† snick or sneev.n.

Forms: Also 1600s steake or snye, stick or snee, 1700s snic or snee; 1600s–1700s snick-or-snee.

Etymology: originally < Dutch steken (German stechen) to thrust, stick, and snijen, snijden (German schneiden) to cut, with subsequent assimilation of the st- of the first word to the sn- of the second. In the first quotation the form snye indicates a pronunciation of snijen similar to that in modern standard Dutch; the later snee represents a variant pronunciation still widely current in Dutch and Flemish dialects.

Obsolete.

a. As v. To thrust or cut in fighting with a knife; to use a knife in this manner.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > use of knives > use knife [verb (intransitive)]

snick or sneea1613

snick and snee1645

snickersnee1704

a1613 S. Rowlands Four Knaves (Percy Soc.) 31 Let falchion, polax, launce, or halbert try, With Flemings-knives either to steake or snye.

1640 H. Glapthorne Hollander i. sig. Ci It is our Countrie Custome onely to Stick or Snee.

a1704 T. Brown tr. Horace Odes in Wks. (1720) IV. 20 Let the dull-pated Boors, Snic or snee at their Punch-Bowls, or slash for their Whores.

1704 T. D'Urfey Hell beyond Hell 55 Fish-wives whom rage does enflame To snick-or-snee at Rotterdam.

b. As n. The practice of fighting with cut-and-thrust knives.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > use of knives > [noun]

snick or snee1670

snicking and sneeing1674

snickersneeing1698

daggering1830

bowieism1844

knife-work1845

knife-playing1855

bowie-kniving1861

1670 in 14th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1896) App. IV. 87 [They] fell upon him with knives (one was found afterwards of the Duch fashon, for their snick or snee).

1695 J. Dryden in tr. C. A. Du Fresnoy De Arte Graphica Pref. p. xxv The representation of a Dutch Kermis, the brutal sport of Snick or Snee.

a1704 T. Brown Dialogues of Dead in 4th Vol. Wks. (1720) 140 The noble Combats of Snick or Snee, or some illustrious Sea-fight.

2. transferred. Used to denote one or other of two possible alternatives or courses.

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the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > [noun] > choosing between alternatives > a choice of alternatives > one or other of two alternatives

snick or snee1675

alternative1685

choice1795

1675 V. Alsop Anti-Sozzo 324 Yet that is interpreting Scripture by the sound of words also; so that we are in a Fork, Snick or Snee; and both wayes equally undone.

1680 V. Alsop Mischief Impositions viii. 75 The Question now is, Snick or Snee: Turn or Starve: Conform or Hang: Use the Cross or bear the Cross.

1681 Reply ‘Mischief of Imposit.’ 6 One would guess this man has an aking tooth to be at it again, though with snick or snee, as he calls it.]

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	snick or snee
释义	† snick or sneev.n. Forms: Also 1600s steake or snye, stick or snee, 1700s snic or snee; 1600s–1700s snick-or-snee. Etymology: originally < Dutch steken (German stechen) to thrust, stick, and snijen, snijden (German schneiden) to cut, with subsequent assimilation of the st- of the first word to the sn- of the second. In the first quotation the form snye indicates a pronunciation of snijen similar to that in modern standard Dutch; the later snee represents a variant pronunciation still widely current in Dutch and Flemish dialects. Obsolete. 1. a. As v. To thrust or cut in fighting with a knife; to use a knife in this manner. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > use of knives > use knife [verb (intransitive)] snick or sneea1613 snick and snee1645 snickersnee1704 a1613 S. Rowlands Four Knaves (Percy Soc.) 31 Let falchion, polax, launce, or halbert try, With Flemings-knives either to steake or snye. 1640 H. Glapthorne Hollander i. sig. Ci It is our Countrie Custome onely to Stick or Snee. a1704 T. Brown tr. Horace Odes in Wks. (1720) IV. 20 Let the dull-pated Boors, Snic or snee at their Punch-Bowls, or slash for their Whores. 1704 T. D'Urfey Hell beyond Hell 55 Fish-wives whom rage does enflame To snick-or-snee at Rotterdam. b. As n. The practice of fighting with cut-and-thrust knives. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > use of knives > [noun] snick or snee1670 snicking and sneeing1674 snickersneeing1698 daggering1830 bowieism1844 knife-work1845 knife-playing1855 bowie-kniving1861 1670 in 14th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1896) App. IV. 87 [They] fell upon him with knives (one was found afterwards of the Duch fashon, for their snick or snee). 1695 J. Dryden in tr. C. A. Du Fresnoy De Arte Graphica Pref. p. xxv The representation of a Dutch Kermis, the brutal sport of Snick or Snee. a1704 T. Brown Dialogues of Dead in 4th Vol. Wks. (1720) 140 The noble Combats of Snick or Snee, or some illustrious Sea-fight. 2. transferred. Used to denote one or other of two possible alternatives or courses. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > [noun] > choosing between alternatives > a choice of alternatives > one or other of two alternatives snick or snee1675 alternative1685 choice1795 1675 V. Alsop Anti-Sozzo 324 Yet that is interpreting Scripture by the sound of words also; so that we are in a Fork, Snick or Snee; and both wayes equally undone. 1680 V. Alsop Mischief Impositions viii. 75 The Question now is, Snick or Snee: Turn or Starve: Conform or Hang: Use the Cross or bear the Cross. 1681 Reply ‘Mischief of Imposit.’ 6 One would guess this man has an aking tooth to be at it again, though with snick or snee, as he calls it.] This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < v.n.a1613
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