▪ I. † snailing, n. Obs.—1
? = snail n.2
| 1688 Holme Armoury iii. xiv. (Roxb.) 16/1 The lower Valens..fringed for state..either with..Tufted fring, snailing fring, Gimpe fring. |
▪ II. snailing, ppl. a. rare.
[f. snail n.1 or v.]
Winding spirally, or like the tracks of snails.
| 1615 Crooke Body of Man 94 Wherein the snaking and snayling diuarications of the vessels do craule all ouer the belly. Ibid. 456 Some of these snailing paths are deeper. |