snitern.
1. plural. A pair of candle-snuffers.
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the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [noun] > extinguishing light > that which extinguishes (candles or torches)
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candle-quencher1382
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sniting tongsa1425
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sniting instrumentc1475
candle-shears1483
sniting iron1483
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1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Num. iv. 9 The candelstik, with the lanterns, and her toonges, and snyters.
1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) 247.
2. One who wipes or snuffs.
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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Moucheur, a snyter, wiper, snuffer.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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