snet
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old English snȳtan, from Proto-Germanic *snūtijaną. Compare snot.
Verb
[edit]snet (third-person singular simple present snets, present participle snetting, simple past and past participle snetted)
- (obsolete) To clear of mucus; to blow (one's nose).
- 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC:
- snetting his nose
Etymology 2
[edit]Compare German Schnitt (“that which is cut”), from schneiden (“to cut”). Compare English snath.
Noun
[edit]snet (uncountable)
- (UK, obsolete, dialect) The fat of a deer.
- 1825, Samuel Adams and Sarah Adams, The Complete Servant:
- deer's, goat's, or lamb's snet
References
[edit]- “snet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
[edit]Slovene
[edit]Participle
[edit]snẹ̑t
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