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

A. S. snaw, id. Belg. sneeuw.

Snaw-bru, Snaw-broo, s. Snow-water, S.
Burns.

Snawie, adj. Snowy, S.
Burns.

To SNECK, SNEG, v. a.
1. To cut with a sudden stroke of a sharp instrument, S.
Ramsay.
2. To sneg off at the web's end, to cut off one's hopes, S.
Ramsay.

Germ. schneck-en, scindere.

3. To sneck with lime, to make indentations in a wall, filling the blanks with lime; or, in building, to insert a small quantity between the stones in the outer side, S.

Sneck, Sneg, s. A small incision, a cut suddenly given, S.
Ross.

SNECK, SNICK, s.
1. The latch of a door, S.
Ross.

Teut. snack-en, captare.

2. A small bolt, S.