suffocative

[English sufocat (e); -ive.] Tending or having the power to suffocate; suffo cating. "From rain, after great frosts in the winter, glandulous tumors and suffocative catarrhs proceed." -Arbuthnot : On Air. Suf-folk (l silent), s. (For South - folk , as Nor folk for North - folk .] Geog.: A county on the east coast of England, between Norfolk and E ex. Suffolk-crag, s. Geol.: The same as RED-CRAG. [CRAG, 2.] Suffolk punch, s. A variety of horse, stout and round in the barrel, strongly built, and with low, heavy shoulders. They are especially adapted for drawing heavy weights. *suf-fos-sion ( a h), s. [Lat. suffo io . from