snign.¹

Brit.

/snɪɡ/, U.S.

/snɪɡ/

Forms: Also Middle English–1500s snygge, 1500s, 1700s–1800s snigg.

Etymology: Of obscure origin.

A young or small eel; a grig. In later use a distinct species of eel (see quots.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > subdivision Teleostei > [noun] > order Anguilliformes > unspecified types

pimpernol1251

shaft-eel1411

kempc1440

snig1483

stub eel15..

fausen1547

shafflin1553

muraena1555

scaffling1589

grig1611

long-fish1611

stone-grig1666

sea-serpent1752

bed-eel1769

sniggle1863

slipper1866

1483 Cath. Angl. 347/1 A Snygge, vbi a ele.

1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Kii/1 A Snig, anguillæ genus.

1586–7 Shuttleworths' Acc. (Chetham Soc.) 35 Syxtene snygges, ij^s ij^d.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. ix. li Those scrapings (as it were) which are fretted from them [sc. eels], in time come to take life, and prove snigs.

1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 32 Eels in Vinegar..appear like small Silver-Eells, or little Snigs.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 325/1 An Eel, first a Fausen, then a Grigg, or Snigg, then a Scaffling, then a little Eel [etc.].

?1746 ‘T. Bobbin’ View Lancs. Dial. 25 I feel hoos os fat os o Snig.

1836 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Fishes II. 302 The Hampshire Snig differs from our other Eels in its habit of roving and feeding during the day.

1863 H. C. Pennell Angler-naturalist 400 The Snig, or Medium-nosed Eel (Anguilla mediorostris).

1883 G. C. Davies Norfolk Broads (1884) xxxi. 242 The grig or snig, a yellowish eel with a projecting under-lip.

figurative.1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 384 b This heroycall Gyant..despising and loathing these small snigges of Babish Haddon.

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations, as snig-eel, snig-pie, snig-pot, etc.Other examples are given in the Eng. Dial. Dict.

ΚΠ

1836 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Fishes II. 301 Anguilla mediorostris, Snig Eel.

1861 E. Waugh Rambles Lake Country 24 They'd etten so mich snig-pie..that [etc.].

1865 G. F. Berkeley My Life & Recoll. II. 316 I was looking at some snig-pots..in my fishery.

1880–4 F. Day Fishes Great Brit. & Ireland II. 242 Sharp-nosed-eel, Dublin-eel, Broad-nosed-eel, Snig-eel.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† snign.²

Etymology: Compare snig v.¹, and nig n.¹

Obsolete. rare.

A covetous or avaricious person.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > inordinate or excessive desire > [noun] > inordinate desire of possessions > one who has

yisserc1200

puttocka1500

Mammon1622

grasperc1628

snig1629

suck-egg1685

esurient1691

gripe-all1823

hake1855

1629 J. Gaule Distractions 322 A Couetous Man..hath more Names, than euer he was christend with. The Best call him no better, than you would call a Wretch;..Cark, Snig, Gripe, Sharke [etc.].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

† snign.³

Etymology: ? Diminutive of snag n.¹

Obsolete. rare.

A slight projection or process.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > [noun] > a projecting part > small

snig1649

sprig1835

1649 J. Bulwer Pathomyotomia ii. i. 59 The other [muscle] ariseth from the Snig of the seventh Vertebre of the Neck.

1649 J. Bulwer Pathomyotomia ii. i. 59 The knob of the first vertebre of the Neck, which holds Analogy with the Snigs of the other vertebres of the Back.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

† snigv.¹

Obsolete. rare.

(Sense not quite clear: cf. snig n.²)

ΚΠ

1642 D. Rogers Naaman 211 Others are so dangerously worldly, snigging and biting, usurers, hard and oppressing.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

snigv.²

Brit.

/snɪɡ/, U.S.

/snɪɡ/, Canadian English

/snɪɡ/, Australian English

/snɪɡ/, New Zealand English

/snɪɡ/

Etymology: Origin obscure.

northern dialect, Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian local.

transitive. To drag (a heavy load, esp. timber) by means of ropes and chains.For further material see Eng. Dial. Dict.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance by drawing along > draw along or haul [verb (transitive)] > haul timber

twitch1773

snig1790

tush1841

1790 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. (ed. 2) Snig, to drag wood without a cart.

1866 J. T. Staton Rays fro th' Loominary 127 He wur one ut wur brought up to sniggin timber.

1946 B. James in W. Murdoch & H. Drake-Brockman Austral. Short Stories (1951) 251 Peter cut timber on the hills, and snigged it down with the plough horses.

1968 E. R. Buckler Ox Bells & Fireflies xv. 221 A group of men have gathered to help another lay a new sill under his barn. ‘Hadn't I better hitch up the team and snig her closer the foundation there?’

