snet

See also: sněť

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsnɛt/

Etymology 1

From Old English snȳtan, from Proto-Germanic *snūtijaną. Compare snot.

Verb

snet (third-person singular simple present snets, present participle snetting, simple past and past participle snetted)

(obsolete) To clear of mucus; to blow (one's nose).
- 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the VVorld. Commonly Called, The Natvrall Historie of C. Plinivs Secvndus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, published 1635, →OCLC:
  
  snetting his nose

Etymology 2

Compare German Schnitt (“that which is cut”), from schneiden (“to cut”). Compare English snath.

Noun

snet (uncountable)

(UK, obsolete, dialect) The fat of a deer.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for snet in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Anagrams

ENTs, NEST, Sten, TENS, ents, nest, nets, sent, sent., tens

Slovene

Participle

snẹ̑t

past passive participle of snẹ́ti

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