Stifle

sti'fl.r. t. [-fled (-fld), -fling.] To stop breath, choke, oppre with foul air, etc., suffocate, smother: to extinguish, deaden, quench; to suppre the manifestation" or report of, conceal, repre , stroy.—n. (Fa>:) The joint on the hind leg horse next to the flank, and corresponding knee in man: see Horse. A disease in the knee-pan used to the of a horse or other animal. cond i- Stigma, stig'ma, n.; E. pi. -mas, -maz, L. pi. -mat a, -ma-ta. A mark with a burning iron; a brand; any mark of infamy. (£ot.) The ship's and upper vascular part of the pistil, which receives the pollen. cook — Stigmat'ic, -ical, a. Marked with a with a stigma, or with some a slow, thing reproachful to character; impre ing with infamy or reproach. — Stig'matize.; a v.t. [-tized (-tizd), -tizing.] dish of To mark with a stigma or with brand; to set a mark of disc on grace on, characterize by a 8, Stigma. (Bot.) mark or term of reproach.