An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 789

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 789

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 fishing-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 womans head is bound up, S.


_Pennant._


A. S. _snod_, vitta.


_To_ ~Snood~, _v. a._ To bind up the hair with a fillet, S.