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† snowre, v. Obs. rare.
[Of obscure origin.]
intr. To frown or scowl. So † snowring vbl. n. and ppl. a. Obs.
c1440Alph. Tales 326 And if þou be wed þou may happen wed a shrew at will be þi maister, and þou bus..suffer many grete wurd & say nothyng agayn, & hafe a snowryng cowntenance. 1508Mayd Emlyn 177 in Hazl. E.P.P. IV. 89 Whan she dothe loure, And begynneth to snowre. 1562J. Heywood Prov. & Epigr. (1867) 210 Small diffrence betweene lowryng and snowryng. |