An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

Belg. met een snap, id.

Ross.

Snaply, adv. hastily, S. B.
Ross.

Teut. snap, raptus.

SNAP DYKE, a stone fence, from four to six feet in height, strong and firmly locked together at the top, S. O.

Teut. snap, interceptio.

Stat. Acc.

To SNAPPER, v. n.
1. To stumble, S.
Kelly.
2. To get into a scrape, S.
Maitland P.

Su. G. snafw-a, titubare; snabb, celer.

Snapper, s.
1. A stumble, S.
2. A failure as to morals, S.
R. Bruce.