Part 517

Spectator.

Leave me your snatches, and yield me a direct answer.

Shak.

Snatch block (Naut.), a kind of block with an opening in one side to receive the bight of a rope.

Snatch"er (?), n. One who snatches, or takes abruptly.

Snatch"ing*ly, adv. By snatching; abruptly.

Snath (snth), n. [Cf. AS. snðan to cut, to mow, snd a bite, bit, snip.] The handle of a scythe; a snead. [Variously written in England snead, sneed, sneath, sneeth, snathe, etc.; in Scotland written sned.]

Snathe (sn), v. t. [Cf. Icel. sneiða to cut into alices, snða to cut; akin to AS. besndan, snðan, G. schneiden, OHG. sndan, Goth. sneiþan to cut, to reap, and E. snath, snithe.] To lop; to prune. [Prov. Eng.]

Snat"tock (snt"tk), n. [See Snathe.] A chip; a slice. [Prov. Eng.] Gayton.

Snaw (sn), n. Snow. [Obs. or Scot.] Burns.

Snead (snd), n. [See Snath.] 1. A snath.

2. A line or cord; a string. [Prov. Eng.]

Sneak (snk), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sneaked (snkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Sneaking.] [OE. sniken, AS. sncan to creep; akin to Dan. snige sig; cf. Icel. snkja to hanker after.] 1. To creep or steal (away or about) privately; to come or go meanly, as a person afraid or ashamed to be seen; as, to sneak away from company.

You skulked behind the fence, and sneaked away.

Dryden.

2. To act in a stealthy and cowardly manner; to behave with meanness and servility; to crouch.

Sneak, v. t. To hide, esp. in a mean or cowardly manner. [Obs.] "[Slander] sneaks its head." Wake.

Sneak, n. 1. A mean, sneaking fellow.

A set of simpletons and superstitious sneaks.

Glanvill.

2. (Cricket) A ball bowled so as to roll along the ground; -- called also grub. R. A. Proctor.

Sneak"-cup` (?), n. One who sneaks from his cups; one who balks his glass. [Obs.] Shak.

Sneak"er (?), n. 1. One who sneaks. Lamb.

2. A vessel of drink. [Prov. Eng.]

A sneaker of five gallons.

Spectator.

Sneak"i*ness (?), n. The quality of being sneaky.

Sneak"ing, a. Marked by cowardly concealment; deficient in openness and courage; underhand; mean; crouching. -- Sneak"ing*ly, adv. -- Sneak"ing*ness, n.