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Etymology 1 [ edit ]

First attested in late Middle English; from the Middle English snyȝe (“creep”); liken Danish snige (“sneak”), Irish snighim, Old Irish snaighim.

Verb [ edit ]

sny (third-person singular simple present snies, present participle snying, simple past and past participle snied)

( obsolete , rare , intransitive rare ) move, proceed

References [ edit ]

“ ” listed on page 343 of volume IX, part I ( Si–St ) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [1st ed., 1919]

† Sny, v. Obs. — 1 In 5 snyȝe. [Of obscure origin.] intr. To move, proceed. [¶] a 1400–50 Alexander 4095 Þan snyȝes þar, out of þat snyth hill.., A burly best.

) of [1st ed., 1919] In 5 [Of obscure origin.] To move, proceed. [¶] 4095 Þan snyȝes þar, out of þat snyth hill.., A burly best. “ ” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]

Etymology 2 [ edit ]

First attested in 1674; its etymology is unknown. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Alternative forms [ edit ]

( pronounced with a terminal consonant ) snithe, snive

snithe, snive ( pronounced [snaɪ] ) snie, sny, snye

snie, sny, snye ( pronounced [sniː] ) snee

Verb [ edit ]

sny (third-person singular simple present snies, present participle snying, simple past and past participle snied)

Translations [ edit ]

to swarm, teem, be infested w\smth. Russian: кише́ть (ru) ( kišétʹ )

References [ edit ]

“ ” listed on page 343 of volume IX, part I ( Si–St ) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [1st ed., 1919]

Sny ( snəi ), v. Now dial. Forms: 7 snithe, 9 snive; 7, 9 snie, 8–9 sny, 9 snye; 7, 9 snee. [Of obscure origin.] intr. To abound, swarm, teem, be infested, with something. [¶] 1674 Ray N.C. Words 44 To Snee or snie , to abound or swarm. He snies with Lice, he swarms with them. 1675 V. Alsop Anti-sozzo 503 Certainly never did man so snithe with prejudices against Truth. c 1746 J. Collier (Tim Bobbin) View Lanc. Dial. Gloss., Snye , to swarm. 1849 Howitt Year Bk. Country 242/32 The villages in the forest sny with children. 1882 Echo 16 Jan. 4/1 The place literally ‘snives’ with rabbits. 1897 J. Prior Ripple & Flood xix, The watter snies wi’ fish.

) of [1st ed., 1919] ( ), Now Forms: 7 9 7, 9 8–9 9 7, 9 [Of obscure origin.] To abound, swarm, teem, be infested, something. [¶] 44 To or , to abound or swarm. He with Lice, he swarms with them. 503 Certainly never did man so snithe with prejudices against Truth. (Tim Bobbin) Gloss., , to swarm. 242/32 The villages in the forest sny with children. 16 Jan. 4/1 The place literally ‘snives’ with rabbits. xix, The watter snies wi’ fish. “ ” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]

Etymology 3 [ edit ]

First attested in 1711; its etymology is unknown; compare snying and the Danish sno (“to twine”, “to twist”).

Noun [ edit ]

sny (plural snies)

( shipbuilding ) Upward curving observed in the planks of a wooden ship or boat. An upward curve at the edge of a plank. An upward curve in the lines of a wooden watercraft from amidships toward its bow and its stern.

References [ edit ]

“ ” listed on page 343 of volume IX, part I ( Si–St ) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [1st ed., 1919]

Sny ( snəi ), sb. Shipbuilding. [Cf. Snying vbl. sb. ] (See quots. 1846 and 1875.) [¶] a. 1711 W. Sutherland Shipbuild. Assist. 54 In working up a round Buttock of a Ship, the lower Edge of the Planks will have a sudden Sny aft. 1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. 288 In shipbuilding, a plank is said to have sny, when its edge has an upward curve. [¶] b. c 1850 Rudim. Nav. (Weale) 149 The great sny occasioned in full bows..is..to be prevented by introducing steelers. 1875 Knight Dict. Mech. 2232/1 Sny ,..the trend of the lines of a ship upward from amidship toward the bow and the stern.

) of [1st ed., 1919] ( ), [Cf. ] (See quots. 1846 and 1875.) [¶] 54 In working up a round Buttock of a Ship, the lower Edge of the Planks will have a sudden Sny aft. 288 In shipbuilding, a plank is said to have sny, when its edge has an upward curve. [¶] (Weale) 149 The great sny occasioned in full bows..is..to be prevented by introducing steelers. 2232/1 ,..the trend of the lines of a ship upward from amidship toward the bow and the stern. “ ” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]

Etymology 4 [ edit ]

First attested with this spelling in 1893; see snye.

Noun [ edit ]

sny (plural snies)

( archaic ) A small channel of water. 1893 , Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer Abroad, Tom Sawyer, Detective and Other Stories (1896), “Well, Mars Tom, my idea is like dis. It ain’t no use, we can’t kill dem po’ strangers dat ain’t doin’ us no harm, till we’ve had practice — I knows it perfectly well, Mars Tom — ‛deed I knows it perfectly well. But ef we takes a’ ax or two, jist you en me en Huck, en slips acrost de river to-night arter de moon’s gone down, en kills dat sick fam’ly dat’s over on the Sny , en burns dey house down, en —”

, Mark Twain, (1896), 1948, Lawrence Johnstone Burpee [ed.], Canadian Geographical Journal (Royal Canadian Geographical Society), volume 36, The word snye, sny or snie has been used for many years to describe a channel behind an island, with slack current or partly dried, or some such similar feature.

References [ edit ]

“ ” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]

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