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snipe, snipit, snype, snypit,
snipe [snəip]
n. A smart blow. A setback. A loss by being cheated. A disappointment, let-down. A fraud, cheat. A rebuff, a gibe, a sarcasm.
v. To strike smartly. To cheat, to defraud, to bring loss upon. To reprimand, to snub.
pt. pp. snipit adj. Cheated by fortune.
snirk, snirkam, snirket, snirkim, snirkit, snirkle, snirkum, snork, snurk, snurkle, snyirkim,
snirk [ˈsnɪrk, ˈsnʌrk]
also S. snork.
n. S. A snort, sniffle, a snigger
v. S. To snort, to wrinkle the nose, to snigger.
pt. pp. snirkit adj. Pinched, wizened. Of a face: puckered.
 
snirkle [ˈsnɪrk(əl), ˈsnʌrk(əl)]
v. S. To tangle, run into knots.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
snirkum [ˈsnɪrkəm]: I.Sh. Strong drink which makes the face screw up.
snirl, snirled, snirlie, snirlit, snirlt, snirly,
snirl [ˈsnɪr(ə)le]
n. A snigger, a snarl. A gusty, biting wind.
dim. snirlie [ˈsnɪr(ə)le]
v. To snigger, to laugh in a suppressed manner. To sneeze, to sniff, to snort, esp. Contemptuously. Of the wind: to blow in gusts, snarl.
pt. pp. snirlt, snirled
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
ill-snirlt: Bad-tempered, peevish.
snirl in the nose: A contemptuous wrinkling of the nose.
snirt, snirtle,
snirt [snɪrt]
also snirtle
n. A snigger, a suppressed laugh. A snort.
v. To snigge. To make a noise through the nose when attempting to stifle laughter. To sneer. To snort, to breathe sharply and jerkily through the nose. To eject through the nose, to sneeze out.
snitchers,
snitchers [ˈsnɪtʃərz]
n. Handcuffs.
snait, snäit, snate, snayt, sneet, sneet-cloot, sneetin, snite, snite-cloot, snitin, snitten, snoit, snoitin, snyte, snytin,
snite [snəit, MN. I. snit, snɔit]
n. A blowing or wiping of the nose.
v. To blow ones nose. To ake someone down a peg, taunt someone.
pt. snate
pp. snitten
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
snite-cloot: A handkerchief.
snitin [-ɪn]: Blowing the nose with fingers and thumb.
snitter, snitteret, snittert,
snitter [I.Sh. ˈsniɪtər]
n. A scowl, a peevish bad-tempered mood. A biting, nipping blast of cold wind.
 
snittert
adj. Easily offended.
sneeter, sneiter, snitter, snuitter, snutter,
snitter [ˈsnɪtər]
also sneeter [ˈsnitər]
n. A snigger, a giggle, a suppressed laugh.
v. To laugh in a suppressed manner, to giggle, snigger. MN. NN.b. To weep or blubber.
sneevie, sniverrie, snivi, snivri, snivrie, snivris, snjivri, snyivverie, snyivveries,
snivrie [I.Sh. ˈsniɪvri]
n. A home-made wooden button, a catch or fastener. A short wooden pin used as a fish-hook, the wooden pin to which the fish-hook is attached.
snocher, snochers, snochery, snochlie, snochly, snocker, snockir, snoker, snokkir,
snocher [ˈsnoxər]
v. To snort, to breathe heavily and noisily through the nose, to snuffle.
 
snochle [ˈsnoxl]
v. To snuffle.
 
snochly [ˈsnoxle]
adj. Snotty.

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