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Snead

name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A town in Blount County, Alabama, United States. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    An unincorporated community in Columbia County, Georgia, United States. countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    A piece; bit; slice.
  2. 2
    A snath. UK
  3. 3
    A line or cord; a string. UK, dialectal
Verb
  1. 1
    To cut; lop; prune. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English *sneden, *snæden (found in tosnæden), from Old English snǣdan (“to cut; feed”), from Proto-Germanic *snaidijaną, related to Middle High German sneiten, Icelandic sneiða, English snithe (“to cut”). More at snithe.

Etymology 2

From Middle English snade, snede, from Old English snǣd (“a piece, bit, slice”), related to Icelandic sneið.

Etymology 3

From Middle English snede, from Old English snǣd (“the shaft or handle of a scythe”),

Etymology 4

Variant of Sneed.

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