1969 Parade (Austral.) Dec. 17/2 He would get his horse and snig Trompson's body off the claim.

1975 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 1 June 6/2 Bullock teams would snig the logs to the winder.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

snigv.³

Brit.

/snɪɡ/, U.S.

/snɪɡ/

Etymology: Origin obscure.

dialect and slang.

intr. and transitive. To steal.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > steal [verb (intransitive)]

stealc725

thievec920

bribec1405

pluck?a1425

prowl1546

strike1567

to make away with1691

fake1819

snam1824

snig1862

to help oneself1868

boost1912

score1914

snoop1924

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > steal [verb (transitive)]

pick?c1300

takec1300

fetch1377

bribec1405

usurpc1412

rapc1415

to rap and rendc1415

embezzle1495

lifta1529

pilfer1532

suffurate1542

convey?1545

mill1567

prig1567

strike1567

lag1573

shave1585

knave1601

twitch1607

cly1610

asport1621

pinch1632

snapa1639

nap1665

panyar1681

to carry off1684

to pick up1687

thievea1695

to gipsy away1696

bone1699

make1699

win1699

magg1762

snatch1766

to make off with1768

snavel1795

feck1809

shake1811

nail1819

geach1821

pull1821

to run off1821

smug1825

nick1826

abduct1831

swag1846

nobble1855

reef1859

snig1862

find1865

to pull off1865

cop1879

jump1879

slock1888

swipe1889

snag1895

rip1904

snitch1904

pole1906

glom1907

boost1912

hot-stuff1914

score1914

clifty1918

to knock off1919

snoop1924

heist1930

hoist1931

rabbit1943

to rip off1967

to have off1974

1862 C. C. Robinson Dial. Leeds & Neighbourhood 415 Snig, to steal after a mean fashion, as a man who undertakes any business, or interests himself any way in the property of a person, and is ‘snigging’ away at it all the time.

1864 J. Ramsbottam Phases of Distress 37 They'll pitch an' toss an' swear, An' snig an' snatch owt wheer they con.

1892 R. Kipling Barrack-room Ballads 31 If you've ever snigged the washin' from the line.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.¹1483

