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_To_ ~Sneck~ _the door_, to fix it by a latch, S.
_Ross._
~Sneck-drawer~, ~Snick-drawer~, _s._ _Auld sneck-drawer_, one who, from long experience, has acquired great facility in doing any thing; generally used in a bad sense, S.
_Pop. Ball._
~Sneck-drawin~, _adj._ Crafty, S.
_Burns._
_To_ SNED, _v. a._
1. To prune; S., _snath_, S. Bor.
_Ruddiman._
2. To lop off, S.
_Burns._
3. To remove excrescences.
_Z. Boyd._
4. To emasculate, S.
Teut. _snijd-en_, secare; castrare.
~Sneddins~, _s. pl._ Prunings, or twigs lopped off, S.
Teut. _snede_, a slice.
SNEER, _s._
1. The act of inhalation by the nostrils, Fife.
2. A snort, S.
_Minstr. Bord._
SNEEs.h.i.+N, SNEEZING, _s._
1. Snuff, S.
_Ritson._
2. A pinch of snuff, S.
_Meston._
~Snees.h.i.+n-mill~, ~Snis.h.i.+n-box~, _s._ A snuff-box, S.
_Colvil._
_To_ SNEG, _v. a._ To cut.
V. ~Sneck~.
_To_ SNEIR, _v. n._ Perh. move swiftly.
_Bannatyne P._
Isl. _snar-a_, celeriter auferre.
SNEIRLY, _adv._ In derision.
_Burel._
SNEIST, _s._ A taunt, Loth.
V. ~Snisty~.
SNEITH, _adj._ Uncertain.
_Douglas._
SNELL, _adj._
1. Keen, severe, S.
_Wallace._
2. Sharp, piercing; applied to the temperature of the air, S.
_Douglas._
3. Sarcastic; transferred to language.
_Ross._
