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snaste
English
Alternative forms
- snast, snaist, snaast, sneeste, sneest, snace, snaice, sneeze, snaich
Etymology
Perhaps related to snite (verb), or perhaps related to gnast.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /snæst/, (dialectally also) /sne?st/
Noun
snaste (plural snastes)
- (obsolete, dialectal) The burnt or burning part of the wick of a candle; the snuff.
- 1626, Francis Bacon, Natural History, page 127:
- Till some part of the candle was consumed, and the dust gathered about the snaste; but then it made the snaste big, and long, and to burn duskishly.
- 1865, Edward FitzGerald, Works, page 426:
- A coming letter is foretold by a projecting spark on the snaste.
- 1899, Fison, Merry Suf., page 62:
- As that snaste of that candle, goos out.
- 1626, Francis Bacon, Natural History, page 127:
Verb
snaste (third-person singular simple present snastes, present participle snasting, simple past and past participle snasted)
- (transitive, obsolete, dialectal) To snuff a candle.
References
Anagrams
- antses, assent, sanest, stanes, steans
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snast
English
Noun
snast (plural snasts)
- Alternative form of snaste
Further reading
- snast in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- Nasts, Sants, Tsans, stans
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