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 124 THE DIALECT OF to t* thnmb'tneck as well as to f brass rapper/ t. e. call alike on rich and poor. Snell, keen; sharp, &c. A sjiell morning is a Bharp, frosty one; a sneH man is peevish, sharp, narrow in his dealings. Douglas, the translator of Virgil, says, * Cheyerand for cauld, the sessoun was sa aneir (Prologue to ^neid, Bk. vii.). Snew, snowed; so mew and sew for mowed and sotced. ' Her father said she should go to school if it anew fire-points/ 8noum used for the participle (at Lepton). [Snew is really the correct English word. --W. W. S.] Snickle, a snare for birds, hares, &c, [The diminutiye of sneck. — W. W. S.J Snicksnarl (pronounced by some enicJrsnail). When thread is so much twisted that on being slackened it runs into double twists, it is a anicksnarl, Snig, to snatch; to pull away secretly; to move a tree away. Sniff- hill in Sheffield Snig^ee, the part behind the horses to prevent the traces touching the heels. Sometimes called the stretcher. Snittle, to snare; also a substantive. [Same as Snickle. — ^W. W. S.] Snod, smooth. * The road's as 87iod as that table.' * The grass-plat is quite $nod now.* iS7ioc2-toppin is a well-brushed head of hair. Snot, the mucous running from the nose. Snotterel (pronounced snotteril), diminutive of srumt. Heard applied to pigs' snouts. The word is common enough. Snntter, to snigger : perhaps connected with snout. Sny (pronounced snaw), to abound with, swarm, &c., especially So and so, used for so so, paltry, feeble. Soa, Sooa, generally doubled, soa, soa : used for ' stop, stop,' when too much of a thing is given. Soak (pronounced sooak; gl, soo'h'k), liquid manure; and the holes where it collects in the yard are called aodk-koila, awump-hoiU, and aump'hoila. Soft, applied to a person, means foolish; to the weather, moist or wet. Softling (pronounced aoflin)^ a soft-headed person. Softly, soft-headed; foolish.
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