sneithadj.
Scottish ? Obsolete.
Smooth, polished. Also figurative.
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the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > [adjective] > smooth and polished or glossy
slighta1300
politea1398
well-burnishedc1400
well-polished1485
snod?a1500
sleeked1513
sneith1513
snog1513
sleek1589
enamelled1600
polished1649
slid1719
waxen1722
glazy1724
smolt1837
patent leather1904
smarmy1909
ciré1921
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xi. i. 94 The gapand deidly wound..Amyd his sneith and fair slekyt breist bane.
1808 A. Scott Poems (ed. 2) 121 This put the dame in perfect wrath; Her words they werena sneith.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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adj.1513- to lie in
- to lie in ambush
- to lie in common
- to lie in grant
- to lie in great wait
- to lie in grip
- to lie in hand to do
- to lie in imbibition
- to lie in leaguer
- to lie in lure
- to lie in one's hands
- to lie in one's power
- to lie in one's throat
- to lie in one's way
- to lie in render
- to lie in ruins
- to lie in state
- to lie in the dust
- to lie in the lash
- to lie in the woollen
- to lie in wadset
- to lie in wait
- to lie in, within
- to lie it out
- to lie lay by