snee (sne)

[ sneed1 (sned). A spelling of snead1, snead2. sneed2 (snēd), n. [A dial. var. of snood.] Same as snood, 2. [Prov. Eng. and Scotch.] sneept, v. t. An obsolete form of sneap. sneer (sner), v. [Formerly also snear; A fourth would fondly ki and paw his companions, and snear in their faces, with a countenance more antic than any in a Dutch droll. Beverley , Virginia, iv. 18. 2. To grin; especially and usually, to grin or smile in a contemptuous manner; expre contempt by a grimace marked by slight turning up of the nose. I have no power over one muscle in their faces, though they sneered at every word spoken by each other. Tatler . 3. To insinuate contempt by a covert expre ion; use words suggestive rather than expre ive of contempt; speak derisively. To sneer at the sentiments which are the springs of all just and virtuous actions is merely a display of unthinking levity, or of want of the natural sensibilities. O. W. Holmes, E ays, p. 92. =Syn. 3. Scoff , Sncer, Jeer, Gibe. Scoff is the strongest word for the expre ion of utter contempt or abhorrence The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary 3. To affect in a specified way by sneering. Very likely they were laughing over his infatuation, and sneering her fair fame away, at that very moment in the clubs. Whyte Melville , White Rose, II. xviii. sneer (sner), n. [ IMG:content-1404.png:[blocks in formation] sneeringly (snēr'ing-li), adv . In a sneering manner; with a sneer. sneering-match (sner'ing-mach), n . ning-match (which see, under grin , v.). well. [Prov. Eng.] sneeze (snēz), n. [Early mod. E. also sneese ; v .] 1. The act of one who sneezes, or the sound made by sneezing; sudden and violent ejection of air through the nose and mouth with an audible sound.-2. Snuff. Also snish. Hall i well . [Prov. Eng.] - Cup o' sneeze. See cap . sneeze-horn (snēz ́hôrn), n. A sort of snuff-box made of an animal's horn. Hall i well . sneezer (snē'zér), n. [ sneeze + -er1.] 1. One who sneezes. When a Hindu sneezes, bystanders say "Live!" and the sneezer replies "With you!" E. B. Tylor , Prim. Culture, I. 101. 2. A violent blow; a blow that knocks the breath out. [Prov. Eng.] sneezeweed (snēz'wēd), n. A plant of the genus Helenium, mostly the common H. autumn ale . In England this, though rather coarse, is known in orna- mental culture. Its powdered leaves and flowers when snuffed up produce violent sneezing. Recently the finer southwestern species, H. tenuifolium , has received some notice. It is poisonous to human beings and to horses. Both plants have been advocated for medical use in ner- vous diseases. Le properly called sneezewort . See cut under Helenium . S. African D. nies - hout , niezen , sneeze (= E. neeze ), + hout , wood (= E. holt1 ).] A South African tree, Ptæroxylon utile , or its timber. The latter is a handsome wood taking a fine polish; it is strong and very durable, and but slightly affected by moisture. It is made into furniture, agricultural imple- ments, etc., and is used for railway-ties, piles, and similar purposes. The dust produced in working it causes sneez- ing (whence the name). sneezewort (snēz'wert), n. Cf. D. nieswortel , hellebore.] the white hellebore, Veratrum [ sneeze + wort1 . 1. In old usage, album , more often under the form neezewort . Britten and Hol- land , Eng. Plant Names.-2. A composite herb, Achillea Ptarmic a , chiefly of the Old World. The flower-heads are larger and much fewer than those of the yarrow, A. Mille folium ; the leaves are simple and to provoke sneezing (whence the name). 3. Same as sneezeweed . sneezing (snē'zing), n. [ snesynge , ear- lier fnesynge , fneósung , verbal n. of fneó- san , sneeze: see sneeze . Cf. neezing.] 