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snurt, v. Now north. and Sc. Also 5 snvrtyn, 6, 8 dial. snourt, 6 snowrt. [prob. imitative.] 1. intr. To snort; † to sneer; to snore.
c1440Promp. Parv. 462/1 Snvrtyn, or frowne wythe þe nese for scorne or schrewdenesse, nario. 1549Coverdale, etc. Erasm. Par. Thess. 7 That we watche in the dayelight and not lye snourtyng in darkenesse. 1551Dr. Haddon's Exhort. in Furnivall Ballads fr. MSS. I. 325 Yet snowrteste thow, & sleapeste sownd. 1611Cotgr., Brouffer, to snurt, or snifter with the nose, like a horse. 1790Mrs. Wheeler Westmld. Dial. (1821) App. 2 They [fish] snourt when they com out oth girt dub like thunner. 1887Darlington Folk Sp. S. Cheshire, Snurt, to snort; but used only of a horse. †2. trans. To eject or cast out with a snort or clearing of the nose. Obs. rare.
1600Minte of Deformities (Halliw.), One snurts tobacco, as his nose were made A perfum'd jakes for all scurrilities. 1610Markham Masterpiece ii. xxii. 256 Giue him liberty to hold downe his head, and to snurt out the filthy matter. Hence ˈsnurter, a snorer; ˈsnurting vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1549Coverdale, etc. Erasm. Par. 1 Peter II. 12 So as he that is the more watchefull, maye rayse vp the drowsye snourtour. 1567Drant Horace, Ep. i. xiv. E v, Swetely by the husshing brookes to take a snurting nap. 1611Cotgr., Esbrouëment,..a snurting, or snuftering with the nose. 1891Sheffield Gloss. Suppl. 54 A man who was blowing through his tobacco pipe said that ‘it made a snurting noise’. |