smoor

verb /smʊə(ɹ)/

1. To suffocate, smother, or extinguish

   obsolete, transitive

   The death o' devils smoor'd wi' brimstone reek

Where it comes from

From Old English smorian, akin to Dutch and Low German smoren, German schmoren (“to stew”). Compare smother.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry smoor (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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