snibbingn.
The action of rebuking, reprimanding, or checking sharply.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [noun]
telingeOE
chastiment?c1225
snapinga1300
snibbinga1300
reproving?1316
undernimminga1325
correctiona1340
threapening1340
admonishingc1350
reproofa1375
scourgingc1374
correptionc1380
repreyningc1390
reprehensiona1413
undertakingc1430
rebuke?a1439
admonition1440
correptingc1449
rebut?c1450
reprehendingc1450
redargution1483
reproval1493
increpation1502
prisec1540
tasking1543
check1588
improof1590
snubbing1600
threap1636
compellation1656
reprovement1675
reprimanding1698
rowing1812
lecturing1861
carpeting1888
eldering1912
woodshedding1940
stick1956
a1300 Early Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter xvii. 18 Groundes of ertheli werld vn~hiled are For þi snibbing, lauerd myne.
a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xv. 7 Alswa oure neris, þat is, oure fleschly delites, makis vs worthi snybynge.
a1400 Minor Poems from Vernon MS xxiv. 285 From his wraþþe vs schilde, Þat we fele not þat harde snibbyng.
1451 J. Capgrave Life St. Gilbert viii. 73 To encrese of religion and snybbyng of vices.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 226 This Columban was scharpe in snibbing of maneris.
1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (iii. 1) 1110 The man of a pure minde is alwayes of a cheerefull looke, because there are no secret snibbings within him.
1642 D. Rogers Naaman 94 Others by their snibbing and chiding..doe blast that bud.
1891 S. O. Addy Suppl. Gloss. Words Sheffield 32 Them fox-terriers takes a deal of snibbing.
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