▪ I. sny, n. Shipbuilding.
(snaɪ)
[Cf. snying vbl. n.]
(See quots. 1846 and 1875.)
| a. 1711 W. Sutherland Shipbuild. Assist. 54 In working up a round Buttock of a Ship, the lower Edge of the Planks will have a sudden Sny aft. 1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. 288 In shipbuilding, a plank is said to have sny, when its edge has an upward curve. |
| b. c 1850 Rudim. Nav. (Weale) 149 The great sny occasioned in full bows..is..to be prevented by introducing steelers. 1875 Knight Dict. Mech. 2232/1 Sny,..the trend of the lines of a ship upward from amidship toward the bow and the stern. |
▪ II. † sny, v.1 Obs.—1
In 5 snyȝe.
[Of obscure origin.]
intr. To move, proceed.
| a 1400–50 Alexander 4095 Þan snyȝes þar, out of þat snyth hill.., A burly best. |
▪ III. sny, v.2 Now dial.
(snaɪ)
Forms: 7 snithe, 9 snive; 7, 9 snie, 8–9 sny, 9 snye; 7, 9 snee.
[Of obscure origin.]
intr. To abound, swarm, teem, be infested, with something.
| 1674 Ray N.C. Words 44 To Snee or snie, to abound or swarm. He snies with Lice, he swarms with them. 1675 V. Alsop Anti-sozzo 503 Certainly never did man so snithe with prejudices against Truth. c 1746 J. Collier (Tim Bobbin) View Lanc. Dial. Gloss., Snye, to swarm. 1849 Howitt Year Bk. Country 242/32 The villages in the forest sny with children. 1882 Echo 16 Jan. 4/1 The place literally ‘snives’ with rabbits. 1897 J. Prior Ripple & Flood xix, The watter snies wi' fish. |