snoachv.
/snəʊtʃ/ dialect.
intransitive. To snuffle; to breathe or speak through the nose, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > speak in a particular manner [verb (intransitive)] > speak nasally
to speak through (also in) the (or one's) nose1598
twang1615
snafflea1635
snuffle1634
snoach1844
nasillate1859
snifter1880
the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > inhalation > inhale [verb (intransitive)] > through nose
sniffc1340
snifterc1340
snavelc1480
snuff1530
snuffle1611
snufter1632
whiff1635
snot1662
snift1703
snotter1710
snuff1714
sniffle1819
snoach1844
1844 W. Barnes Poems Rural Life in Dorset Dial. Gloss. 350 Snōtch, to speak or breathe hardly through the nose.
1881 H. Smith & C. R. Smith Isle of Wight Words 33 Snoche, to speak with a nasal twang.
1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Snoachy, to speak through the nose; to make a snuffling noise; to snore. Why, Jim, thee's snoachy, same's a gurt fat pig.
Derivatives
ˈsnoaching n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [noun] > speaking through the nose
snoachinga1387
snaffling1670
nasillation1859
whang1875
the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > inhalation > [noun] > through nose
snoachinga1387
sniftingc1430
snivellingc1430
snuffing1540
sniffing1575
snuffling1580
snufflea1764
sniff1767
snuff1822
sniftera1835
sniffling1836
snivel1847
sniffle1880
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 11 I..schamede and dradde after so noble spekers..to putte forþ my bareyn speche, hosnes and snochynge.
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