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snaste

noun, verb — 2 senses

snaste

noun

/snæst/

Etymology Perhaps related to snite (verb), or perhaps related to gnast.

1

Dialectal, Obsolete The burnt or burning part of the wick of a candle; the snuff.

  • Till some part of the candle was consumed, and the dust gathered about the snaste; but then it made the snaste big, and long, and to burn duskishly.1626, Francis Bacon, Natural History, page 127:
  • A coming letter is foretold by a projecting spark on the snaste.1865, Edward FitzGerald, Works, page 426:
1 more example
  • As that snaste of that candle, goos out.1899, Fison, Merry Suf., page 62:

snaste

verb

Etymology Perhaps related to snite (verb), or perhaps related to gnast.

1

Dialectal, Obsolete To snuff a candle.

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