choake

English

Verb

choake (third-person singular simple present choakes, present participle choaking, simple past and past participle choaked)

1. Obsolete spelling of choke.
   • 1589–1592 (date written), Ch[ristopher] Marl[owe], The Tragicall History of D. Faustus. […], London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for Thomas Bushell, published 1604, →OCLC, signature [C4], verso:

     Glut[tony]: […] now Fauſtus, thou haſt heard all my Pꝛogeny, wilt thou bid me to ſupper? / Fau[ſtus]. No, Ile ſée thée hanged, thou wilt eate vp all my victualls. / Glut[tony]. Then the diuell choake thée. / Fau[ſtus]. Choake thy ſelfe glutton: […]

Noun

choake (plural choakes)

1. Obsolete spelling of choke.