▪ I. † ˈsnouting1 Obs.—1
[? f. snout n.1]
A variety of apple.
| 1651 Child in Hartlib Legacy (1655) 19 In Biscay..they make Cider of a certain sweet Apple, which hath a little bitterness in it, and is like to our snouting. |
▪ II. † ˈsnouting2 Obs.—1
[app. f. Du. snuit tow.]
(See quot.)
| 1662 Irish Statutes (1765) II. 416 Snouting, alias snayl, or drest towe, the twelve pound, [{pstlg}]0.5s 0. |