sneaping

comparative more sneaping · superlative most sneaping

1. alsofigurativelyOf the wind, etc.: very cold; biting, nipping.

   Berovvne is like an envious ſneaping Froſt, / That bites the firſt borne infants of the Spring.

   c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 123, column 1

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   I am queſtion'd by my feares, of vvhat may chance, / Or breed vpon our abſence, that may blovv / No ſneaping VVinds at home, to make vs ſay, / This is put forth too truly: […]

   c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 277, column 2

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of sneap