| 单词 |
scomfish |
| 释义 |
scomfish, v. Sc. and north.|ˈskʌmfɪʃ| Also 8 sconfice, 8–9 scumfish; pa. pple. 4 sconfyste, 8 scunfest. [Shortened f. discomfish.] trans. †a. = scomfit v. Obs. b. To suffocate, stifle, choke (with heat, smoke, a bad smell). Also, to injure, ‘do for’. (See E.D.D. s.v. Scumfish.) a.c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xvii. (Martha) 67 And as sconfyste stil he stud. b.1768Ross Helenore 30 Her stinking breath Was just enough to sconfice ane to death. 1787Grose Prov. Gloss., Scumfish'd, smother'd. N. 1818Scott Hrt. Midl. xxxix, A' thing is sae poisoned wi' snuff, that I am like to be scomfished whiles. 1819― Montrose iv, Without scomfishing them with so much smoke. 1853Mrs. Gaskell Ruth xviii, I'll scomfish you if ever you go for to tell. |

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