snet
See also: sněť
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old English snȳtan, from Proto-Germanic *snūtijaną. Compare snot.
Verb edit
snet (third-person singular simple present snets, present participle snetting, simple past and past participle snetted)
- (obsolete) To clear of mucus; to blow (one's nose).
- 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, published 1635, →OCLC:
- snetting his nose
Etymology 2 edit
Compare German Schnitt (“that which is cut”), from schneiden (“to cut”). Compare English snath.
Noun edit
snet (uncountable)
- (UK, obsolete, dialect) The fat of a deer.
- 1825, Samuel Adams and Sarah Adams, The Complete Servant:
- deer's, goat's, or lamb's snet
References edit
- “snet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams edit
Slovene edit
Participle edit
snẹ̑t