smore

1) A spelling of ‘smother’ which captures the dialect pronunciation.

The one example is the burial entry for a youngster who died in a coal-mine: 1597 Richard Maukenoole [sic for Mankenoole] sonn smored with the dampe, Leeds.

places Leeds
dates 1597

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