As nouns the difference between snast and gnast
is that
snast is (obsolete) the snuff, or burnt wick, of a candle while
gnast is a spark; a dying spark; a dead spark, as of a snuffed candle.
As a verb gnast is
(ambitransitive) to gnash.
snast English
Noun
( en noun)
(obsolete) The snuff, or burnt wick, of a candle.
- (Francis Bacon)
( Webster 1913)
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gnast English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) gnast, knast, from (etyl) .
Noun
( en noun)
A spark; a dying spark; a dead spark, as of a snuffed candle.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) gnasten, gnaisten, from (etyl) .
Verb
( en verb)
(ambitransitive) To gnash.
Derived terms
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