snoove, v. Sc.
(snuv)
Also 6 snoif, 9 snuive, snuve.
[a. OScand. (east) *snóa (MSw. snoa, Sw. sno, Da. snoe), = ON. and Icel. sn{uacu}a (Fær. sn{uacu}gva, Norw. snu). For the development of the vb., cf. the etym. note to ro n.]
1. a. trans. To twirl, cause to turn. b. intr. (See quot. 1808.)
| 1513 Douglas æneid viii. vii. 100 To werk the lyne, To snoif the spyndill, and lang thredis twyne. 1722 Ramsay Three Bonnets iii. 80 A wife that snooves a spindle. 1808 Jamieson s.v., A boy's top is said to snuve, when it whirls round with great velocity, preserving at the same time an equal motion. |
2. intr. To move or advance steadily, or with a steady pace; to glide. Also fig.
| 1719 W. Hamilton Ep. to Ramsay iii. ii, The pleasure counterpois'd the cumber..And snoovt away like three-hand Ombre. 1786 Burns To Auld Mare xiv, But just thy step a wee thing hastet, Thou snoov't awa. 1830 Memorabilia Curliana 106 Come snooving down white ice. 1881 R. Buchanan God & the Man III. 212 Many a sharp rap did the old ship get [from the ice] as she snooved along. |