STIFLE
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Sti"fle (?), n. [From Stiff.] (Far.) The joint next above the hock, and near the flank, in the hind leg of the horse and allied animals; the joint corresponding to the knee in man; -- called also stifle joint. See Illust. under Horse.
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Stifle bone, a small bone at the stifle joint; the patella, or kneepan.
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Sti"fle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stifled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Stifling (?).] [Freq. of OE. stif stiff; cf. Icel. st&ī;fla to dam up.] 1. To stop the breath of by crowding something into the windpipe, or introducing an irrespirable substance into the lungs; to choke; to suffocate; to cause the death of by such means; as, to stifle one with smoke or dust.
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Stifled with kisses, a sweet death he dies.
Dryden.
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I took my leave, being half stifled with the closeness of the room.
Swift.
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2. To stop; to extinguish; to deaden; to quench; as, to stifle the breath; to stifle a fire or flame.
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Bodies . . . stifle in themselves the rays which they do not reflect or transmit.
Sir I. Newton.
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3. To suppress the manifestation or report of; to smother; to conceal from public knowledge; as, to stifle a story; to stifle passion.
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I desire only to have things fairly represented as they really are; no evidence smothered or stifled.
Waterland.
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Sti"fle (?), v. i. To die by reason of obstruction of the breath, or because some noxious substance prevents respiration.
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You shall stifle in your own report.
Shak.
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