† ˈsnatted, a. Obs.
[Of obscure origin.]
Snub.
| 13.. K. Alis. 6447 (Laud MS.), Hij haue visages euelong, And snatted nosen, þat ben wrong. 1387 Trevisa Higden (Rolls) III. 285 Ȝe stryveþ for a man wiþ snatted nose. 1398 ― Barth. De P.R. xviii. xcvi. (1495) 842 The ape hight Simea in grewe and hath that name of snattid nose:..for thei ben snattyd in the nose. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 461/2 Snattyd, or schort nosyd, simus. |