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▪ I. † ˈsnackle, a. Obs.—1 [prob. a var. of snaggle in snaggle-toothed a.] ? Snaggy.
1567J. Studley tr. Seneca, Hipp. v. (1581) 74 b, [Let] eke the snackle wheele That whirleth stil enforce my limmes thy swinging swift to feele. ▪ II. ˈsnackle, v. [Of obscure origin.] trans. To secure, make fast.
1887Doyle Study in Scarlet ii. vi, This young man here had the bracelets on my wrists, and as neatly snackled as ever I saw in my life. |