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snape.

To bevel the end of a timber to fit against an inclined surface.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/sneɪp/General-American, Received-Pronunciation
  1. 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.

verb/sneɪp/General-American, Received-Pronunciation
  1. To check or curtail (the growth of something); also, to check or curtail the growth of (a plant, etc.).

    UK · archaic · dialectal · transitive
  2. Synonym of sneap (“to check or abruptly reprove (someone); to chide, to rebuke, to reprimand”).

    UK · archaic · dialectal · transitive
  3. To chide, to rebuke, to reprimand.

    UK · archaic · dialectal · intransitive
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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