单词 | sniggle |
释义 | snigglen.1 A baited hook or other device used in sniggling for eels, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > hook > [noun] > other types of hook pin-hook1755 Kirby1804 Limerick1810 sneck-bend1816 Limerick1835 sniggle1837 Aberdeen1845 Aberdeen hook1846 sockdolager1848 Sproat bend1867 squid-jigger1875 Sproat1876 squid jig1883 snag-hook1936 1837 T. Hood Ode to Dr. Hahnemann iii When Anhalt-Coethen babies wriggle, Like eels just caught by sniggle. 1863 W. F. Campbell & J. F. Campbell Life in Normandy I. 183 There may be one [lobster there] now. I will make the girl try, if she has brought her sniggle with her. 1863 W. F. Campbell & J. F. Campbell Life in Normandy I. 184 He saw that she had a sniggle stick stuck into the string of her petticoat. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2018). snigglen.2 A snigger or snicker. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > types of laughter > [noun] > sniggering > instance of snirt1781 nichera1791 nickera1791 snigger1823 snitter1825 snicker1836 sniggle1852 squirk1882 squiggle1898 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin (U.K. ed.) viii. 54 Marks patronised his joke by a quiet introductory sniggle. 1887 H. R. Haggard Jess xxxii. 311 A fierce sound—half sniggle, half laugh. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2018). snigglen.3 dialect. A snig or small eel. 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 1863 J. R. Wise New Forest xii. 125 The Avon flows close by, famous for a peculiar eel, locally called the ‘sniggle’ (anguilla mediorostris). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2019). snigglev.1 1. a. intransitive. To fish for eels by the method known as sniggling. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing for type of fish > fish for type of fish [verb (intransitive)] > fish for eels in specific manner bob1614 sniggle1671 grig1764 1671 S. Skinner & T. Henshaw Etymologicon Linguæ Anglicanæ To Sniggle, vox Piscatoribus satis nota. 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Sniggle, to fish for eels by putting a bait to the holes in which they conceal themselves. 1799 tr. Laboratory (ed. 6) II. x. 275 How to sniggle for Eels. 1833 Bowlker's Art of Angling (new ed.) 96 To sniggle for Eels procure a strong top rod, or a long hazel stick [etc.]. 1867 F. C. Burnand Happy Thoughts iii. 17 I ask ‘Sniggle for chub?’ He..answers, ‘No, sniggle for eels’. b. transitive. To fish for, catch, pull out (an eel or eels) in this way. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing for type of fish > fish for type of fish in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > fish for eels in specific manner sniggle1844 stang1856 1844 C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics 390 As wily anglers sniggling eels The approved device employ. 1867 F. Francis Bk. Angling iii. 72 Sniggling an old eel out of his hole..is not altogether unamusing. 2. transitive. To catch (fish) by means of striking a hook into them. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [verb (transitive)] > hook fish > catch with large hook sniggle1834 jig1883 1834 T. Medwin Angler in Wales II. 197 Charters has since sniggled abundance of trout. 1894 Sat. Rev. 6 Jan. 15/1 These noble salmon, netted, speared, sniggled, very likely. Derivatives ˈsniggled adj. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing for type of fish > [adjective] > for eels sniggled1844 1844 M. F. Tupper Crock of Gold xlvi. 294 He wriggled like a sniggled eel. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2018). snigglev.2 intransitive. To snigger or snicker. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > types of laughter > laugh in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > snigger neicherc1550 whickera1656 snicker1694 nichera1700 snigger1706 snirt1724 snirtle?a1786 sniggle1815 snitter1825 nicker1827 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering III. xiii. 247 As for the Dominie..he looked at Lucy—he whimpered—he sniggled—he grinned. 1840 C. Brontë Let. in E. C. Gaskell Life C. Brontë (1857) I. ix. 215 [The preacher] did not whine; he did not sniggle. 1889 A. C. Gunter That Frenchman! vi At which flattery the other sniggles and calls him a wit. Derivatives ˈsniggling adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > types of laughter > [adjective] > sniggering sniggering1815 sniggling1826 snickering1872 1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. xii. 292 Wildrake laughed without ceremony..and was joined by a sniggling response from behind the cupboard. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2018). snigglev.3 dialect or colloquial. 1. intransitive. a. (See quot. 1837.) ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > act fraudulently, cheat [verb (intransitive)] faitc1330 defraudc1384 to take (the) advantagea1393 false1393 halt1412 haft1519 juggle1528 wily beguile1550 foist1584 lurch1593 fog1621 imposture1624 rook1637 impone1640 cheat1647 chicane1671 humbug1753 fineer1765 gag1781 mountebank1814 jockeya1835 sniggle1837 barney1848 straw1851 honeyfuggle1856 skinch1891 finagle1926 1837 J. F. Palmer Gloss. in M. Palmer Dialogue Devonshire Dial. (at cited word) To Sniggle, (at taw) to shuffle the hand forwards in an unfair manner. b. To wriggle, crawl, creep stealthily. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > stealthy movement > move stealthily [verb (intransitive)] besteala725 snikec897 steal1154 creepc1175 skulk?c1225 snaker?c1225 stalkc1300 slenchc1330 lurka1375 slinkc1374 snokec1380 slide1382 slipc1400 mitchera1575 sneak1598 snake1818 sly1825 snoop1832 to steal one's way1847 sniggle1881 gumshoe1897 slime1898 pussyfoot1902 soft-foot1913 cat-foot1916 pussy1919 pussa1953 1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) 247 Sniggle,..to wriggle away. 1900 F. A. Steel Hosts of Lord xxiii There's a brute trying to sniggle along the wall. 2. transitive. To get (a thing) in surreptitiously. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > introduce or bring something in [verb (transitive)] > intrude or insinuate intruse?a1500 ingyre1513 shuffle1565 cog1570 foist1570 wind?1570 obtrudea1575 interject1588 filch?1589 intrude1592 inthrust1605 possess1606 suborna1620 inedge1632 interlopea1641 subintroducteda1641 subintroduce1643 to hedge in1664 insinuate1665 dodge1687 lug1721 assinuate1742 wriggle1766 fudge1776 intertrude1809 injeer1820 protrude1840 sniggle1881 1881 Oxfordsh. Gloss. 98 Sniggle in, to get anything in an underhand manner. 1900 F. T. Pollok & W. S. Thom Wild Sports Burma & Assam vi. 190 I calculated that if I were successful in my application I could sniggle in those two days as well. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.11837n.21852n.31863v.11671v.21815v.31837 |
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