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name
A village in Snape with Thorp parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE2684).
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name
A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in Suffolk Coastal district (OS grid ref TM3958).
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name
A surname from Old English.
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verb
To bevel the end of a timber to fit against an inclined surface.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, manufacturing, nautical, shipbuilding, transport
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verb
To check or curtail (the growth of something); also, to check or curtail the growth of (a plant, etc.).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, archaic, dialectal, transitive
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verb
Synonym of sneap (“to check or abruptly reprove (someone); to chide, to rebuke, to reprimand”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, archaic, dialectal, transitive
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verb
To chide, to rebuke, to reprimand.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, archaic, dialectal, intransitive
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History
First attested in the late 18th century. Derived from various villages in England and southern Scotland sharing this name.
Origin obscure. Perhaps from snape, a dialectal variant of sneap (“to nip, bite, pinch”). More at sneap.
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.
