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Smoor vs Smoot - What's the difference?

smoor | smoot |

As a verb smoor

is (transitive|obsolete|dialect|uk|scotland) to suffocate or smother.

As a noun smoot is

(chiefly|greater boston) a unit of length defined as exactly sixty-seven inches]] (approximately 170 [[meter|meters) or smoot can be (british) a small opening built into a dry-stone wall as a bolthole allowing a person to cross the wall while impeding the livestock.

smoor

English

Alternative forms

* smore

Verb

(en verb)
  • (transitive, obsolete, dialect, UK, Scotland) To suffocate or smother.
    • (Robert Burns)
    (Webster 1913) ----

    smoot

    English

    Etymology 1

    (wikipedia smoot) Height of , who lay on the Harvard Bridge to measure it as an MIT fraternity prank.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chiefly, Greater Boston) A unit of length defined as exactly sixty-seven inches]] (approximately 1.70 [[meter, meters).

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British) A small opening built into a dry-stone wall as a bolthole allowing a person to cross the wall while impeding the livestock.

    • Anagrams

    * * English eponyms