▪ I. sneg, n. Obs. exc. dial.
[ME. snegge, = MLG. snigge, MHG. snegge, snecke, G. schnecke.]
A snail. Cf. snag n.3
| 1340 Ayenb. 32 Þo anlikneþ þan þet ne dar naȝt guo ine þe peþe uor þane snegge þet sseaweþ him his hornes. 1880–7 in Kentish and Cornish glossaries. |
▪ II. sneg, v. Sc.
[Of obscure origin: cf. sneck v.2]
trans. To cut.
Jamieson (1808) also gives sneg as a n.
| 1718 Ramsay Christ's Kirk Gr. iii. xii, [She] sneg'd the raips fow snack, We' er knife that day. 17.. ― Address of Thanks xviii, Bring to the warld the luckless wean, And sneg its infant thrapple. 1808–57 in Eng. Dial. Dict. |