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snick and snee ? Obs.
Also 7 snic (snik) and snee, snick and sneer.
[See snick or snee.]
1. a. v. To thrust and cut. b. adv. With thrusting and cutting. c. n. = snick-a-snee 1.
c1645Howell Lett. i. xli, None must carry a pointed Knife about him; which makes the Hollander, who is us'd to Snick and Snee, to leave his Horn-sheath and Knife a Ship-board when he comes ashore. 1665Marvell Charact. Holland 96 When, stagg'ring upon some Land, Snick and Sneer, They try, like Statuaries, if they can, Cut out each other's Athos to a Man. 1697Dryden Virgil Note on Georg. iv. 660 The monks..were at snic and snee with their drawn knives. 1802James Milit. Dict., Snick and snee, a combat with knives, such as the Dutch carry.
2. attrib. (with knife), = snick-a-snee 2.
1842Borrow Bible in Spain vii, The Spaniard..sprang up like a tiger,..unsheathing instantly a snick and snee knife.
So † snicking and sneeing vbl. n. Obs.—1
1674N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. To Rdr., If the humor of huffing be but a little further cocker'd,..snicking and sneeing will be nothing else in the world but writing of Book a la mode d'Angleterre. |