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Snite

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Snite
    snīt A snipe.
  2. Snite
    To blow, as the nose; to snuff, as a candle.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) snite
    A snipe.
  2. snite
    To blow or wipe (the nose); snuff (a candle); in falconry, to wipe (the beak) after feeding.
  3. snite
    To blow or wipe the nose.
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary Icel. snīfa,. See Snout

Usage in the news

His name was Frederick B Snite Jr and he's not the only famous person to ever come through Henderson, of course. courierpress.com

Usage in literature

O' Wednesdays, sniting and fly-flapping. "Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete." by Francois Rabelais

O' Wednesdays, sniting and fly-flapping. "Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book V." by Francois Rabelais

The smallest birds are fittest for this dish of meat, as wheat-ears, martins, larks, ox-eyes, quails, snites, or rails. "The accomplisht cook" by Robert May

Candlesticks and snuffers were found in every house; the latter were called by various names, the word snit or snite being the most curious. "Customs and Fashions in Old New England" by Alice Morse Earle

He snites his nose in his neighbour's dish to get the brose himsel. "The Proverbs of Scotland" by Alexander Hislop