snite

noun, verb — 3 senses

snite

noun

Etymology From Middle English snyte, from Old English snite.

Larks , thrushes , quails , woodcocks , snites , and pheasants, The best that can be got for love or money1630, Thomas Randolph, The Muse's Looking-Glass:

snite

verb

Etymology 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.

Scotland, Obsolete to blow (one's nose)

Scotland, Obsolete to snuff (a candle)

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