snirtle

i. [Prob. imitative, or a dim in. from snort (q. v.).] To laugh quietly or restrainedly. "He feigned to snirtle in his sleeve, When thus the caird addre 'd her." Burns: Jolly Beggars . *snitch-er, s. [Etym. doubtful.] 1. An informer, a tell-tale; one who turns queen's (or king's) evidence. (Eng.slang.) 2. A handcuff. ( Slang .) snite, v . t . [A.S.snýtan=to wipe or clean the nose; Icel. snýta to blow the nose: Sw. snyta; Dan. snyde ; Dut.snuiten.] [SNOUT.] To blow or clean the nose; to snuff, as a candle. "Nor would any one be able to snite his nose, or to sneeze."-Grew: Cosmo. Sacra , bk. i., ch. v.