What does smoor mean?
Smoor means (transitive, obsolete, Scotland) To suffocate, smother, or extinguish.
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/smʊə(ɹ)/ · verb
(transitive, obsolete, Scotland) To suffocate, smother, or extinguish.
smoor the fire
The death o' devils smoor'd wi' brimstone reek
Use smoor when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Smoor means (transitive, obsolete, Scotland) To suffocate, smother, or extinguish.
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
smoor the fire
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