Some dying vomit blood, and some were smored.
Du Bartas.
{ ||Smor*zan"do (?), ||Smor*sa"to (?), } a. [It.] (Mus.) Growing
gradually fainter and softer; dying away; morendo.
Smote (?), imp. (∧ rare p. p.) of Smite.
Smo"ter*lich (?), a. [CF. Smut.] Dirty; foul. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Smoth"er (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smothered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Smothering.] [OE. smotheren; akin to E. smoor. See Smoor.] 1. To
destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the air necessary for
life; to cover up closely so as to prevent breathing; to suffocate; as,
to smother a child.
2. To affect as by suffocation; to stife; to deprive of air by a thick
covering, as of ashes, of smoke, or the like; as, to smother a fire.
3. Hence, to repress the action of; to cover from public view; to
suppress; to conceal; as, to smother one's displeasure.
Smoth"er, v. i. 1. To be suffocated or stifled.