snack (snak)

[ E. snatch ), snatch, = MD. snacken, snatch, snap, also as D. snakken, gasp, sob, desire, long for; prob. the same as MD. snacken, chatter, cackle, bark, MLG. LG. snacken = G. dial. schnakken, chatter; prob. ult., like snap, imitative of quick motion. Hence snatch.] I. trans. 1. To snatch. Hall i well. brush that swept off the smut and forced it through the screen. Improved forms now consist of shaking tables and screens, revolving screens, perforated cylinders, and the like, combined with an air-blast; and machines of this type, besides removing the smut, point and clean the grain. Compare separator, 2 (a).