake a person's hand
- to shake a shimmy
- to shake a toe
- to shake as a leaf
- to shake boast
- to shake bring down, walk off with) the persimmon
- to shake bring down, walk off with) the persimmons
- to shake by the beard
- to shake by the ears
- to shake by the hand