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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Suffocation(e, n. [e.m.E. suffocacion (1567), suffocation (a1577), OF suffocation (c1380 in Larousse), L. suffōcātiōn-, f. suffōcāre.] Hysteria, in women (formerly thought to be caused by a disturbance of the uterus. See OED Hysteria n. 1). — 1549 Compl. 67/10.
I sau muguart, that is gude for the suffocatione of ane vomans bayrnis bed [pr. hed] 1581-1623 James VI Poems I 169/523.
The suffocation of the bruddie matrice quike
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