ˈqueasom, v. Obs. exc. dial.
Also 6 quesomen, queazen, 9 dial. quessom, quezzen.
[Of obscure origin.]
a. trans. To choke, stifle. b. intr. To be choked or smothered.
| 1561 J. Daus tr. Bullinger on Apoc. (1573) 99 Without breathing and cooling, men must needes wither and be quesomened and choked vp. 1599 Nashe Lenten Stuffe 57 The spirable odor and pestilent steame..would haue queazened him. 1616 Hayward Sanct. Troub. Soul i. iii. (1620) 46 Behold (O Lord) how my conscience lyeth queasomed vnder the multitude of my offences. a 1825 Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Quezzen, (1) To suffocate with noxious vapour. (2) To smother away without flame. If the fuel be damp, the fire quezzens out. |