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suffocation (s.xiii1)
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suffocation (s.xiii1)

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soffocacion;  suffocacioun,  suffocaciun  
  FEW:  suffocare 12,414a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  suffocation 10,725a TL: ∅ DEAF:  suffocation  DMF:  suffocation  TLF:  suffocation  OED:  suffocation n.  MED:  suffocacioun n .  DMLBS:  suffocatio 3281b

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fig.stifling, restriction: 
( 1406 )  en contempt de Dieu et suffocacioun et destruction de divine service  Rot Parl1 iii 594
suffocation de marris, matrice
femalepathol.hysteria, suffocatio hysterica: 
( s.xiii1; MS: c.1365 )  Item ele est bone pur suffocaciun de mariz en tiele manere [...]  Pharmacopoeia 873
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Soffocacion si est une maladie que les femmes ont en la matriz en la quele semblent por poi esteintes et mortes come la matrix monte et fait presse as membres espirités  A-N Med i 243.177
( c.1300; MS: s.xivin )  suffocation del mariz  A-N Med ii 166.122
( MS: s.xivin )  Femmes as garetz seignerés Q[ua]nt lour floures sont arestez, Et pur suffocation, auxi dium, De matrice y seigne hom  Phlebotomy 75

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suffocation