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

To Sneck the door, to fix it by a latch, S.
Ross.

Sneck-drawer, Snick-drawer, s. Auld sneck-drawer, one who, from long experience, has acquired great facility in doing any thing; generally used in a bad sense, S.
Pop. Ball.

Sneck-drawin, adj. Crafty, S.
Burns.

To SNED, v. a.
1. To prune; S., snath, S. Bor.
Ruddiman.
2. To lop off, S.
Burns.
3. To remove excrescences.
Z. Boyd.
4. To emasculate, S.

Teut. snijd-en, secare; castrare.

Sneddins, s. pl. Prunings, or twigs lopped off, S.

Teut. snede, a slice.

SNEER, s.
1. The act of inhalation by the nostrils, Fife.
2. A snort, S.
Minstr. Bord.

SNEESHIN, SNEEZING, s.
1. Snuff, S.
Ritson.
2. A pinch of snuff, S.
Meston.

Sneeshin-mill, Snishin-box, s. A snuff-box, S.
Colvil.