stiffle v [phonetics unavailable]. EDD ~ v1 Ha So D. To suffocate.
T 100/1-64 An' the track an' everything burned over us. [It's a] wonder we hadn't stiffled with smoke, but we didn't. T 141/64-652 And if it hadn't been for that crowd, all the rest would have had a tight nip whether they got out of the house [covered with snow]—stiffled and buried alive.
