snasten.

/sneɪst/

Forms: Also 1600s, 1800s snast, 1800s snaast, snaist, sneest(e; 1500s snase, 1800s snace, snaice, sneeze.

Etymology: Of obscure origin: compare gnast n.

Now dialect.

A candle-wick: frequently the burning or burnt part of a wick, a snuff.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > [noun] > wick > snuff

gnastc1175

snuff1382

snitc1420

snotc1420

snitingc1440

candle-sniting1483

candle-snuff1552

snuffing?1575

snaste1592

snuft1657

1592 R. Greene Quip for Vpstart Courtier sig. G4^v After your weeke or snast [pr. snaft] is stiffened, you dip it in filthy drosse.

1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. X2 His stinking breath, (which smells like the greasie snase of a candle).

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §369 Till some part of the Candle was consumed, and the Dust gathered about the Snast; But then it made the Snaste big, and long, and to burn duskishly.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 140 In our daies doe men practise to make long-lasting Snasts for lampes.

1691 J. Ray N. Country Words The Snaste, the burnt Week or Snuffe of a Candle.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

† snastev.

Etymology: Compare snaste n.

Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To snuff (a candle). Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > make dark [verb (transitive)] > quench (light) > snuff (a candle)

snota1425

snitec1440

snaste1561

top1594

snuff1688

snib1808

1561 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalips vii. 50 He had the charge..of seuen candels for those must he pourge and snaste.

1561 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalips vii. 51 He snasteth and pourgeth by faithe, what thinge so euer hath nede to be pourged.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	snaste
释义	snasten. /sneɪst/ Forms: Also 1600s, 1800s snast, 1800s snaast, snaist, sneest(e; 1500s snase, 1800s snace, snaice, sneeze. Etymology: Of obscure origin: compare gnast n. Now dialect. A candle-wick: frequently the burning or burnt part of a wick, a snuff. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > [noun] > wick > snuff gnastc1175 snuff1382 snitc1420 snotc1420 snitingc1440 candle-sniting1483 candle-snuff1552 snuffing?1575 snaste1592 snuft1657 1592 R. Greene Quip for Vpstart Courtier sig. G4^v After your weeke or snast [pr. snaft] is stiffened, you dip it in filthy drosse. 1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. X2 His stinking breath, (which smells like the greasie snase of a candle). 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §369 Till some part of the Candle was consumed, and the Dust gathered about the Snast; But then it made the Snaste big, and long, and to burn duskishly. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 140 In our daies doe men practise to make long-lasting Snasts for lampes. View more context for this quotation 1691 J. Ray N. Country Words The Snaste, the burnt Week or Snuffe of a Candle. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † snastev. Etymology: Compare snaste n. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To snuff (a candle). Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > make dark [verb (transitive)] > quench (light) > snuff (a candle) snota1425 snitec1440 snaste1561 top1594 snuff1688 snib1808 1561 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalips vii. 50 He had the charge..of seuen candels for those must he pourge and snaste. 1561 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalips vii. 51 He snasteth and pourgeth by faithe, what thinge so euer hath nede to be pourged. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1592v.1561
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