单词 | to stop the breath of |
释义 | > as lemmasto stop the breath (more rarely the wind) of c. to stop the breath (more rarely the wind) of: to prevent the respiration of, to suffocate, stifle, choke; hence, to cause to die. †Also with up. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > kill [verb (transitive)] > by smothering or suffocation smorec725 athrysmc885 stranglea1300 overliea1382 forliea1400 to stop the breath (more rarely the wind) ofc1400 overlayc1425 querken1440 smoulder1481 suffoke1490 stiflea1535 smoor1535 smother1548 suffocate1599 asphyxiate1835 asphyxy1843 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > have or cause breathing disorder [verb (transitive)] > choke stranglea1300 chokec1380 worrya1400 stiflec1400 to stop the breath (more rarely the wind) ofc1400 scomfishc1480 to choke up1555 grane1613 suffocatea1616 c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xxii. 99 Þe preste..castez a clath on his mouth and stoppez his wynde. a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) iii. xx. sig. S.vi If the doore shoulde be shutte vpon me, I would weene it would stoppe vp my breath. 1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) i. 42 Those which blow forth such blasts [of slander], deserue to haue their winde stopt with a halter. 1652 C. B. Stapylton tr. Herodian Imperiall Hist. xviii. 155 They rusht into his Tent and stopt the breath Of all save few. 1780 R. Tomlinson Slang Pastoral 11 Will no blood-hunting foot-pad..Stop the wind of that nabbing~cull, constable Payne? 1787 R. Burns Death & Dr. Hornbook ix, in Poems (new ed.) 58 Ye're maybe come to stap my breath. < as lemmas |
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