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snite.

A snipe.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A snipe.

    Scotland · obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English snyte, from Old English snite.

verb
  1. to blow (one's nose)

    Scotland · obsolete · transitive
  2. to snuff (a candle)

    Scotland · obsolete · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English snyten, from Old English snȳtan (“to clear or blow the nose”), from Proto-Germanic *snūtijaną (“to blow the nose”). Cognate with Old Norse snýta (“to blow the nose”), whence Danish snyde and Swedish snyta sig, and with German sich schneuzen. Related to snout and snot.

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