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▪ I. ˈsnappering, vbl. n.1 [f. snapper v.1] Stumbling. Also attrib.
1591R. Bruce Serm. R ij, I am sory to see, that the maist parte of this countrie shuld mak a snappering stane of that precious corner. 1599Rollock Serm. Wks. 1849 I. 326 When we sall walk in the hevins,..then na snappering neither to this side nor to that. ▪ II. ˈsnappering, vbl. n.2 [f. snapper n.1 6 a.] The action or pastime of fishing for snappers.
1870G. H. Kingsley Sport & Trav. iii. (1900) 57 Sharking and snappering. |