stranglingn.
/ˈstraŋɡl̩ɪŋ/, /ˈstraŋɡlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈstræŋɡ(ə)lɪŋ/ 1. The action of strangle v.
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the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > [noun] > strangulation
stranglec1386
strangling1398
chokingc1440
worrying1483
strangulation1542
throttling1599
wringing1843
mug1862
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) vii. xxviii Sqynancy is strangeling of þe þrote.
c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1600 Myn is the stranglyng and hangyng by the throte.
1538 T. Elyot Dict. Suffocatio, a stranglynge.
1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 427/1 Incubus,..a kinde of disease called the night mare or witch, being a certeine pressing downe and strangling of the bodie.
1611 Bible (King James) Job vii. 15 My soule chooseth strangling: and death rather then my life. View more context for this quotation
1649 J. Lamont Diary (1830) 12 It was thought..that she wronged her selfe, ether by strangling, or by poyson.
1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 34 But between the Wound..and the strangling of the Water, he dyed just before he reach'd the Shore.
1820 W. Scott Monastery I. ix*. 278 They say the Primate recommends a little strangling and burning in aid both of censure and of sword.
1914 Eng. Hist. Rev. Oct. 768 It seems to us improbable that they would have killed him by strangling.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > [noun] > constriction
constipationc1400
stricturec1400
prefocation?a1425
strangling1563
strangulation1749
constriction1783
incarceration1819
stenosis1872
1563 T. Hill Arte Gardening (1593) 76 The hearb brused with oyle..dooth help the strangling of the priuitie.
1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke iii. lvi. 150 Svffocation or strangling of the wombe, is nothing else, but a drawing backe of it vp to the vpper partes.
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Nightingale Another disease incident to these Birds..is called Streightness or Strangling in the breast.
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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. A4v Stranglings, is a swelling of the Throate.
4. attributive.
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?1592 Trag. Solyman & Perseda v. ii. 7 See that your strangling cords be ready.
1911 J. G. Frazer in Manch. Oriental Soc. Jrnl. 108 The strangling-net is then undone.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
stranglingadj.
/ˈstraŋɡl̩ɪŋ/, /ˈstraŋɡlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈstræŋɡ(ə)lɪŋ/ That strangles, in senses of the verb.
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the world > plants > valued plants and weeds > [adjective] > choking or hindering growth
strangling1606
choking1746
choky1857
the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [adjective] > compressing or constricting
compressive1578
constrictive1578
strangling1606
squeezy1751
strangulating1822
constricting1836
constringing1858
constringent1876
the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > restriction of free action > [adjective]
strangling1606
straiteninga1652
fettery1654
cramp1786
cramping1788
astricting1837
strait-jacketing1950
the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > [adjective] > strangling or strangled
strangledc1384
chokelewa1420
choked1499
worried1559
stifled1562
throttling1566
strangling1606
strangulative1648
throttled1677
frummagemed1699
bowstrung1821
society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > [adjective] > of free action
strangling1606
straiteninga1652
fettery1654
cramp1786
cramping1788
astricting1837
strait-jacketing1950
1606 L. Bryskett Disc. Ciuill Life 108 Their praises and soothings are but strangling morsels smeared ouer with hony.
a1618 J. Sylvester Tobacco Battered 143 In them Both, a strangling vertue note, And both of them doe worke upon the Throte.
1679 R. South Serm. Several Occasions 15 Weeping..is the discharge of a big and a swelling grief, of a full and strangling discontent.
a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1684) 88 Cockle, wild strangling Fitches, Bindweed.
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. I. 553 The suffocative convulsion..must produce that strangling constriction or straitness which is a pathognomic sign of asthma.
1844 E. B. Barrett Drama of Exile 1789 in Poems I Tree by tree, with strangling roots.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 45 The tight strangling grip of the inelastic fibrous sac.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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