sneaping, ppl. a.
(ˈsniːpɪŋ)
[f. sneap v.]
Of the wind, etc.: Checking growth; nipping, biting. Also in fig. context.
| 1588 Shakes. L.L.L. i. i. 100 Like an enuious sneaping Frost, That bites the first borne infants of the Spring. 1611 ― Wint. T. i. ii. 13 No sneaping Winds at home. 1882 L. Campbell J. C. Maxwell 45 His activities were apt..to take odd shapes, as in a healthy plant under a sneaping wind. 1900 Contemp. Rev. July 119 Sheltered..from the sneaping winds of ill-usage or mischance. |