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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1659
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(Suffoke,) , v. P.p. suffoked. [e.m.E. suffoke (once, Caxton), OF suffoquer (c1270 in Larousse), f. as Suffocat v.] To suffocate. Cf. Suffocat v. —1659 Blairs P. 161.
Ther uas six men lying daid on the top of the hil uho had been suffoked in the snou
