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English → English (gcide) Definition: Smother fly Smother \Smoth"er\, n. [OE. smorther. See Smother, v. t.] 1. Stifling smoke; thick dust. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. A state of suppression. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Not to keep their suspicions in smother. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 3. That which smothers or causes a sensation of smothering, as smoke, fog, the foam of the sea, a confused multitude of things. Then they vanished, swallowed up in the grayness of the evening and the smoke and smother of the storm. --The Century. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Smother fly (Zo["o]l.), an aphid. [1913 Webster]