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Stifle
Stifle Sti"fle, v. i.
To die by reason of obstruction of the breath, or because
some noxious substance prevents respiration.
You shall stifle in your own report. --Shak.
StifleStifle Sti"fle, n. [From Stiff.] (Far.)
The joint next above the hock, and near the flank, in the
hind leg of the horse and allied animals; the joint
corresponding to the knee in man; -- called also stifle
joint. See Illust. under Horse.
Stifle bone, a small bone at the stifle joint; the patella,
or kneepan. StifleStifle Sti"fle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stifled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Stifling.] [Freq. of OE. stif stiff; cf. Icel. st[=i]fla to
dam up.]
1. To stop the breath of by crowding something into the
windpipe, or introducing an irrespirable substance into
the lungs; to choke; to suffocate; to cause the death of
by such means; as, to stifle one with smoke or dust.
Stifled with kisses, a sweet death he dies.
--Dryden.
I took my leave, being half stifled with the
closeness of the room. --Swift.
2. To stop; to extinguish; to deaden; to quench; as, to
stifle the breath; to stifle a fire or flame.
Bodies . . . stifle in themselves the rays which
they do not reflect or transmit. --Sir I.
Newton.
3. To suppress the manifestation or report of; to smother; to
conceal from public knowledge; as, to stifle a story; to
stifle passion.
I desire only to have things fairly represented as
they really are; no evidence smothered or stifled.
--Waterland. Stifle boneStifle Sti"fle, n. [From Stiff.] (Far.)
The joint next above the hock, and near the flank, in the
hind leg of the horse and allied animals; the joint
corresponding to the knee in man; -- called also stifle
joint. See Illust. under Horse.
Stifle bone, a small bone at the stifle joint; the patella,
or kneepan. stifle jointStifle Sti"fle, n. [From Stiff.] (Far.)
The joint next above the hock, and near the flank, in the
hind leg of the horse and allied animals; the joint
corresponding to the knee in man; -- called also stifle
joint. See Illust. under Horse.
Stifle bone, a small bone at the stifle joint; the patella,
or kneepan. Stifled
Stifled Sti"fled, a.
Stifling.
The close and stifled study. --Hawthorne.
StifledStifle Sti"fle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stifled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Stifling.] [Freq. of OE. stif stiff; cf. Icel. st[=i]fla to
dam up.]
1. To stop the breath of by crowding something into the
windpipe, or introducing an irrespirable substance into
the lungs; to choke; to suffocate; to cause the death of
by such means; as, to stifle one with smoke or dust.
Stifled with kisses, a sweet death he dies.
--Dryden.
I took my leave, being half stifled with the
closeness of the room. --Swift.
2. To stop; to extinguish; to deaden; to quench; as, to
stifle the breath; to stifle a fire or flame.
Bodies . . . stifle in themselves the rays which
they do not reflect or transmit. --Sir I.
Newton.
3. To suppress the manifestation or report of; to smother; to
conceal from public knowledge; as, to stifle a story; to
stifle passion.
I desire only to have things fairly represented as
they really are; no evidence smothered or stifled.
--Waterland. StiflerStifler Sti"fler, n.
1. One who, or that which, stifles.
2. (Mil.) See Camouflet.
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