stythestythn.
/stʌɪð//stʌɪθ/ dialect.
1. Foul air in a mine; = choke-damp n.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [noun] > poisonous exhalation > in mines or stagnant pools
dampa1592
stanch1693
suffocating damp1695
stythe1708
surfeit1708
choke-damp1766
afterdamp1813
white damp1817
marsh gas1848
stanch-air1883
the world > matter > gas > [noun] > fumes or vapour > noxious vapour or gas > in mines > choke-damp
stanch1693
suffocating damp1695
stythe1708
surfeit1708
black damp1736
choke-damp1766
afterdamp1813
white damp1817
stanch-air1883
1708 J. C. Compl. Collier 7 in T. Nourse Mistery of Husbandry Discover'd (ed. 3) He may loose his Life by Styth, which is a sort of bad foul Air.
1766 Philos. Trans. 1765 (Royal Soc.) 55 240 The choak-damp, or stith, found in the coal-mines.
1818 W. Phillips Outl. Mineral. & Geol. (ed. 3) 101 The after-damp or stythe, which follows these blasts, is a mixture of the carbonic acid and azotic gases.
1863 Tyneside Songs 12 But did they face the deadly styth, where scarce a single breath Held life..!
1885 Standard 5 June 3/4 They have..succumbed to the effects of the stythe.
2. A suffocating smell.
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the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fetor > [noun] > fetid smells
stenchc893
reekeOE
weffea1300
stink1382
fise14..
smeek?c1425
fist1440
fetorc1450
stew1487
moisture1542
putor1565
pouant1602
funk1606
graveolence1623
hogo1654
whiff1668
fogo1794
stythe1823
malodour1825
pen and ink1859
body scent1875
pong1900
niffa1903
hum1906
taint1927
honk1953
bowf1985
stank1996
1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 399 Stithe. Rhyming to tithe... ‘The stithe is very oppressive.’
1850 T. Bewick Howdy & Upgetting 15 She thout she wad ha' been skumfeesht wi the steyth.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 968 In burning off the old paint there is usually considerable stithe.
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