snick and snee ? Obs.
Also 7 snic (snik) and snee, snick and sneer.
[See snick or snee.]
1. a. v. To thrust and cut. b. adv. With thrusting and cutting. c. n. = snick-a-snee 1.
| c 1645 Howell Lett. i. xli, None must carry a pointed Knife about him; which makes the Hollander, who is us'd to Snick and Snee, to leave his Horn-sheath and Knife a Ship-board when he comes ashore. 1665 Marvell Charact. Holland 96 When, stagg'ring upon some Land, Snick and Sneer, They try, like Statuaries, if they can, Cut out each other's Athos to a Man. 1697 Dryden Virgil Note on Georg. iv. 660 The monks..were at snic and snee with their drawn knives. 1802 James Milit. Dict., Snick and snee, a combat with knives, such as the Dutch carry. |
2. attrib. (with knife), = snick-a-snee 2.
| 1842 Borrow Bible in Spain vii, The Spaniard..sprang up like a tiger,..unsheathing instantly a snick and snee knife. |
So † snicking and sneeing vbl. n. Obs.—1
| 1674 N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. To Rdr., If the humor of huffing be but a little further cocker'd,..snicking and sneeing will be nothing else in the world but writing of Book a la mode d'Angleterre. |