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ˈsniting, vbl. n.
[f. snite v.]
1. The action of the verb; a blowing or wiping of the nose or beak; the snuffing of a candle.
c1000ælfric Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 162 Sternutatio,..snytingc, uel fneosung. c1440Promp. Parv. 461 Snytynge, of a nose or candyl, munctura. c1460Vrbanitatis 19 in Babees Bk., Fro spettyng & snetyng kepe þe also. 1575Turberv. Faulconrie 306 And ye may perceive this disease by your hawkes often sniting & by making a noyze twice or thryse in hir snyting. 1611Cotgr., Mouchement, a snyting, or wiping of the nose. 1656W. Dugard tr. Comenius' Gate Lat. Unl. 57 The snivel..is detained by the hairs in the nostrils, that it may not flow down before sniting.
†2. The snuff of a candle. Obs.
c1440Promp. Parv. 461/2 Snytynge, of a candel, munctorium, emunctorium. 1483Cath. Angl. 347/1 A Snytynge of a candelle, licinus, licinum.
3. Comb., as † sniting hole; † sniting instrument, † iron, † tongs, candle-snuffers.
1388Wyclif Exod. xxxvii. 23 He made also seuene lanternes, with her snytyng tongis. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. v. ii. (Tollemache MS.), Þat þe open fumositeis and boystous filþe may be voyded and clensid by open and snytynge holes. c1475Promp. Parv. 461/2 (K.), Snytinge instrument, munctorium, emunctorium. 1483Cath. Angl. 347/1 A Snytynge yren, emvnctorium. |