snape.
To bevel the end of a timber to fit against an inclined surface.
Meaning & usage
To bevel the end of a timber to fit against an inclined surface.
Where this word comes from
Origin obscure. Perhaps from snape, a dialectal variant of sneap (“to nip, bite, pinch”). More at sneap.
To check or curtail (the growth of something); also, to check or curtail the growth of (a plant, etc.).
Synonym of sneap (“to check or abruptly reprove (someone); to chide, to rebuke, to reprimand”).
To chide, to rebuke, to reprimand.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English snaipen (“to injure; of sleet or snow: to nip; to criticize, rebuke, revile”) [and other forms], from Old Norse sneypa (“to disgrace, dishonour; to outrage”), from Proto-Germanic *snupaną, *snubaną (“to cut; to snap”); further origin unknown. Doublet of sneap.
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