smoor, verb transitive and intransitive

Origin:
Afrikaans.
To braise or stew (meat or fish); (of meat) to stew or simmer.
1891 H.J. Duckitt Hilda’s ‘Where Is It?’ p.ixFry the onion with the meat, a light brown (‘smoor,’ as the Cape cooks say). This must be done rather quickly.
1913 D. Fairbridge Piet of Italy 115Brown your onions well, let the meat smoor gently at the side of the fire or bake it in a pot.
1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms 453Smoor,..As used in South Africa this word means ‘to stew’.
1945 H. Gerber Fish Fare 56Smoor in pan till the fish is brown and tender; serve piping hot.
To braise or stew (meat or fish); (of meat) to stew or simmer.
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smoor, adjectiveadj. & nounn.smoored, participial adjectivepart. adj.
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