CHOKE

v. tr. and intr. Cho'k. A.-S., dceocjan. Gr., <rrpayya\av (tr.), <rrpayyaAteii' (tr.), nviyeiv (intr.), a.y\ei.v (intr.), Ka.Ta.infeiv (tr.). Lat., str an gul are (tr.), stranguluri (intr.), suffocare (tr.), opprimere (tr.), reprimere (tr.), supprimere (tr.), obstruere (tr.). Fr., suffoquer (tr. and intr.), etouffer (tr. and intr.), etrangler (tr.), s'etrangler (intr.), s'engorger (intr.). Ger., ersticken (tr. and intr.), wiirgen (tr.), erwiirgen (tr.), verstopfen (tr.). It., soffocure (tr.), str an go lare (tr.), soffocarsi (intr.), affogarsi (intr.). Sp., sufocar (tr.), atragantarse (.intr.). 1. (Tr.) to obstruct (especially the breathing), throttle, stifle, strangle, suffocate; also to repre (e. g., tears). 2. (Intr.) to be suffocated, to feel great difficulty or impo ibility of breathing; to become clogged, obstructed. [A, 302, 318, 387, 450, 474.] C.-berry. The Pyrus (Aronia) arbutifolia. [B, 19, 275 (a, 24).] C.-cherry. The Pruitus virgin i an a. [B, 34 (a, 24)]. C'danip. Fr., gaz etouffant (on des marais). Ger., Schwaden. Syn.: afterdamp. See METHANE. C.-dog. The Oonolobus obliquus. [B, 275 (a, 24).] C.-fltch. See C'weed. C.-pear. Fr., poire d'angoi e. Ger., Wilrgbirn. The Pyrus communis. [B, 275 (a, 24).] C'weed. Ger., Sticbiourz. The Orobanche. [Turner (A, 505).] C.-wort. An old name for a plant that "stops the venom of the mind"; supposed to have been a species of Euphorbia. [A, 302; Taylor (A. 505); L, 73.] False c.-dog. The Oonolobus carol in ens is. [B, 275 (a, 24).] [s. 250]