| 释义 |
▪ I. sny, n. Shipbuilding.|snaɪ|
[Cf. snying vbl. n.]
(See quots. 1846 and 1875.)
a.1711W. Sutherland Shipbuild. Assist. 54 In working up a round Buttock of a Ship, the lower Edge of the Planks will have a sudden Sny aft. 1846A. Young Naut. Dict. 288 In shipbuilding, a plank is said to have sny, when its edge has an upward curve.
b.c1850Rudim. Nav. (Weale) 149 The great sny occasioned in full bows..is..to be prevented by introducing steelers. 1875Knight Dict. Mech. 2232/1 Sny,..the trend of the lines of a ship upward from amidship toward the bow and the stern.
▪ II. † sny, v.1 Obs.—1
In 5 snyȝe.
[Of obscure origin.]
intr. To move, proceed.
a1400–50Alexander 4095 Þan snyȝes þar, out of þat snyth hill.., A burly best.
▪ III. sny, v.2 Now dial.|snaɪ|
Forms: 7 snithe, 9 snive; 7, 9 snie, 8–9 sny, 9 snye; 7, 9 snee.
[Of obscure origin.]
intr. To abound, swarm, teem, be infested, with something.
1674Ray N.C. Words 44 To Snee or snie, to abound or swarm. He snies with Lice, he swarms with them. 1675V. Alsop Anti-sozzo 503 Certainly never did man so snithe with prejudices against Truth. c1746J. Collier (Tim Bobbin) View Lanc. Dial. Gloss., Snye, to swarm. 1849Howitt Year Bk. Country 242/32 The villages in the forest sny with children. 1882Echo 16 Jan. 4/1 The place literally ‘snives’ with rabbits. 1897J. Prior Ripple & Flood xix, The watter snies wi' fish. |