单词 | stifling |
释义 | stiflingn.1 1. The action of stifle v.1; suffocating, smothering, suppressing, etc.; †numbing; †strangulation. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > manner of death > [noun] > death from suffocation or choking strangulation1542 stifling1548 suffocation1567 throttling1599 throttle1622 asphyxia1778 asphyxy1784 smotheration1826 asphyxiation1866 asphyxiating1872 melanaema1892 the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > [noun] > state of being rendered physically insensible stonyingc1315 dormitation1543 stifling1548 numbness1559 astonishing1563 benumbedness1566 astonishment1576 astonying1576 astoniedness1580 numbedness1600 stupidness1619 stupefiednessa1681 benumbment1817 insensibilization1897 the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > [noun] > smothering or suffocation smoringc1440 suffocating1621 stifling1711 choking1803 smotheration1826 overlying1891 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > [noun] > shortness of breath > choking or asphyxiation chokingc1440 prefocation1684 stifling1711 gulping1733 frost-bitten asphyxy1822 stifle1823 choke1839 chokiness1844 gulp1873 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > crushing, stifling, or overwhelming quench?c1225 stanchingc1400 suppressingc1400 suppression1528 suffocation1567 crushing1580 suffocating1621 pulverization1643 overwhelming1645 depression1656 stifling1805 burking1827 spiflication1839 restinction1891 stamping1897 submergence1898 snuffing1922 1548 W. Patten Exped. Scotl. Pref. sig. c vjv (margin) Cast in a deadly slumber with a stifelinge, & benumminge of al partes. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball v. xxxviii. 602 The seede of wilde Carrot..is very good agaynst the suffocation and stiflinges of the Matrix. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 21. ¶7 Retainers to Physick, who..amuse themselves with the stifling of Cats in an Air Pump. 1805 W. Wordsworth Waggoner i. 19 Now and then Comes a tired and sultry breeze With a haunting and a panting, Like the stifling of disease. 1882 Garden 18 Mar. 178/2 This hardy little plant cannot bear stifling or coddling in high heat and close air. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [noun] > other disorders of horses trench?a1450 colt-evilc1460 affreyd?1523 cholera1566 crick1566 incording1566 leprosy1566 taint1566 eyesore1576 fistula1576 wrench1578 birth1600 garrot1600 stithy1600 stifling1601 stranglings1601 hungry evil1607 pose1607 crest-fall1609 pompardy1627 felteric1639 quick-scab1639 shingles1639 clap1684 sudden taking1688 bunches1706 flanks1706 strangles1706 chest-founderingc1720 body-founder1737 influenza1792 foundering1802 horse-sickness1822 stag-evil1823 strangullion1830 shivering1847 dourine1864 swamp fever1870 African horse sickness1874 horse-pox1884 African horse disease1888 wind-stroke1890 thump1891 leucoencephalitis1909 western equine encephalitis1933 stachybotryotoxicosis1945 rhinopneumonitis1957 1601 L. W. C. Verie Perf. Disc. Horse sig. C For the paine in the Head, or stifeling. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2018). stiflingn.2 Farriery. ? Obsolete. Dislocation or sprain of the stifle-joint. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [noun] > disorders of legs > dislocation stifle1566 stifling1566 hipping1610 stifle-slip1908 heel bug1920 1566 T. Blundeville Order curing Horses Dis. f. 90, in Fower Offices Horsemanshippe Of stiffling and hurtes in the stiffle. 1639 T. de Gray Compl. Horseman ii. xviii. 336 Take pitch..and..annoint the stifling. Compounds stifling-bone n. = stifle-bone n. at stifle n.1 Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [noun] > leg > hindleg > patella stifling-bone1566 stifle-bone1610 stifle-panc1720 stifle-cap1908 1566 T. Blundeville Order curing Horses Dis. f. 90v, in Fower Offices Horsemanshippe The Horse is sayd to be styffled, when the styffling bone is remoued from his right place. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique (at cited word) Some Blow or Stroak..which either puts out the Stiffling-Bone, or much hurts or strains the Joint. stifling-place n. ? the region of the stifle-joint. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [noun] > limb > fore limb or leg > joint corresponding to knee stiflec1330 stifle-joint1566 stifling-place1566 1566 T. Blundeville Order curing Horses Dis. f. 90v, in Fower Offices Horsemanshippe The stifling place is not so brode as the shoulder. 1701 London Gaz. No. 3751/8 A Scar in the Stifling-place on the off Side. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2020). stiflingadj. a. That stifles or tends to stifle; suffocating, smothering, choking. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > [adjective] > of breath: short > choking or asphyxiation forstived13.. choked1499 stiflinga1560 smouldery1590 stiving1598 suffocative1605 suffocatinga1616 strangulating1822 gulpy1860 smothering1864 gulping1865 a1560 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Nyne Fyrst Bks. Eneidos (1562) viii. sig. Aaiiijv A cloud of stifling stinkinge smoke. 1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge iv. iv. sig. H4 Then death, like to a stifling Incubus, Lie on my bosome. 1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island ii. xl. 26 When the chanel's stopt with stifeling mire. 1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc viii. 593 The soil, that trampled late By multitudes, sent up its stifling clouds Of dust. 1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola II. xvi. 198 As a strong body struggles against fumes with the more violence when they begin to be stifling. b. Of hot or close air, a close room, etc.: Producing the sensation of suffocation; in which one breathes with difficulty; oppressive to the lungs. †Also quasi-adv., in stifling hot. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [adjective] > having or communicating much heat > oppressively > and stifling or close smoulderingc1400 bloomy1620 choky1690 pothery1696 stifling1737 stifled1824 stuffy1831 smudgy1847 stived1847 stivy1849 1737 S. Berington Mem. G. di Lucca 113 The Weather was stifling hot. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. v. 184 A most intense and stifling heat. 1832 H. Martineau Ireland 120 The heat was stifling, from many sleepers being collected within a small space. 1899 Lady M. Verney Verney Mem. IV. 281 A stifling cell in Newgate. c. figurative. ΚΠ 1584 R. Greene Gwydonius f. 8v The stiffeling stormes of vnbridled fancie. 1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης xxvii. 223 A stifling and obstructing evil that hath no vent. 1884 R. Paton Sc. Church x. 104 The stifling atmosphere of legend and myth. c1900 Bridges La Gloire de Voltaire in Poet. Wks. (1912) 384 Let your unwholesome flattery flow ungrudged, And with ungrudging measure shall men pour Their stifling homage back. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [noun] > royal fern everferneOE ditch-fern14.. herb Christophera1450 osmund royal1548 osmund1578 Osmund the waterman1578 fern-osmund1614 stifling grass1692 osmunda1702 royal fern1781 bog onion1832 1692 A. Symson Large Descr. Galloway (1823) 78 They call this plant also by the name of stifling-grasse. Derivatives ˈstiflingly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [adverb] > oppressively (hot) > and close bloomy1620 stiflingly1839 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > [adverb] > shortness of breath > choking or asphyxiation chokinglya1656 suffocating1737 suffocatingly1822 stiflingly1839 1839 H. Rogers Ess. (1860) II. 149 They forget that it is possible for perfumes to be as stiflingly strong as ill odours. 1887 H. R. Haggard Jess xxiii. 215 The air was stiflingly hot. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < |
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