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▪ I. snickle, n. Now dial.|ˈsnɪk(ə)l|
Also 9 snikkle.
[Cf. next.]
A snare or gin; a noose.
1681T. Flatman Heraclitus Ridens No. 30 (1713) I. 197 This was a way of Man-catching which our Friend Hick ne'er thought on, for a Man to run his own Head into the Snickle. 1688Holme Armoury iii. 104/1 For Pike [fishing],..Snap, Gorge, Snare or Snickle. 1819in Hatfield Hist. Notices Doncaster (1866) I. 71 Thou hast got a gun this morning, I see, and a pocketful of snickles. 1828Heber Jrnl. I. 173 The capture of a very beautiful iguana;..one of the boatmen caught it in a snickle. 1862–in dial. glossaries, etc. (Yorks., Nhp., Leic.). 1902Cutcliffe Hyne Thompson's Progress 183 A fine cock pheasant with..a wire snickle tightly round its neck.
▪ II. snickle, v. Now dial.|ˈsnɪk(ə)l|
Also 7 snickell.
[Of obscure origin.
In Marlowe Jew of Malta iv. v. 1941 the reading is uncertain and the meaning obscure.]
1. trans. To catch with a snickle or noose; to snare. Also with up.
1615Markham Pleas. Princ. vi. (1635) 34 There be some which take great delight to snickell or halter the Pike. 1616Surfl. & Markham Country Farme vii. iii. 648 Some spring-trappes, to snickle or halter either bird or beast. 1674J. W[right] Mock-Thyestes 128 Seeing his advantage pat, He snickles up the eldest cat. a1800Pegge Suppl. Grose, Snickle, to take a hare in a gin. Derb. 1813in Hatfield Hist. Notices Doncaster (1866) I. 67 [A] game⁓keeper..was..ill-treated by three men who were snickling hares. 1855[Robinson] Whitby Gloss., To Snickle, to snare with a draw-loop as hares are entangled or snickled.
refl.1675Alsop Anti-Sozzo iii. ii. 249, I know no Obligation [that] lies upon me to cut the Rope, as often as he will Snickle himself.
fig.1679Alsop Melius Inq. ii. iii. 248 It seems the Blessed Apostle had not yet learnt to snickle the private Conscience with his publick Authority. 1770Jenner Placid Man vi. v, If I don't see you both fairly snickled before I go, I'll never forgive either of you.
2. To draw out by means of a noose.
1865Sheffield Indep. Jan., After..making a new opening into the cave, one hound was ‘snickled’ out with a noose over his head, after about 24 hours' imprisonment. |