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▪ I. snivel, n.|ˈsnɪv(ə)l|
Forms: α. 5 snevel, -yl, 6 -yll, 6–7 -il, 7 -ill; 6 sneuyll, -il, 6–7 -ill; 6 sneeuel, -ill, 9 Sc. sneevel, -il. β. 6 snyuell, sniuil, -yll, 6–7 -ell; 7 snivell, -ill, 7– snivel.
[f. snivel v.]
1. Mucus collected in, or issuing from, the nose.
α14..Parts Body in Wr.-Wülcker 631 Pus nasi, snevel of þe nose. c1440Jacob's Well 247 Wype wyth þi tunge oute of my nase þe snevyl þat hangyth þer-inne. 1530Palsgr. 272/1 Snevyll whan it hangeth at ones nose, rovpie, boe. 1540― Acolastus I j, He wolde throwe the sneuyll of his nose into it. 1626Breton Pasquil's Madcappe xi, As sower, As beldam's milke that turned with her sneuill. 1671W. Salmon Syn. Med. i. liv. 136 Without avoiding any thing, except bloody or filthy Matter, like Snevil.
β1519W. Horman Vulg. 28 b, Thy nose is full of snyuell. 1548Elyot, Mucosus, snattye,..fulle of sniuyll. 1593G. Harvey Pierce's Super. Wks. (Grosart) II. 238, I will..squise thy braine to sniuell, whereof it was curdled. 1621Burton Anat. Mel. iii. ii. vi. iii. (1651) 562 Snot and snivell in her nostrils, spittle in her mouth. 1682Eng. Elect. Sheriffs 46, I will sooner worship the Sun, than..the Snot and Snivel of Loyala's Nose. 1739R. Bull tr. Dedekindus' Grobianus 11 If with your Elbow you wipe off the Snivel, No Man alive shall be esteem'd more civil. 1871R. Ellis Catullus xxiii. 17 Thee sweat frets not,..Frets not snivel or oozy rheumy nostril.
b. A condition of the nose marked by the accumulation of mucus. Also the snivels.
1600Surflet Countrey Farme i. xxviii. 188 For the sniuell, take orpin and brimstone [etc.]. 1844Lowson Mod. Farrier 209 This affection is termed the snores or snivels. 1877Holderness Gloss. 132/1 Snivels, a cold, accompanied by a difficulty of breathing, and a running at the nose.
†2. Saliva. Obs.—1
1697Phil. Trans. XX. 50 The Snivel or Drivel that comes from the Mouth of a Dog..when mad.
†3. (See quot.) Obs.
1693Evelyn De la Quint. Compl. Gard. II. 195 Grounds..that being colder and stronger or heavier, easily infect them [lettuces] with slimy Snivel [= ‘a sort of rotting moisture, hanging about some plants’].
4. A slight sniff indicating, or intended to suggest, suppressed emotion.
1848Dickens Dombey xxxix, Rob..took up the pieces one by one with a sob and a snivel for each. 1866Gilpin Songs Cumbld. 280 Sae wi' snuffs an' sneevils [he] Rair't out. 1890Daily News 18 Feb. 5/2 A carefully arranged and expressive ‘snivel’ is regarded as their most valuable acquirement.
b. A show or pretence of emotion; hypocritical expression of feeling.
1878E. Jenkins Haverholme 194 Lords and ladies..penned elegiacs to his praise in tears and snivel. 1886St. James's Gaz. 9 Feb. (Cassell), The cant and snivel of which we have seen so much of late.
5. attrib. and Comb., as snivel-bottle, snivel-guts, snivel-monger, snivel-nose.
1690Dryden Amphitryon iii. i, A received opinion, snivel⁓guts. 1778Exmoor Scolding Gloss., Snibble-nose, or rather Snivel-nose, one who snuffs up the Snot. 1792Wolcot (P. Pindar) Ep. Sir W. Hamilton Wks. 1812 III. 185 More snivel-bottles, jordens, and old jugs. 1896A. Morrison Child Jago 149 He preferred the frank rogue before the calculating snivel-monger.
