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Snape

//sneɪp// name, verb

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A village in Snape with Thorp parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE2684).
  2. 2
    A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in Suffolk Coastal district (OS grid ref TM3958).
  3. 3
    A surname from Old English.
Verb
  1. 1
    To bevel the end of a timber to fit against an inclined surface.

    "It had to be accurately cut and trimmed, and its upper edge scored to suit the snaping of every beam end."

  2. 2
    To check or curtail (the growth of something); also, to check or curtail the growth of (a plant, etc.). British, archaic, dialectal, transitive
  3. 3
    Synonym of sneap (“to check or abruptly reprove (someone); to chide, to rebuke, to reprimand”). British, archaic, dialectal, transitive

    "The colnel (sic) I dont think like him much. I undirstand (sic) he was always snaping him."

  4. 4
    To chide, to rebuke, to reprimand. British, archaic, dialectal, intransitive

    "He saw nothing, heard nothing, rushed on, he knew not whither, snaping, and uttering hoarse cries."

Etymology

Etymology 1

First attested in the late 18th century. Derived from various villages in England and southern Scotland sharing this name.

Etymology 2

Origin obscure. Perhaps from snape, a dialectal variant of sneap (“to nip, bite, pinch”). More at sneap.

Etymology 3

From Middle English snaipen (“to injure; of sleet or snow: to nip; to criticize, rebuke, revile”) [and other forms], from Old Norse sneypa (“to disgrace, dishonour; to outrage”), from Proto-Germanic *snupaną, *snubaną (“to cut; to snap”); further origin unknown. Doublet of sneap.

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