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SNISTER, _s._ A severe blast in the face, Ang.
SNISTY, _adj._ Saucy in language or demeanour, S. B.
Su. G. _snaes-a_, Isl. _snefs-a_, to chide severely.
_To_ SNITE, _v. a._ To snuff; applied to a candle, S.
Su. G. _snyta liuset_, emungere lucernam.
SNYTH, _s._ The coot, Orkn.
_Barry._
Su. G. _snoed_, bald, from its head.
_To_ SNOCKER, _v. n._ To snort, S.
_Minstr. Bord._
Dan. _snorck-er_, Belg. _snork-en_, id.
~Snocker~, _s._ A snort, S.
SNOD, _adj._
1. Lopped, pruned, S.
_Hudson._
2. Neat; regarding the shape.
_Doug._
3. Trim, S.; synon. _trig_.
_R. Galloway._
4. Transferred to literary compositions.
The pret. of the _v._ ~Sned~.
_R. Galloway._
_To_ ~Snod~, _v. a._
1. To prune, S.
2. To put in order, S.
_Ferguson._
_To_ SNOIF, _v. a._ To whirl, applied to the spindle.
V. ~Snoove~.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _sno_, contorquere.
SNOIT, _s._ Mucus from the nose.
A. S. _snote_, id.
_Watson._
_To_ SNOKE, SNOOK, SNOWK, _v. n._
1. To smell at objects like a dog, S. Douglas.
2. To range, prying into every corner, S.
Su. G. _snok-a_, insidiose scrutari.
SNOOD, _s._ A short hair-line, to which a fis.h.i.+ng-hook is tied, S.
_Statist. Acc._
Su. G. _snod_, funiculus; _sno_, to twist.
SNOOD, SNOID, SNUDE, _s._ A fillet with which the hair of a young woman's head is bound up, S.
_Pennant._
A. S. _snod_, vitta.
_To_ ~Snood~, _v. a._ To bind up the hair with a fillet, S.
