单词 | stife |
释义 | stifen. Chiefly dialect. A suffocating fume or vapour. 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 1636 Brit. Patent 98 (1856) 1 Which Seacoales soe Charked for that they Burne without Smoake, Stife, or other Annoyaunce. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Stife, Stoif, a close sulphureous smell, particularly that arising from the burning of drossy coals. 1912 W. W. Gibson Fires ii. 38 The stealthy stife And deadly fume of burning coke. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1636 |
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