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▪ I. sneg, n. Obs. exc. dial. [ME. snegge, = MLG. snigge, MHG. snegge, snecke, G. schnecke.] A snail. Cf. snag n.3
1340Ayenb. 32 Þo anlikneþ þan þet ne dar naȝt guo ine þe peþe uor þane snegge þet sseaweþ him his hornes. 1880–7in Kentish and Cornish glossaries. ▪ II. sneg, v. Sc. [Of obscure origin: cf. sneck v.2] trans. To cut. Jamieson (1808) also gives sneg as a n.
1718Ramsay Christ's Kirk Gr. iii. xii, [She] sneg'd the raips fow snack, We' er knife that day. 17..― Address of Thanks xviii, Bring to the warld the luckless wean, And sneg its infant thrapple. 1808–57in Eng. Dial. Dict. |