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snape
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -e?p
Etymology 1
Origin obscure. Perhaps from snape, a dialectal variant of sneap (“to nip, bite, pinch”). More at sneap.
Verb
snape (third-person singular simple present snapes, present participle snaping, simple past and past participle snaped)
- (shipbuilding) To bevel the end of a timber to fit against an inclined surface.
Etymology 2
Variation of sneap.
Verb
snape (third-person singular simple present snapes, present participle snaping, simple past and past participle snaped)
- Alternative form of sneap
- 1861, Terry A. Johnston, Him on One Side and Me on the Other, Univ. of South Carolina Press, p48, 1999 (quoting Alexander Campbell)
- The colnel (sic) I dont think like him much. I undirstand (sic) he was always snaping him.
- 2001, Joan Raphael-Leff, Pregnancy: The Inside Story, Karnac Books, page 22
- I imagine her prodding my flab and snaping, "There's nothing there — get rid of that!"
- 1861, Terry A. Johnston, Him on One Side and Me on the Other, Univ. of South Carolina Press, p48, 1999 (quoting Alexander Campbell)
Anagrams
- Aspen, NAPEs, Panes, Spean, aspen, napes, neaps, panes, peans, sneap, spane, spean
Middle English
Alternative forms
- snaip, snaipen
Etymology
From Old Norse sneypa (“to outrage, dishonor, disgrace”)
Verb
snape (third-person singular simple present snapeth, present participle snapynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle snaped)
- To injure; of snow or sleet: nip, afflict
- Þe snawe snitered ful snart, þat snayped þe wylde. — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, c1400
- Ilke a barne in þe burgh all blaught is hys wedes Als any snappand snaw. — Wars of Alexander, 1500
- To rebuke; revile, criticize
- Vte of desert þar he was in, He com to snaip þe king sinn. — Cursor Mundi, 1400
- To Snape: corripere — Catholicon Anglicum, 1483
Related terms
- snapli (“sharply, bitingly; reproachfully”)
References
Middle English Dictionary, snaipen, snaip, snape
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stape
English
Noun
stape (plural stapes)
- (dialect) A staple
References
- OED 2nd edition 1989
Anagrams
- Pesta, aspet, paste, pates, peats, pâtés, sepat, septa, septa-, spate, speat, tapes, tepas
Middle English
Noun
stape
- Alternative form of steppe
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