Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: SNICK'ER, or SNIG'GER – SNORE
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SNICK'ER, or SNIG'GER, v.i. [Sw. niugg, close. This can have no connection with sneer. The elements and the sense are different.]
To laugh slily; or to laugh in one's sleeve. [It is a word in common use in New England, not easily defined. It signifies to laugh with small audible catches of voice, as when persons attempt to suppress loud laughter.]
SNIFF, n.
Perception by the nose. [Not in use.] – Warton.
SNIFF, v.i.
To draw air audibly up the nose. [See Snuff.] – Swift.
SNIFF, v.t.
To draw in with the breath. [Not in use.] – Todd.
SNIFT, v.i.
To snort. [Not in use.]
SNIG, n. [See Snake.]
A kind of eel. [Local.] – Grose.
SNIG'GLE, v.i. [supra.]
To fish for eels, by thrusting the bait into their holes. [Local.] – Walton.
SNIG'GLE, v.t.
To snare; to catch. – Beaum.
SNIP, n.
- A clip; a single cut with shears or scissors. – Shak. Wiseman.
- A small shred. Wiseman.
- Share; a snack. [A low word.] – L'Estrange.
SNIP, v.t. [D. snippen, to nip; knippen, to clip. See Sneap.]
To clip; to cut off the nip or neb, or to cut off at once with shears or scissors.
SNIPE, n. [D. snip; G. schnepfe; from neb, nib; so named from its bill.]
- A bird that frequents the banks of rivers and the borders of fens, distinguished by the length of its bill; the Scolopax gallinago.
- A fool; a blockhead. – Shak.
SNIP'PER, n.
One that snips or clips.
SNIP'PET, n.
A small part or share. [Not in use.] – Hudibras.
SNIP'PING, ppr.
Clipping; cutting off with shears or scissors.
SNIP'SNAP, n.
A cant word, formed by repeating snap, and signifying a tart dialogue with quick replies. – Pope.
SNITE, n. [Sax.]
A snipe. [Not in use.] – Carew.
SNITE, v.t. [Sax. snytan.]
To blow the nose. [Not in use.] In Scotland, snite the candle; snuff it. – Grew.
SNIV-EL, n. [sniv'l; Sax. snofel, snyfling. Qu. neb, nib, snuff.]
Snot; mucus running from the nose.
SNIV'EL, v.i.
- To run at the nose.
- To cry as children, with snuffing or sniveling.
SNIV'EL-ER, n.
- One that cries with sniveling.
- One that weeps for slight causes, or manifests weakness by weeping.
SNIV'EL-Y, a.
Running at the nose; pitiful; whining.
SNOD, a.
Trimmed; smooth. [Local.]
SNOD, n. [Sax.]
A fillet. [Not in use or local.]
SNOOK, v.i. [Sw. snoka. Qu. nook.]
To lurk; to lie in ambush. [Not in use.] Scott.
SNORE, n.
A breathing with a harsh noise in sleep.