snitingn.
1. The action of the verb; a blowing or wiping of the nose or beak; the snuffing of a candle.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning or cleanliness of the person > [noun] > cleaning the nose
snitingc1000
emunction1615
blow1834
c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 162 Sternutatio,..snytingc, uel fneosung.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 461 Snytynge, of a nose or candyl, munctura.
c1450 Urbanitatis (Calig. A.ii) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 13 Fro spettyng & snetyng kepe þe also.
1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 306 And ye may perceiue this disease by your hawkes often sniting, & by making a noyze twice or thryce in hir snyting.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Mouchement, a snyting, or wiping of the nose.
1656 tr. J. A. Comenius Latinæ Linguæ Janua Reserata: Gate Lat. Tongue Unlocked xxi. §207 The snivel..is detained by the hairs in the nostrils, that it may not flow down before sniting.
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the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > [noun] > wick > snuff
gnastc1175
snuff1382
snitc1420
snotc1420
snitingc1440
candle-sniting1483
candle-snuff1552
snuffing?1575
snaste1592
snuft1657
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 461/2 Snytynge, of a candel, munctorium, emunctorium.
1483 Cath. Angl. 347/1 A Snytynge of a candelle, licinus, licinum.
Compounds
C1. †sniting hole.
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1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum v. ii. (Tollemache MS.) Þat þe open fumositeis and boystous filþe may be voyded and clensid by open and snytynge holes.
C2.
† †sniting instrument n. Obsolete a candle-snuffer.
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the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [noun] > extinguishing light > that which extinguishes (candles or torches)
snitelc1000
candle-quencher1382
sniters1382
sniting tongsa1425
snuffer1465
sniting instrumentc1475
candle-shears1483
sniting iron1483
out-quencher1535
candle-snuffer1552
snufter1558
extinguisher1562
dout1573
douter1622
topper1688
link-extinguisher1859
squencher1871
c1475 Promptorium Parvulorum 461/2 (K.) Snytinge instrument, munctorium, emunctorium.
† †sniting iron n. Obsolete a candle-snuffer.
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the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [noun] > extinguishing light > that which extinguishes (candles or torches)
snitelc1000
candle-quencher1382
sniters1382
sniting tongsa1425
snuffer1465
sniting instrumentc1475
candle-shears1483
sniting iron1483
out-quencher1535
candle-snuffer1552
snufter1558
extinguisher1562
dout1573
douter1622
topper1688
link-extinguisher1859
squencher1871
1483 Cath. Angl. 347/1 A Snytynge yren, emvnctorium.
† †sniting tongs n. Obsolete a candle-snuffer.
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the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [noun] > extinguishing light > that which extinguishes (candles or torches)
snitelc1000
candle-quencher1382
sniters1382
sniting tongsa1425
snuffer1465
sniting instrumentc1475
candle-shears1483
sniting iron1483
out-quencher1535
candle-snuffer1552
snufter1558
extinguisher1562
dout1573
douter1622
topper1688
link-extinguisher1859
squencher1871
a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Exod. xxxvii. 23 He made also seuene lanternes, with her snytyng tongis.
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