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smokish adj. From smoke n. Resembling smoke. a1500(c1477) Norton OAlch. Add 10302 1973 Odour is a smokish vapour resoluyd with hete Owte of a substance bi a Invisible swete.

uprẹken v. From rẹken v.(3). Of smoke: to ascend, rise. a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex. Corp-C 444 3465 Smoke up rekeð and munt quakeð.

smoringe ger. Suffocating with smoke. (1440) PParv. Hrl 221 461 Smorynge: Fumigacio.

outkennen v. From kennen v.(1). To make (sth.) known, indicate. c1300 SLeg.Cross LdMisc 108 74 Out of one stude A smoke þare cam and..huy..bi-gonne forto deluen deope þare ase þe smoke out kende.

rounsen v. Cp. MnE dial. rounce v. Of smoke: to swirl up, eddy upward. ?a1500 Henslow Recipes Henslow 8/9 Make a pipe þat haþ a wyd hende and hold hit ouer þe smoke þat hit may rounse þorwe þe pipe

throsm n. OE Smoke. c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom. Bod 343 126/14 Gewitaeþ ȝe..on þene bittrae þrosm haelles fures.

smorre . From smoren v. Smoke. c1400 PPl.C Vsp B.16 20.303 Smore [vr. smolder; Hnt HM 137: smoke and smorþre smyt in hus eyen]. c1400 PPl.C Vsp B.16 20.323 Smorre [Hnt HM 137: þe smoke and þe smorþre þat smyȝt

producing noxious smoke;smoke , noxious or suffocating smoke; smeke , a cloud of such smoke. c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) Bod 34 20/28 Com..an unwiht of helle on ana [read: ane] drakes liche..of his nease-þurles þreste smorðrinde [Roy: smeorðrinde] smoke, smeeche forcuðest.

OE smorian ; cp. ME smoren v. Smoke, esp. noxious or suffocating smoke; also fig. ; and smoke,smoke and ; helle ; maken of , to burn (sth.) so as to produce smoke. a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom. Lamb 487 43 He

(sb.) to flee; (c) smoke as a sign or punishment from God; smoke as an embodiment of the majesty of God; also, a cloud of such smoke; (d) smoke from Hell; also, a cloud of such smoke; helle ; (e)

prefocacioun n. L praefocatio , -ionis . Suffocation. ?a1425 Chauliac(1) NY 12 117a/b Submersioun, i. drenching, is prefocacioun, i. skoknyng [Ch.(2) : strangelynge; L prefocatio], of fume, i. smoke, or of water.

upsenden v. From senden v.(2). To cause (the smoke of incense) to rise. ?a1475 Ludus C. Vsp D.8 153/52 Be-forn his faderys fayr breste Ensens he xal up sende.

a tax levied on a person keeping a hearth fire, a smoke farthing; saie , a fine fabric made at Lincoln, a kind of say. (1310-11) Acc.R.Dur. in Sur.Soc.100 506 In 17 ulnis de Lincolnesaye emp. pro Priore et sociis

Cp. OF baconer cut up or smoke (meat). One who flays or smokes (victims). c1450 Pilgr.LM Cmb Ff.5.30 143 This hand is a skorcheresse and a bacouresse [read: baconresse; F bacon(ne)resse] of poore folk. She seecheth the lous vnder the

overcovering ger. A protection. (a1382) WBible(1) Bod 959 Is.4.5 Þe lord broȝte forþ..a cloude bi dai, & smoke & shynyng of fijr flaumynge in nyȝt; vp al..þe glorie, ouercoueryng [WB(2) : hilyng; L protectio].

overdronke ppl. OE oferdruncen ppl. Excessively drunk. (a1398) Trev. Barth. Add 27944 78a/a It fareþ in hem þat ben ouer dronke [L in nimis inebriatis]..þe scharpe smoke of wyne stikeþ & prickeþ þe synowys of felinge.

thurgh-drie adj. Also thoroudrie . From drie adj.(1). Completely dry. c1450 Treat.Fish. Yale 171 149/13 Vn-bynde hym [rod] & let hym drye yn a smoke howse or in a howsroyf tyl hyt be thorow drye.

skokning ger. ?Cp. MDu. schocken to gorge, gulp down; ?cp. ME choken v. Suffocation. ?a1425 Chauliac(1) NY 12 117a/b Submersioun, i. drenching, is prefocacioun, i. skoknyng [Ch.(2) : strangelynge; L prefocatio], of fume, i. smoke or of water.

upwaken v. From waken v.(1). To wake up. a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex. Corp-C 444 3466 Smoke up rekeð and munt quakeð, Slep ðor non de ða ne up-wakeð.

n., morther/morder n., etc. Smoke, smoky vapor; smoke and . c1390 Body & S.(5) Vrn p.102 Þe eorþe opnede vp anon, Smoke and smolder [Dgb: smoldre] vp þer wel. c1400(c1378) PPl.B LdMisc 581 17.321-3 Whan smoke & smolder [C :

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