Definitions
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- v. To suffocate or smother.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- transitive v. To suffocate or smother.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- See smore.
Etymologies
Examples
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This caused a spirited discussion of the best way in which to smoor a fire for the night, including an argument over the proper blessing to be said while doing so, and this lasted long enough for me to have coaxed the brazier into a decent glow and set a small kettle in it for tea-making.
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"I did smoor it, " he said briefly, swinging down from the saddle.
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I could stack those inside the hearth to dry, while I finished the supper making; then when we went to bed, I'd smoor the fire with the damp hickory, which would burn more slowly, smoldering till morning.
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'Malachi, if thaa doesn't hold thi tung I'll smoor (smother) thee wi' this stockin '.
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Th 'organ wur reet ony end up; an' they couldn't smoor th 'sound.
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They wad hae seen my father's roof-tree fa 'down and smoor me before they wad hae gien a boddle a-piece to have propped it up -- but they could a' link out their fifty pounds ower head to bigg a hottle at the Well yonder.
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They wad hae seen my father’s roof-tree fa’ down and smoor me before they wad hae gien a boddle a-piece to have propped it up — but they could a’ link out their fifty pounds ower head to bigg a hottle at the Well yonder.
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"Come on, let's hurry, before they smoor the fire.
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"My clever wee dog was for dashing off, the same as when he's smelt a rabbit, so we caught up our plaids and came away after him, only stopping to snatch a brand from the hearth and smoor the fire.
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Na, na, when Jock sees the blue smoor o 'Auld Reeky gaun up into the lift he'll turn an' gae hame. "
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