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snick and snee
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 S...
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snick-a-snee
snick-a-snee ? Obs. Also 7 -sne. [Cf. prec. and snick or snee.] 1. A combat with cut-and-thrust knives.1673 A. Behn Dutch Lover iii. iii, There lies my sword, and..I tell you I am as good at Snick-a-sne as the best Don of you all. 1688 B. Willy On Dutch War in Jane Barker Poet. Recreat. ii. 56 But t...
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snick or snee
† snick or snee, v. and n. Obs. Also 7 steake or snye, stick or snee, 8 snic or snee; 7–8 snick-or-snee. [orig. ad. Du. steken (G. stechen) to thrust, stick, and snijen, snijden (G. schneiden) to cut, with subsequent assimilation of the st- of the first word to the sn- of the second. In the first qu...
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WYO – Wyoming
Weaponry and warfare
ENOLA – Enola Gay, airplane that dropped the first atomic bomb
ETO – European Theater of Operations
SNEE – obsolete term for a dagger ("[Snick's partner]")
Miscellaneous crosswordese
ALAMO – mission in San Antonio, Texas, where the Battle of the Alamo
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snickersnee
▪ I. snickersnee, n. (ˈsnɪkəsniː) Also snicker-, snikker-snee. [Alteration of snick or snee.] 1. = snick-a-snee 1.1727 Boyer Dict. Royal ii, Snicker-snee (the Dutch way of fighting with pointed Knives). 1867 Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Snikker-Snee, a combat with knives. 2. A large knife.1775 Ash Dict....
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snye
▪ I. snye Canad. and local U.S. (snaɪ) Also snie, sny. [ad. Canad. Fr. chenail, Fr. chenal channel n.1] A side-channel, esp. one creating an island.1819 W. Keyes Diary 17 Apr. in Wisconsin Mag. Hist. (1920) III. 457 Evening, anchor a little above the upper snie (or channel) that leads to the Mississ...
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snee
▪ I. snee (to cut): see snick or snee.▪ II. snee variant of sny (to swarm), dial.
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snick
▪ I. snick, n.1 slang or dial. [Cf. snicking vbl. n.] A snack or share. Usu. pl.1723 Dk. Wharton True Briton No. 59, There is no Room for the Encouragement of Industry where the Snicks will hardly pay for a Saturday's Supper. 1888 Berkshire Gloss. 151 Snicks, shares, halves. 1891 Wrench Winchester W...
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steek
▪ I. † steek, n.1 Sc. Obs. rare. Also steik. [a. Flemish or LG. stuk, stik piece (= G. stück).] = piece n. in certain commercial uses: a. a cask of wine; b. a coin of specified value; a ‘piece’ of work (cf. maisterstik s.v. masterpiece).1468 Extracts Burgh Rec. Edin. (1869) I. 23 Of Rynche wyne beca...
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