▪ II. snivel, v.|ˈsnɪv(ə)l|
Forms: α. 4 snevele, 5–6 sneuel, 6 -il, snevel(l, -ill, -yll; 9 dial. sneavel, Sc. sneevil. β. 4 snyvele, 5 -elle, 6 snyuel, 7 sniuel, 7– snivel (9 dial. snivvel).
[OE. *snyflan (implied in snyflung snivelling vbl. n.), f. snofl mucus. Cf. Da. snøvle (older snevle) to snuffle.]
1. intr. To run at the nose; to emit mucus from the nose; also, to draw up mucus audibly.
c1325Gloss. W. de Bibbesw. in Wright Voc. 173 Ely autre ne pout parler Une parole sanz nasyer, [glossed] snevelet, snyvele. a1450Langland's P. Pl. B. v. 135 (MS. Bodl. 814), Now awakiþ wratthe, wiþ two white eiȝen, And sneuelyng wiþ his nose. 1483Cath. Angl. 347/1 To Snyvelle, naricare. 1508Kennedie Flyting w. Dunbar 550 Out! out! I schout, apon that snowt that snevillis. 1526Skelton Magnyf. 1865 The snyte snyueled in the snowte and smyled at the game. 1614B. Jonson Barth. Fair ii. v, Dos't so, snotty nose? Good Lord! are you sniueling? 1649Quarles Virgin Widow ii, Must I be still yawling, and calling,..whilst y'are..potting, and piping, and driveling and sniveling! a1722Lisle Husb. (1757) 319 When they are sheared they catch cold, and will be glandered, and snivel very much.
b. trans. (See quot.) rare.
1530Palsgr. 723/2, I snevell, I beraye any thynge with snyvell, je amorue. Se howe this boye snyvelleth his cote.
c. To clear (the nose) by snuffling.
1835Politeness & Gd.-breeding 104 Never..snivel and snort a wet nose.
2. intr. To make a sniffing or snuffling sound expressive of real or assumed emotion; to be in, or affect, a tearful state.
1690Dryden Prol. to ‘Mistakes’, I left our young Poet sniveling and sobbing behind the Scenes, and cursing some⁓body that has deceiv'd him. 1712Steele Spect. No. 364 ⁋4 To take a Lad from Grammar and..send him crying and snivelling into foreign Countries. 1791Cowper Iliad ii. 329 And whip thee hence Home to thy galley, sniveling like a boy. 1818Scott Hrt. Midl. xxiii, What signified his bringing a woman here to snotter and snivel, and bather their Lordships? 1848Thackeray Van. Fair lxii, Every woman in the house was snivelling at the time. 1882M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal III. i. 22 Why do you stand there snivelling about him?
3. trans.
a. To affect in some way by snivelling; to address in a snivelling manner. rare.
1668R. L'Estrange Vis. Quev. (1702) 268 To snivel and sneeze himself into another World. 1700Congreve Way of World i. ix, Let 'em snivel and cry their Hearts out. 1717Entertainer No. 25. 168 Thus they Whine and Snivel the Multitude, to enrich themselves and help forward the Faction.
b. To utter with a snivelling or sniffing sound; to shed (tears) snufflingly. Also with out.
1780Cowper Progr. Error 310 Ye novelists, who mar what ye would mend, Sniv'ling and driv'ling folly without end. 1818Scott Rob Roy xxx, I heard the former snivel out, in a very subdued tone, ‘And ye'll ask her’ [etc.]. 1851Thackeray Eng. Hum. vi. (1876) 328 That fine flower of love..over which Sterne snivelled so many tears. 1865Alex. Smith Summer in Skye I. 237 The doctor saluted Flora and snivelled his compliments. |