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▪ I. snash, n. Sc. (and north. dial.).|snaʃ|
[Related to snash v.]
Abuse, impertinence, insolence.
1786Burns Twa Dogs 96 Poor tenant bodies,..How they maun thole a factor's snash. 1832–53Whistle-Binkie Ser. i. 55 Xantippe's sel', wi' snash sae snell, Was but a lamb compared wi' Betty. 1898J. Macmanus Bend of Road 102, I doubt if they'd put up with yer snash elsewhere.
▪ II. snash, v. Sc.|snaʃ|
[prob. imitative. Cf. WFris. snasje, snaskje, Sw. snaska, in sense 2; MLG. snascherie eating of dainties.]
1. intr. To use abusive or impertinent language.
1802Galloway Adm. Crichton, etc. 77 Until he get ye by degrees To snash and snarl. 1818W. Muir Poems 25 Wae worth them, wha jeering snash.
2. To bite at hastily and noisily.
1856Deil's Hallowe'en 29 (E.D.D.), Ilk deevil, dippin' in his headie, Snashed at the apples unco greedy. |