Defn: Like a snipe.
SNITE
Snite, n.
Defn: A snipe. [Obs. or Scot.] Carew.
SNITE
Snite, v. t. Etym: [Icel. snifa. See Snout.]
Defn: To blow, as the nose; to snuff, as a candle. [Obs. or Scot.]
SNITHE; SNITHY
Snithe, Snith"y, a. Etym: [AS. sni to cut. See Snathe.]
Defn: Sharp; piercing; cutting; — applied to the wind. [Prov. Eng.]
SNIVEL
Sniv"el, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sniveled or Snivelled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Sniveling or Snivelling.] Etym: [OE. snivelen, snevelen, snuvelen,
freg. of sneven. See Sniff, and cf. Snuffle.]
1. To run at the nose; to make a snuffling noise.
2. To cry or whine with snuffling, as children; to cry weakly or whiningly. Put stop to thy sniveling ditty. Sir W. Scott.