sny

present singular third person snies · participle present snying · participle past snied · past snied

1. intransitiveobsoleterareTo move, proceed.

present singular third person snies · participle present snying · participle past snied · past snied · alternative snithe · alternative snive · alternative snie · alternative snye · alternative snee

1. dialectalintransitiveAbound, swarm, teem, be infested, with something

   “And did you kill it?” “I did, for they’re a nuisance. The place is fair snied wi’ ‛em.”

   1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “chapter 4”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC

plural snies

1. Upward curving observed in the planks of a wooden ship or boat.
   1. businessAn upward curve at the edge of a plank.First known use 1711 onward
   2. businessAn upward curve in the lines of a wooden watercraft from amidships toward its bow and its stern.First known use circa 1850 onward

plural snies

1. archaicA small channel of water.

   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.

   1948, Lawrence Johnstone Burpee, editor, Canadian Geographical Journal, volume 36, Royal Canadian Geographical Society, page 151

   1 more example

   1893, Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer Abroad, Tom Sawyer, Detective and Other Stories (1896), page unknown “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 —”

plural SNYs

1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of sensitive needs yard (“part of a prison for prisoners who cannot safely be housed with the general population”).

   Synonyms: SNU