snitelt (snit)

[ Fine fat capon, partridge, snite , plover, larks, teal, ad. mirable teal, my lord. Ford , Sun's Darling, iv. 1. snite2 (snīt), v.; pret.and pp. snited, ppr. sniting. [Early mod. E. also snyte, snytte; Fro spettyng & snetyng kepe the also. Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 13. So looks he like a marble toward rain, And wrings and snites , and weeps and wipes again. Bp . Hall , Satires, VI. i. 104. snithet, v. [Early ME. snithen, snāth , pp. sniden ) = OS. snithan = OFries. snitha , snida, snia = D. snijden = OHG. snidan , cut (clothes), MHG. sniden, G. schneiden = Icel. snidha = Goth. sneithan , cut. Cf. snit he, a., snead1, snead2, sneath , snathe1 .] To cut. snit he (sniTH), a. [ Halli- well . [Prov. Eng.] snithy (snith'i), a. [= G. schneidig , cutting, sharp-edged; as snit he + -y1.] Same as snit he. snivel (sniv'l), n. [Early mod. E. snyvell (after the verb), snovel , * snofel , snofel (Somner), snoft (AS. Leechdoms, ii. 24), mucus, snot. Cf. snuffle , and sniff , snuff1 .] 1. Mucus running from the nose; snot. I beraye any thynge with snyvell. Palsgrave , p. 723. 2. Figuratively, in contempt, weak, forced, or pretended weeping; hypocritical expre ions of sorrow or repentance, especially in a nasal tone; hypocrisy; cant. The cant and snivel of which we have seen so much of late. St. James's Gazette , Feb. 9, 1886. ( Encyc . Dict.) snivel (sniv'l), v .; pret. and pp.sniveled , snivelled , ppr. sniveling , snivelling . [Early mod. E. sneevle, snevell, snevil, snevyll, snyvell, snuvelen , sniff, snivel; from the noun, AS. * snofel , snoft , mucus, snot: see sniffle . Hence, by contraction, snool . Cf. sniff, snuff1, snuffle.] I. in trans. 1. To run at the nose.-2. To draw up the mucus audibly through the nose; snuff.-3. To cry, weep, or fret, as children, with snuffing or sniveling. Let 'em snivel and cry their Hearts out. Congreve, Way of the World, i. 9. 4. Figuratively, to utter hypocritical expres- sions of contrition or regret, especially with a nasal tone; affect a tearful or repentant state. He snivels in the cradle, at the school, at the altar, on the death-bed. Whipple, E . and Rev., II. 117. II.t trans. To suffer to be covered, as the nose or face, with snivel or nasal mucus. Nor imitate with So crates To wipe thy snivelled nose Vpon thy cap, as he would doe, Nor yet upon thy clothes. Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 292. [ snyvelard ; snivel + Prompt. Parv ., p. 461. Snips.