SMOOR

Etymology

Verb

smoor (third-person singular simple present smoors, present participle smooring, simple past and past participle smoored)

(transitive, obsolete, dialect, UK, Scotland) To suffocate or smother.

Anagrams

• Moors, Moros, moors, rooms

Source: Wiktionary


Smoor, v. t. Etym: [AS. smorian; akin to D. & LG. smoren, G. schmoren to stew. Cf. Smother.]

Definition: To suffocate or smother. [Written also smore.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Sir T. More. Burns.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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