Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A snipe.
- To blow or wipe (the nose); snuff (a candle); in falconry, to wipe (the beak) after feeding.
- To blow or wipe the nose.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Obs. or Scot. A snipe.
- transitive verb Obs. or Scot. To blow, as the nose; to snuff, as a candle.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
snipe . - verb transitive To
blow (one's nose). - verb transitive To
snuff (a candle).
Etymologies
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Examples
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Candlesticks and snuffers were found in every house; the latter were called by various names, the word snit or snite being the most curious.
Customs and Fashions in Old New England Alice Morse Earle 1881
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It is from the old English snyten, to blow, and was originally a verb -- to snite the candle, or put it out.
Customs and Fashions in Old New England Alice Morse Earle 1881
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He was not to spit or snite before his Lord the King, or wipe his nose on the table-cloth.
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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In this place we saw foure very faire faulcons; and M. Bruton tooke from one of them his prey, which we iudged by the wings and legs to be a snite, for the head was eaten off.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation, Vol. XII., America, Part I. Richard Hakluyt 1584
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Not many living Englishmen would understand the meaning of, say, to be fullied, or would cry to a friend to snite his snitch.
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Spit and snite, don’t, 262/19; when you do, tread it out, 212/107.
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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