STIFLE

stifle. Stifle, v.t. to suppress, conceal, extinguish

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Sti″fle (?), n. [[From Stiff.]] (Far.) The joint next above the hock, and near the flank, in the hind leg of the horse and allied animals; the joint corresponding to the knee in man; — called also stifle joint. See Illust. under Horse. Stifle bone, a small bone at the stifle joint; the patella, or kneepan.