n.²1629

n.³1649

v.¹1642

v.²1790

v.³1862

单词	snig
释义	snign.¹ Brit. /snɪɡ/, U.S. /snɪɡ/ Forms: Also Middle English–1500s snygge, 1500s, 1700s–1800s snigg. Etymology: Of obscure origin. A young or small eel; a grig. In later use a distinct species of eel (see quots.). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > subdivision Teleostei > [noun] > order Anguilliformes > unspecified types pimpernol1251 shaft-eel1411 kempc1440 snig1483 stub eel15.. fausen1547 shafflin1553 muraena1555 scaffling1589 grig1611 long-fish1611 stone-grig1666 sea-serpent1752 bed-eel1769 sniggle1863 slipper1866 1483 Cath. Angl. 347/1 A Snygge, vbi a ele. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Kii/1 A Snig, anguillæ genus. 1586–7 Shuttleworths' Acc. (Chetham Soc.) 35 Syxtene snygges, ij^s ij^d. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. ix. li Those scrapings (as it were) which are fretted from them [sc. eels], in time come to take life, and prove snigs. 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 32 Eels in Vinegar..appear like small Silver-Eells, or little Snigs. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 325/1 An Eel, first a Fausen, then a Grigg, or Snigg, then a Scaffling, then a little Eel [etc.]. ?1746 ‘T. Bobbin’ View Lancs. Dial. 25 I feel hoos os fat os o Snig. 1836 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Fishes II. 302 The Hampshire Snig differs from our other Eels in its habit of roving and feeding during the day. 1863 H. C. Pennell Angler-naturalist 400 The Snig, or Medium-nosed Eel (Anguilla mediorostris). 1883 G. C. Davies Norfolk Broads (1884) xxxi. 242 The grig or snig, a yellowish eel with a projecting under-lip. figurative.1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 384 b This heroycall Gyant..despising and loathing these small snigges of Babish Haddon. Compounds attributive and in other combinations, as snig-eel, snig-pie, snig-pot, etc.Other examples are given in the Eng. Dial. Dict. ΚΠ 1836 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Fishes II. 301 Anguilla mediorostris, Snig Eel. 1861 E. Waugh Rambles Lake Country 24 They'd etten so mich snig-pie..that [etc.]. 1865 G. F. Berkeley My Life & Recoll. II. 316 I was looking at some snig-pots..in my fishery. 1880–4 F. Day Fishes Great Brit. & Ireland II. 242 Sharp-nosed-eel, Dublin-eel, Broad-nosed-eel, Snig-eel. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † snign.² Etymology: Compare snig v.¹, and nig n.¹ Obsolete. rare. A covetous or avaricious person. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > inordinate or excessive desire > [noun] > inordinate desire of possessions > one who has yisserc1200 puttocka1500 Mammon1622 grasperc1628 snig1629 suck-egg1685 esurient1691 gripe-all1823 hake1855 1629 J. Gaule Distractions 322 A Couetous Man..hath more Names, than euer he was christend with. The Best call him no better, than you would call a Wretch;..Cark, Snig, Gripe, Sharke [etc.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021). † snign.³ Etymology: ? Diminutive of snag n.¹ Obsolete. rare. A slight projection or process. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > [noun] > a projecting part > small snig1649 sprig1835 1649 J. Bulwer Pathomyotomia ii. i. 59 The other [muscle] ariseth from the Snig of the seventh Vertebre of the Neck. 1649 J. Bulwer Pathomyotomia ii. i. 59 The knob of the first vertebre of the Neck, which holds Analogy with the Snigs of the other vertebres of the Back. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2021). † snigv.¹ Obsolete. rare. (Sense not quite clear: cf. snig n.²) ΚΠ 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 211 Others are so dangerously worldly, snigging and biting, usurers, hard and oppressing. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021). snigv.² Brit. /snɪɡ/, U.S. /snɪɡ/, Canadian English /snɪɡ/, Australian English /snɪɡ/, New Zealand English /snɪɡ/ Etymology: Origin obscure. northern dialect, Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian local. transitive. To drag (a heavy load, esp. timber) by means of ropes and chains.For further material see Eng. Dial. Dict. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance by drawing along > draw along or haul [verb (transitive)] > haul timber twitch1773 snig1790 tush1841 1790 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. (ed. 2) Snig, to drag wood without a cart. 1866 J. T. Staton Rays fro th' Loominary 127 He wur one ut wur brought up to sniggin timber. 1946 B. James in W. Murdoch & H. Drake-Brockman Austral. Short Stories (1951) 251 Peter cut timber on the hills, and snigged it down with the plough horses. 1968 E. R. Buckler Ox Bells & Fireflies xv. 221 A group of men have gathered to help another lay a new sill under his barn. ‘Hadn't I better hitch up the team and snig her closer the foundation there?’ 1969 Parade (Austral.) Dec. 17/2 He would get his horse and snig Trompson's body off the claim. 1975 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 1 June 6/2 Bullock teams would snig the logs to the winder. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). snigv.³ Brit. /snɪɡ/, U.S. /snɪɡ/ Etymology: Origin obscure. dialect and slang. intr. and transitive. To steal. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > steal [verb (intransitive)] stealc725 thievec920 bribec1405 pluck?a1425 prowl1546 strike1567 to make away with1691 fake1819 snam1824 snig1862 to help oneself1868 boost1912 score1914 snoop1924 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > steal [verb (transitive)] pick?c1300 takec1300 fetch1377 bribec1405 usurpc1412 rapc1415 to rap and rendc1415 embezzle1495 lifta1529 pilfer1532 suffurate1542 convey?1545 mill1567 prig1567 strike1567 lag1573 shave1585 knave1601 twitch1607 cly1610 asport1621 pinch1632 snapa1639 nap1665 panyar1681 to carry off1684 to pick up1687 thievea1695 to gipsy away1696 bone1699 make1699 win1699 magg1762 snatch1766 to make off with1768 snavel1795 feck1809 shake1811 nail1819 geach1821 pull1821 to run off1821 smug1825 nick1826 abduct1831 swag1846 nobble1855 reef1859 snig1862 find1865 to pull off1865 cop1879 jump1879 slock1888 swipe1889 snag1895 rip1904 snitch1904 pole1906 glom1907 boost1912 hot-stuff1914 score1914 clifty1918 to knock off1919 snoop1924 heist1930 hoist1931 rabbit1943 to rip off1967 to have off1974 1862 C. C. Robinson Dial. Leeds & Neighbourhood 415 Snig, to steal after a mean fashion, as a man who undertakes any business, or interests himself any way in the property of a person, and is ‘snigging’ away at it all the time. 1864 J. Ramsbottam Phases of Distress 37 They'll pitch an' toss an' swear, An' snig an' snatch owt wheer they con. 1892 R. Kipling Barrack-room Ballads 31 If you've ever snigged the washin' from the line. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1483n.²1629n.³1649v.¹1642v.²1790v.³1862
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snign.1

Compounds

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† snign.3

† snigv.1

snigv.2

snigv.3

snign.¹

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† snigv.¹

snigv.²

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