snite

American  

[snahyt] / snaɪt /

verb (used with object)

British

snited, sniting

1. to wipe mucus from (the nose), especially with the finger or thumb.

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Etymology

Origin of snite

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 ( def. ), snout ( def. )

Example Sentences

The old masculine i-stems which could not have umlaut in the plural accordingly came to be inflected entirely like the old masculine a-stems, as schrit, step, snit, cut, biȥ, bite, pl. schrite, snite, biȥȥe.

From A Middle High German Primer Third Edition by Wright, Joseph

Candlesticks and snuffers were found in every house; the latter were called by various names, the word snit or snite being the most curious.

From Customs and Fashions in Old New England by Earle, Alice Morse

O. N. ȳ regularly > ī, written i, y: lythe, tyne, sit, skyrin, snite.

From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by Flom, George Tobias

It is from the old English snyten, to blow, and was originally a verb—to snite the candle, or put it out.

From Customs and Fashions in Old New England by Earle, Alice Morse