What is to smother; to suffocate; to choke. [Obs.] Holinshed. Palsgrave called?
smolder — To smother; to suffocate; to choke. [Obs.] Holinshed. Palsgrave. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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