“styth”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

styth

释义

▪ I. stythe, styth dial.|staɪð, staɪθ|
Also 8 stith, 9 stithe.
[Of obscure origin; perh. altered from *stive cogn. w. stive v.³]
1. Foul air in a mine; = choke-damp.
1708J. C. Compl. Collier (1845) 23 He may loose his Life by Styth, which is a sort of bad foul Air.1765Phil. Trans. LV. 240 The choak-damp, or stith, found in the coal-mines.1818W. Phillips Geol. 101 The after-damp or stythe, which follows these blasts, is a mixture of the carbonic acid and azotic gases.1863Tyneside Songs 12 But did they face the deadly styth, where scarce a single breath Held life..!1885Standard 5 June 3/4 They have..succumbed to the effects of the stythe.
2. A suffocating smell.
1823E. Moor Suffolk Words, Stithe. Rhyming to tithe... ‘The stithe is very oppressive.’1850T. Bewick Howdy & Upgetting 15 She thout she wad ha' been skumfeesht wi the steyth.1897Allbutt's Syst. Med. II. 968 In burning off the old paint there is usually considerable stithe.
▪ II. stythe
obs. form of stithy.

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