snedv.

Forms: Old English snædan (past tense snædde, snedde), 1500s– sned, 1600s snedde, snad, snead, 1700s snade.

Etymology: Old English snǽdan , related to sníðan snithe v. For the shortening of the vowel compare kep v.

a. transitive. To cut or lop off (a branch). Also in figurative context, and with off. In later use Scottish and northern dialect.

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the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [verb (transitive)] > trees: prune or lop

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dodc1440

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bough?1523

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twig1570

reform1574

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snathe1609

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amputate1638

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to strip up1664

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to cut back1871

shrig1873

brash1950

summer prune1980

the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [verb (transitive)] > trees: prune or lop > branches: prune or lop

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a800 Leiden Gloss. 249 in Old Eng. Texts 117 Putat, snædit.

c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care xxxiii. 222 Hit bið unnyt ðæt mon hwelces yfles bogas snæde [etc.].

c975 Rushw. Gosp. Matt. xxi. 8 Sume þonne sneddun telgran of treowum & strægdun on þæm wege.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xi. i. 14 Ane akin tre,..The branchis sned and kut abowt alquhair.

a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in Wks. (1846) I. 192 Otheris sned the branches of the Papistrie, but he stryckis at the roote.

1637 G. Gillespie Dispute against Eng.-Popish Ceremonies iii. ii. 26 Whereby they did in some sort snedde the reviving twigs of old superstition.

1645 R. Baillie Let. 25 Apr. (1841) II. 264 Which [writing], although it took not away the root, yet did it sned many of the branches of the evills complained of.

1735 E. Erskine Serm. in Wks. (1871) II. 337 The Lord of the Vineyard sneds the luxuriant branches.

1786 R. Burns To Haggis in Poems & Songs (1968) I. 311 [He] legs, an' arms, an' heads will sned, Like taps o' thrissle.

1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 199 First his richt ear he clean aff~cleft, And then he sneddit aff his left.

1829 in J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words (new ed.)

c1870 W. Graham Lect. Ephes. 351 The branch sned off from the vine becomes a sport of the winds.

b. To prune (a tree); to divest of branches.

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the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [verb (transitive)] > trees: prune or lop > prune (root)

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1595 A. Duncan Appendix Etymologiae: Index in Latinae Grammaticae Puto, autumno,..to sned trees.

1640 S. Rutherford Lett. (1881) ii. xxxv. 438 He is only lopping and snedding a fruitful tree.

1689 in 14th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1896) App. III. 116 I resolve rather to give it over and go home and snad trees at Polwart House.

1710 T. Ruddiman in G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneis (new ed.) Gloss. at Sneith To sned, i.e. to prune timber-trees.

1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words (at cited word) After a tree is cut down it is snedded, or divested of all its branches.

1953 H. L. Edlin Forester's Handbk. xiii. 205 As soon as the tree is down it should be lopped or snedded, by cutting the branches away from the trunk.

1971 Timber Trades Jrnl. 3 Apr. 58/2 Although the chainsaw has long been used for limbing hardwoods the technique of snedding softwoods with a power saw is relatively new.

2. To cut; to form, or sever, by cutting. Scottish and northern dialect.In Middle English this sense occurs in the comb. to-snēden.

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the world > existence and causation > creation > [verb (transitive)] > fashion, shape, or form > form by cutting, pounding, tearing, rubbing, etc.

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to work out1600

draw1610

to carve outa1616

effringe1657

shear1670

pare1708

sned1789

whittle1848

to rip up1852

slice1872

chop1874

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > division by cutting > divide by cutting [verb (transitive)]

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sned1889

1789 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 491 But I'll sned boosoms and thraw saugh-woodies.

1888 W. B. Yeats Fairy & Folk Tales 268 He..pulled up the fir-tree,..and having snedded it into a walking-stick [etc].

1889 A. Munro Siren Casket 239 Heart I've not..To sned your thrad of life.

Derivatives

ˈsnedded adj.

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the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [adjective] > pruned or lopped

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lopped1570

stubbed1575

polled1587

pollard1638

putatory1656

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pollarded?1790

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spurring-in1829

summer-pruned1830

trunkless1897

c1700 J. Fraser Chron. Frasers (1905) 269 The smith..finding the fresh sneaded branches, makes search under the tree.

ˈsnedder n.

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the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > pruning or lopping > pruner

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pruner1586

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topper1688

1584 in Melvil's Diary (Wodrow Soc.) 177 The snedders and delvers of the wyneyeard.

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. at Sned Snedder, a pruner, one who lops off branches.

ˈsnedding adj. and n.

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the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > pruning or lopping

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putation?1440

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supputation1656

summer pruning1669

snedding1720

shrouding1725

pollarding1794

thinning1800

brashing1950

1720 T. Boston Human Nature vi. 321 He that would ingraft, must needs use the snedding Knife.

1725 A. Jervise Epit., etc. (1879) II. 39/1 With spade and Raik,..The snading ax and pruning knife.

1735 E. Erskine Serm. in Wks. (1871) II. 337 The snedding of the tree contributes to the..growth of the branches.

1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Sneddins, the prunings, or twigs, lopped off from trees.

