snite

[ snahyt ]

verb (used with object)snit·ed, snit·ingBritish
  1. to wipe mucus from (the nose), especially with the finger or thumb.

Origin of snite

1
First recorded before 1150; Middle English sniten, Old English snyten; akin to Old High German snūzen, Old Norse snȳta “to blow the nose”; perhaps akin to snot, snout

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