snaste

plural snastes · alternative snast · alternative snaist · alternative snaast · alternative sneeste · alternative sneest · alternative snace · alternative snaice · alternative sneeze · alternative snaich

1. dialectalobsoleteThe burnt or burning part of the wick of a candle; the snuff.

   As that snaste of that candle, goos out.

   1899, Fison, Merry Suf., page 62

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   Till some part of the candle was consumed, and the dust gathered about the snaste; but then it made the snaste big, and long, and to burn duskishly.

   1626, Francis Bacon, Natural History, page 127

   A coming letter is foretold by a projecting spark on the snaste.

   1865, Edward FitzGerald, Works, page 426

present singular third person snastes · participle present snasting · participle past snasted · past snasted · alternative snast · alternative snaist · alternative snaast · alternative sneeste · alternative sneest · alternative snace · alternative snaice · alternative sneeze · alternative snaich

1. dialectalobsoletetransitiveTo snuff a candle.