scomfish, v. Sc. and north.
(ˈskʌmfɪʃ)
Also 8 sconfice, 8–9 scumfish; pa. pple. 4 sconfyste, 8 scunfest.
[Shortened f. discomfish.]
trans. † a. = scomfit v. Obs. b. To suffocate, stifle, choke (with heat, smoke, a bad smell). Also, to injure, ‘do for’. (See E.D.D. s.v. Scumfish.)
| a. c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints xvii. (Martha) 67 And as sconfyste stil he stud. |
| b. 1768 Ross Helenore 30 Her stinking breath Was just enough to sconfice ane to death. 1787 Grose Prov. Gloss., Scumfish'd, smother'd. N. 1818 Scott Hrt. Midl. xxxix, A' thing is sae poisoned wi' snuff, that I am like to be scomfished whiles. 1819 ― Montrose iv, Without scomfishing them with so much smoke. 1853 Mrs. Gaskell Ruth xviii, I'll scomfish you if ever you go for to tell. |