v. Obs. exc. dial. Also 6 quesomen, queazen, 9 dial. quessom, quezzen. [Of obscure origin.] a. trans. To choke, stifle. b. intr. To be choked or smothered.
1561. Daus, trans. Bullinger on Apoc. (1573), 99. Without breathing and cooling, men must needes wither and be quesomened and choked vp.
1599. Nashe, Lenten Stuffe, 57. The spirable odor and pestilent steame … would haue queazened him.
1616. Hayward, Sanct. Troub. Soul, I. iii. (1620), 46. Behold (O Lord) how my conscience lyeth queasomed vnder the multitude of my offences.
a. 1825. Forby, Voc. E. Anglia, Quezzen, (1) To suffocate with noxious vapour. (2) To smother away without flame. If the fuel be damp, the fire quezzens out.
