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1. To stumble, S.
_Kelly._
2. To get into a sc.r.a.pe, S.
_Maitland P._
Su. G. _snafw-a_, t.i.tubare; _snabb_, celer.
~Snapper~, _s._
1. A stumble, S.
2. A failure as to morals, S.
_R. Bruce._
SNAP-WORK, SNAPWARK, _s._ A firelock.
_Cleland._
Belg. _snaphaan_, a _c.o.c.k_ that _snaps_.
SNARRE, _adj._
1. Tart, severe. S. B.
2. Rigid, firm to the grasp, S. B.
Isl. _snar_, acer; Belg. _snar_, snarling.
_To_ SNASH, _v. n._ To talk saucily, S.
Su. G. _snaes-a_, verbis asperioribus corripere.
~Snash~, _s._ Abuse, Billingsgate, S.
_Burns._
~Snash~, _adj._ Pert, saucy, S.
_Morison._
s.n.a.t.c.h, _s._ A hasty repast.
V. ~Snack~, _s._
_Boswell._
SNAW, _s._ Snow, S. _snauw_, S. B.
_Minstr. Bord._
A. S. _snaw_, id. Belg. _sneeuw_.
~Snaw-bru~, ~Snaw-broo~, _s._ Snow-water, S.
_Burns._
~Snawie~, _adj._ Snowy, S.
_Burns._
_To_ SNECK, SNEG, _v. a._
1. To cut with a sudden stroke of a sharp instrument, S.
_Ramsay._
2. _To sneg off at the web's end_, to cut off one's hopes, S.
_Ramsay._
Germ. _schneck-en_, scindere.
3. _To sneck_ with lime, to make indentations in a wall, filling the blanks with lime; or, in building, to insert a small quant.i.ty between the stones in the outer side, S.
~Sneck, Sneg~, _s._ A small incision, a cut suddenly given, S.
_Ross._
SNECK, SNICK, _s._
1. The latch of a door, S.
_Ross._
Teut. _snack-en_, captare.
2. A small bolt, S.
