choke (the following are rare in S.; 3 cf. Matthew xiii. 22 in the Great Bible of 1539, ‘The care of the worlde, and the dissaytfulnes of riches, choke vp the worde’)
1.
to prevent the free play of
Mac. I. ii. 9
“As two spent swimmers,
that do cling together And choke their
art.”
2.
to silence, stop the
mouth of
Shr. II. i. 370
“have I chok'd you with
an argosy?”
3.
to enclose so as to
smother
R2 III. iv. 44
“her fairest flowers
chok'd up.”
