snowish (snoish)

[ He gan to stroke; and good thrifte bad ful ofte Hire snowi h [var. snow- white ] throte. Chaucer, Troilus, iii. 1250. Her snowish necke with blewish vaines Stood bolt vpright vpon Her portly shoulders. Warner, Albion's England, iv. 54. snow-knife (snō'nīf), n. An implement used by Eskimos for scraping snow from fur garments, having the general form of a large knife, but made of morse-ivory or some similar material. snowl (snoul), n. [Origin obscure.] The hooded merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus. See cut under merganser. G. Trumbull, 1888. [Cris field, Maryland.]