ˈsnithing, ppl. a. Now dial.
[f. snithe v.]
Of wind, etc.: Nipping, cutting; piercing, sharp. (Cf. snithe a.)
| a 1350 St. Martin 24 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 152 It was cald with weders wete, Snythand frost with snaw and slete. 1851 Sternberg Dial. Northampton s.v., A snithing wind. 1881 Leicester Gloss. 247 Snithing,..applied to weather. ‘A bloshing and snithing day.’ |