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scomfit
▪ I. † ˈscomfit, n. Obs. Forms: 4 scoumfyt, sconfit, scumfite, 4–5 scom-, skomfite, 6 skumfite. [f. scomfit v.; cf. discomfit n.] Defeat, discomfiture.13.. K. Alis. 959 Ac the scoumfyt, and the damage, Feol on heom of Cartage. c 1320 Beues 890 Iosian lai in a castel & seȝ þat sconfit euerich del. c ...
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ascomfit
† aˈscomfit, v. Obs. rare—1. [a. OF. esconfire, pa. pple. esconfit, f. es out of + confire to preserve:—L. conficĕre; cf. discomfit: see as- prefix2. The aphetic scomfit is usual.] To discomfit, rout.c 1450 Lonelich Grail xiv. 126 [He] beheeld His meyne as-scomfited in the feld.
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scomfish
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. S...
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