v (transitive|UK|_|dialectal|Northern England|Scotland) To bring or thrust down; bring or make low; lower; abase; humble.
v (transitive|UK|_|dialectal|Northern England|Scotland) To constrict; straiten; confine; restrict; suppress; lay low; keep under; press in upon; vex; harass; oppress.
v (transitive|UK|_|dialectal|Scotland) To pinch or stunt with cold or hunger; check in growth; shrivel; straiten.
n (context|UK|_|dialectal|Scotland) oppression | Oppression; stress; a withering or stunting influence.