1. The act of emitting a sneeze. Looking against the sun doth induce sneezing . snibt (snib), v. t. [Also dial. sneb , early mod. E. snib be , snab be ; snibben , snybben , snib be , chide, reprimand; another form of snub ( snubba = Sw. snubba ): see snub1. Cf. snip, sneap.] To check; reprimand; snub; sneap or sneb. Him wolde he snybbe sharply for the nones. Chaucer , Gen. Prol. to C. T., L. 523. He cast him to scold snibt (snib), n. rimand; a snub. Frost-bit, numb'd with il-straind snibbes . Marston, What you Will, ii. 1. snick (snik), v . t . [Sc. also sneck , E. dial. snig ; snikka = Norw. snikka = Sw. dial. snik- ka , nick, cut, esp. as a mason or carpenter; ef. Sw.snick are = Dan. snedker , a joiner; Sw.snick- ra = Dan. snedkre , do joiners' work; D. snik , a hatchet, a sharp tool.] To cut; clip; snip; nick. One of the Fates, with a long sharp knife, Snicking off bits of his shortened life. Among other Customs they have in that town [Genoal, one is That none must carry a pointed Knife about him; which makes the Hollander, who is used to Snik and Snee, to leave his Horn-sheath and Knife a Ship-board when he comes ashore. Howell, Letters, I. 1. 41. The brutal Sport of Snick - or -Snee. Dryden, Parallel of Poetry and Painting. snicker (snik'er), v. [Sc. also snicher ; ef. Sc. snecker , breathe loudly through the nose, snock- er , snort; MD. snick , D. snik , a sigh, sob, gasp, snikken , gasp, sob, = LG. snukken , sob; perhaps ult. akin to Sc. nicker , nicher , neigh, and to E. Who wish'd, 'twas said, to change her name, And, if I could her thoughts divine, Would not perhaps have sneez'd at mine. IMG:content-1405.png:[blocks in formation] sneg (sneg), v. t. A Scotch variant of snag2. snell i (snel), a. [ snel , snell , snel , snell = D. snel = MLG. snel = OHG. MHG. snel (> It. snel- lo = Pr. isnel , irnel = OF. isnel ) , G. schnell , swift, quick, Icel. snjallr , eloquent, able, bold, = Św. snäll = ODan. snel , swift, fleet; cf. Sw. Dan. snille, genius, Dan. snild , shrewd, sagacious.] 1t. Active; brisk; nimble; spirited. Sythyne wente into Wales with his wyes alle, Sweys into Swaldye with his snelle houndes, For to hunt at the hartes in thas hye laundes. To laugh in a half-suppre ed or foolish man- ner; giggle. Could we but hear our husbands chat it, How their tongues run, when they are at it, Their bawdy tales, when o'er their liquor, I'll warr'nt would make a woman snicker . There came a wind out of the north, A sharp wind and a snell. The Young Tamlane (Child's Ballads, I. 120). He has unco little sympathy wi' ither folks; and he's snell and dure eneugh in casting up their nonsense to them. Scott , Antiquary, xxi. piece of gut, gimp, or sea-gra on which fish- hooks are tied; a snood. The best material for snells is silkworm-gut, as it is light, strong, and nearly invisible. snell2 (snel), v . t. [ n . A particular tie made by looping a snell, used by anglers. snet (snet), n. [Perhaps a var. of * snit , snit ), a slice, cut, wound, snijden (= G. schneiden), cut: see snead1 .] The fat of a deer. [Obsolete or prov. Eng.] II. trans. To utter with or like a sneeze. Shall not Love to me, As in the Latin song I learnt at school, Sneeze out a full God-ble you right and left? snew1t,. A Middle English (and more original) spelling of snow1 . snew2. A Middle English or modern dialectal preterit of snow1 . sniff II. trans. 1. To draw in with the breath through the nose; smell of with an audible inhalation; snuff: as, to sniff the fragrance of a clover-field. The horses were sniffing the wind, with necks outstretched toward the east. O'Donovan, Merv, iii. 5731