Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To fall; decline; die.
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- verb dialectal, Northern England, Scotland To
fall ;decine ;pass away ;die .
Etymologies
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Origin obscure. Perhaps a variant of Middle English torfer ("hardship, hrm, injury"). More at torfer.
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