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单词 snod
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snodadj.

Brit. /snɒd/, U.S. /snɑd/, Scottish English /snɔd/
Forms: Also 1600s snoode (?).
Etymology: Of obscure origin: the stem may be the same as that of Old Norse snoðinn bald (Norwegian snoden bare).
Scottish and northern dialect.
1. Smooth, sleek; even. Also absol.
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the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > [adjective] > smooth and polished or glossy
slighta1300
politea1398
well-burnishedc1400
well-polished1485
snod?a1500
sleeked1513
sneith1513
snog1513
sleek1589
enamelled1600
polished1649
slid1719
waxen1722
glazy1724
smolt1837
patent leather1904
smarmy1909
ciré1921
a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Wolf & Wether l. 2506 in Poems (1981) 93 He wald chase thame baith throw rouch and snod.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid v. xiii. 24 His awin heid warpit with a snod olive, Heich in a schippis forcastell [he] did stand.
a1585 Ld. Polwart Flyting with Montgomerie 562 Foot-foundred beasts..Hes not their hair sa snod as other good.
a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 6 Howe to choose a good tuppe. Lett him bee..of a snoode and good stapple.
1692 A. Symson in W. Macfarlane Geogr. Coll. Scotl. (1907) II. 102 The long beards and awnds are separated from the corne; and the corne made, as they terme it, more snod and easie to pass through the mill.
1695 W. Kennett Parochial Antiq. Gloss. at Snodde Wheat ears are said to be snod when they have no beard or awns. And a tree is snod when the top is cut smooth off.
1781 J. Hutton Tour to Caves (ed. 2) Gloss. 96 Snod, smooth.
1790 A. Wheeler Westmorland Dial. (1821) 18 A lile stiff fello, wie a varra snod feace.
1862 C. C. Robinson Dial. Leeds & Neighbourhood 416 A snod piece o' cloath—as snod as a bit o' silk!
in combination.1855 E. Waugh Sketches Lancs. Life 201 Rough and free as so many snod-backed young modiwarps.1898 A. Ollivant Owd Bob xiii. 117 Ye ox-limbed, snod-faced profleegit!
2.
a. Of persons: Neat, tidy, trim, smart, spruce.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective] > neat or trim
netc1330
pertc1330
cleanc1386
nicec1400
picked?c1425
dapperc1440
feata1471
gim1513
trig1513
well-trimmedc1513
trick1533
smirk1534
tricksy1552
neat1559
netty1573
deft1579
primpc1590
briska1593
smug1598
spruce1598
sprink1602
terse1602
compt1632
nitle1673
sprig1675
snod1691
tight1697
smugged1706
snug1714
pensy1718
fitty1746
jemmy1751
sprucy1774
smartc1778
natty1785
spry1806
perjink1808
soigné1821
nutty1823
toiletted1823
taut1829
spick and span1846
spicy1846
groomed1853
spiffy1853
well-groomed1865
bandboxy1870
perjinkity1880
spick-span1888
bandbox1916
tiddly1925
whip-smart1937
spit and polish1950
spit-and-polished1977
1691 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 66 Snod,..neat, handsome.
1719 A. Ramsay Epist. to J. Arbuckle 71 A black-a-vic'd snod dapper fallow.
1756 M. Calderwood Lett. & Jrnls. (1884) 194 The niece was a little, snod, fair lass.
1822 J. Galt Provost xxvi. 196 A tight and snod serving lassie.
1889 J. M. Barrie Window in Thrums 14 Here comes the minister himsel', an' very snod he is.
b. Of things: Neat, trim, in good order.
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the world > relative properties > order > [adjective] > tidy
queemc1450
trig1513
trimc1521
neat1594
polite1602
terse1602
unlittered1612
ship-shape1644
snod1717
tight1720
redd1753
(as) neat (also clean) as a (new) pin1769
mack1825
tidy1828
slick1833
ship-shapely1843
trimly1858
taut1870
1717 A. Ramsay Elegy Lucky Wood iv She..kept her housie snod and bein.
1785 W. Hutton Bran New Wark 3 The gentleman that treads in black snod pumps.
1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 41 His velvet breeks,..The snoddest pairt o' his attire.
1837 R. P. Gillies Recoll. Sir W. Scott iii. ix. 199 I see ye're admiring how snod the library looks there.
1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders xxii. 195 My clothes were clean brushed and exceedingly neat and snod.
3. Comfortable, snug, cosy. Also as quasi-adv.
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the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > physical comfort > [adjective] > snug or comfortable (of places)
lithe1488
lowna1522
bein1533
close1571
snod1695
snugging1701
snugc1718
tosie1720
canny1737
cosy1786
fiel1792
snuggish1818
familyish1824
nest-like1864
hygge1963
1695 W. Kennett Parochial Antiq. Gloss. at Snodde To lie snod and snug.
1888 J. M. Barrie When Man's Single xix. 289 ‘Ay,’ he said, with a chuckle, ‘but I've a snod bit cornery up there for mysel'.’
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

snodv.

/snɒd/
Etymology: < snod adj.
transitive. To make smooth, trim, or neat; to tidy, put in order. Also with down, off, up.
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the world > relative properties > order > put in (proper) order [verb (transitive)] > put in order or tidy
redeOE
slick1340
redda1500
prepare1585
spruce1594
rid1599
snod1608
to clear up1762
snug1787
ted1811
tidy1821
side1825
fix1832
to pick up1853
mense1859
straighten1867
square1909
neaten1942
1608 T. Hudson tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Ivdith iv. 63 in J. Sylvester Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) On stake and ryce, hee knits the crooked vines, And snoddes their bowes.
1773 R. Fergusson Poems 95 Ye saw yoursell how weel his mailin thrave, Ay better faugh'd an' snodit than the lave.
1791 J. Learmont Poems Pastoral 85 The ploughman cultivates the field, The mower snods the common.
1819 W. Scott Let. 16 Apr. (1933) V. 355 I have planted a number of shrubs,..& am snodding up the drive of the old farm house.
1865 G. MacDonald Alec Forbes I. xxvi. 235 The..tallow candles..had..to be snodded laboriously.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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