† snick-upn.1
Obsolete. rare.
A hangman's rope; a halter.
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society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] > gallows > parts of > noose or rope
ropeeOE
withec1275
cordc1330
snarea1425
tippet1447
girnc1480
halter1481
widdie1508
tether?a1513
hemp1532
Tyburn tippet1549
John Roper's window1552
neckweed1562
noose1567
horse-nightcap1593
tow1596
Tyburn tiffany1612
piccadill1615
snick-up1620
Tyburn piccadill1620
necklacea1625
squinsy1632
Welsh parsley1637
St. Johnston's riband1638
string1639
Bridport daggera1661
rope's end1663
cravat1680
swing1697
snecket1788
death cord1804
neckclothc1816
St. Johnston's tippet1816
death rope1824
mink1826
squeezer1836
yard-rope1850
necktie1866
Tyburn string1882
Stolypin's necktie1909
widdieneckc1920
1620 J. Taylor Praise of Hemp-seed 15 A Tiburne Hempen-caudell well will cure you;..in Sparta it ycleped was Snickvp, which is in English Gallow grasse.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
snick-upn.2
Now dialect.
A sneeze, sneezing-fit.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > respiratory spasms > [noun] > sneezing
neezinga1382
sneezing1495
sternutation1540
sneeze1646
neeze1656
sternutament1677
snick-up1692
achoo1883
1692 R. L'Estrange Fables ccccxxvi. 401 If there had been but a Snick-up in the Case, you'd have cry'd the Lord Bless ye Sir.
1879 Notes & Queries 5th Ser. 12 45/2 The turkeys in his neighbourhood [Essex] were dying very much this season of the ‘snickups’. By this he meant a kind of sneezing fit.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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