smothery

[Eng. smother; -y.] 1. Tending to smother; stifling, suffocating. 2. Full of smother or dust. (q. v.).) smouch, v . t . [Probably allied to smack (2), v. 1. To ki , to embrace, to bu . "What bu ing, what smouching and slabbering one of another."-Stubbes: Anatomy of Abuses, p. 114. 2. To take unfair advantage of; to pilfer. ( Slang .) smōul-der, smōl-der, *smool-der, v. t. & i. [SMOULDER, 8.] A. Trans.: To suffocate, to smother, to choke. "They prea ed forward vnder their ensignes, bearing downe such as stoode in their way, and with their owne fire smouldered and burnt them to ashes."-Holinshed: Historie of England , bk. iv., ch. ix. B. Intransitive: 1. Lit.: To burn and smoke without vent or flame. 2. Fig .: To exist in a suppre ed state; to burn inwardly without outward sign or indications, as a thought, a pa ion, or the like. "Still, though thy sire the peace renewed, Smoulders in Roderick's breast the feud." Scott: Lady of the Lake , ii. 15. *smoul-der, *smōl-der, s. [The same word as smother (q. v.); cf. Low Ger. smolen, smelen to smoulder. Smoke, smother. "The smoulder stops our nose with stench." Gas coigne: Maske for Viscount Mount acute. smōul-drý, a . [Eng.smoulder; -y.] Smothery, suffocating, smouldering. "Through smouldry cloud of duskish stincking smoke." Spenser: F. Q., 1. vii. 13.