Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo drift · To be stifled or overpowered by a lack of air, the heat, etc.; to be out of breath. · To be hot (temperature-wise).
Possibly from an alteration of Middle English maght, mauȝt (“might”). More at might. Compare Scots maucht (“to deprive of strength, wear out, exhaust, defeat”, verb).
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