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▪ I. snab Sc.
[perh. related to nab n.1; but cf. MFlem. (1460) snabbe, app. point of land, later Flem. snabbe, snab beak, OFris. snabba mouth (Fris. snabbe mouth of a purse-net).]
A steep place or ascent; a rugged rise or point.
1797Statist. Acc. Scot. XIX. 554 There is a tradition..That at the Snabs of Drimmie, it [sc. the Tay] sent off a portion of its waters. 1811A. Scott Poems 122 (Jam.), Then knees an' elbows like a crab, Spraul up yoursel yon dizzy snab. 1883J. Martine Reminisc. Haddington 402 His steady sure-footed cob always took him safe home in a dark night, although he had steep snabs to climb and go down.
▪ II. snab
Sc. variant of snob, a shoemaker. |