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Snithe — Snithe, Snithy Snith y, a. [AS. sn[=i][eth]an to cut. See {Snathe}.] Sharp; piercing; cutting; applied to the wind. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
snithe — cutting or piercing; a snithe wind, a cutting wind ; from the German word SCHNEIDEN, to cut. N … A glossary of provincial and local words used in England
snithe — North Country (Newcastle) Words sharp, piercing, cutting; applied to the wind … English dialects glossary
Snithy — Snithe Snithe, Snithy Snith y, a. [AS. sn[=i][eth]an to cut. See {Snathe}.] Sharp; piercing; cutting; applied to the wind. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Snathe — (sn[=a][th]), v. t. [Cf. Icel. snei[eth]a to cut into alices, sn[=i][eth]a to cut; akin to AS. besn[=ae]dan, sn[=i][eth]an, G. schneiden, OHG. sn[=i]dan, Goth. snei[thorn]an to cut, to reap, and E. snath, snithe.] To lop; to prune. [Prov. Eng.]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Dáire Drechlethan — Dáire of the Broad Face is a King of Tara listed in the Old Irish Baile Chuinn Chétchathaig. His identity with any king of Tara from Irish legend remains uncertain because his epithet is unique in the surviving corpus. However, three candidates… … Wikipedia