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

单词	sned
释义	snedv. Forms: Old English snædan (past tense snædde, snedde), 1500s– sned, 1600s snedde, snad, snead, 1700s snade. Etymology: Old English snǽdan , related to sníðan snithe v. For the shortening of the vowel compare kep v. 1. a. transitive. To cut or lop off (a branch). Also in figurative context, and with off. In later use Scottish and northern dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [verb (transitive)] > trees: prune or lop sneda800 shredc1000 crop?c1225 purgec1384 parea1398 shear1398 shridea1425 dodc1440 polla1449 twist1483 top1509 stow1513 lop1519 bough?1523 head?1523 poll-shred1530 prune1547 prime1565 twig1570 reform1574 disbranch1575 shroud1577 snathe1609 detruncate1623 amputate1638 abnodate1656 duba1661 to strip up1664 reprune1666 pollard1670 shrub1682 log1699 switch1811 limb1835 preen1847 to cut back1871 shrig1873 brash1950 summer prune1980 the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [verb (transitive)] > trees: prune or lop > branches: prune or lop sneda800 shredc1000 crop?c1225 prune1572 shrig1601 head1989 a800 Leiden Gloss. 249 in Old Eng. Texts 117 Putat, snædit. c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care xxxiii. 222 Hit bið unnyt ðæt mon hwelces yfles bogas snæde [etc.]. c975 Rushw. Gosp. Matt. xxi. 8 Sume þonne sneddun telgran of treowum & strægdun on þæm wege. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xi. i. 14 Ane akin tre,..The branchis sned and kut abowt alquhair. a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in Wks. (1846) I. 192 Otheris sned the branches of the Papistrie, but he stryckis at the roote. 1637 G. Gillespie Dispute against Eng.-Popish Ceremonies iii. ii. 26 Whereby they did in some sort snedde the reviving twigs of old superstition. 1645 R. Baillie Let. 25 Apr. (1841) II. 264 Which [writing], although it took not away the root, yet did it sned many of the branches of the evills complained of. 1735 E. Erskine Serm. in Wks. (1871) II. 337 The Lord of the Vineyard sneds the luxuriant branches. 1786 R. Burns To Haggis in Poems & Songs (1968) I. 311 [He] legs, an' arms, an' heads will sned, Like taps o' thrissle. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 199 First his richt ear he clean aff~cleft, And then he sneddit aff his left. 1829 in J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words (new ed.) c1870 W. Graham Lect. Ephes. 351 The branch sned off from the vine becomes a sport of the winds. b. To prune (a tree); to divest of branches. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [verb (transitive)] > trees: prune or lop > prune (root) sned1595 lip1601 1595 A. Duncan Appendix Etymologiae: Index in Latinae Grammaticae Puto, autumno,..to sned trees. 1640 S. Rutherford Lett. (1881) ii. xxxv. 438 He is only lopping and snedding a fruitful tree. 1689 in 14th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1896) App. III. 116 I resolve rather to give it over and go home and snad trees at Polwart House. 1710 T. Ruddiman in G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneis (new ed.) Gloss. at Sneith To sned, i.e. to prune timber-trees. 1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words (at cited word) After a tree is cut down it is snedded, or divested of all its branches. 1953 H. L. Edlin Forester's Handbk. xiii. 205 As soon as the tree is down it should be lopped or snedded, by cutting the branches away from the trunk. 1971 Timber Trades Jrnl. 3 Apr. 58/2 Although the chainsaw has long been used for limbing hardwoods the technique of snedding softwoods with a power saw is relatively new. 2. To cut; to form, or sever, by cutting. Scottish and northern dialect.In Middle English this sense occurs in the comb. to-snēden. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [verb (transitive)] > fashion, shape, or form > form by cutting, pounding, tearing, rubbing, etc. hewc900 smitec1275 tailc1400 carve1490 tear1597 wear1597 to work out1600 draw1610 to carve outa1616 effringe1657 shear1670 pare1708 sned1789 whittle1848 to rip up1852 slice1872 chop1874 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > division by cutting > divide by cutting [verb (transitive)] cutc1300 shed13.. tamec1400 to-carvec1400 discidea1513 share?1566 shred?1566 dissect1608 slit1638 disecta1690 sned1889 1789 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 491 But I'll sned boosoms and thraw saugh-woodies. 1888 W. B. Yeats Fairy & Folk Tales 268 He..pulled up the fir-tree,..and having snedded it into a walking-stick [etc]. 1889 A. Munro Siren Casket 239 Heart I've not..To sned your thrad of life. Derivatives ˈsnedded adj. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [adjective] > pruned or lopped doddedc1440 lopped1570 stubbed1575 polled1587 pollard1638 putatory1656 sneddedc1700 topped1712 pollarded?1790 lopping1795 spurring-in1829 summer-pruned1830 trunkless1897 c1700 J. Fraser Chron. Frasers (1905) 269 The smith..finding the fresh sneaded branches, makes search under the tree. ˈsnedder n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > pruning or lopping > pruner shraggerc1440 twister1483 lopper1538 snedder1584 pruner1586 shredder1589 primer1611 topper1688 1584 in Melvil's Diary (Wodrow Soc.) 177 The snedders and delvers of the wyneyeard. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. at Sned Snedder, a pruner, one who lops off branches. ˈsnedding adj. and n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > pruning or lopping shreddingc1000 putation?1440 snathing1485 loppingc1511 brushing1513 topping1513 twisting1535 pruning1548 heading1552 browsing1574 lop1575 disbranching1600 debranching1601 stocking1611 stowing1618 polling1626 supputation1656 summer pruning1669 snedding1720 shrouding1725 pollarding1794 thinning1800 brashing1950 1720 T. Boston Human Nature vi. 321 He that would ingraft, must needs use the snedding Knife. 1725 A. Jervise Epit., etc. (1879) II. 39/1 With spade and Raik,..The snading ax and pruning knife. 1735 E. Erskine Serm. in Wks. (1871) II. 337 The snedding of the tree contributes to the..growth of the branches. 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Sneddins, the prunings, or twigs, lopped off from trees. 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