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Snibbed vs Snebbed - What's the difference?

snibbed | snebbed |

As verbs the difference between snibbed and snebbed

is that snibbed is (snib) while snebbed is (sneb).

snibbed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (snib)

    • snib

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Scotland) A latch or fastening for a door, window etc.
  • *2008 , (James Kelman), Kieron Smith, Boy , Penguin 2009, p. 99:
  • *:He did not like me coming in except if I was going to bed. I heard him saying to my maw about a snib for the door.
  • (obsolete) A reprimand; a snub.
    • (Marston)

    Verb

    (snibb)
  • (Scotland) To latch (a door, window etc.).
  • *1890 , (Arthur Conan Doyle), The Sign of the Four , VI:
  • *:‘Window is snibbed on the inner side. Frame-work is solid. No hinges at the side. Let us open it.’

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    snebbed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (sneb)

    • sneb

    English

    Verb

  • (obsolete, or, dialect) To check; to reprimand.
  • * 16th c', '', Book II, '''1725 , ''The Works of the Honourable Sir Philip Sidney, Kt., in Prose and Verse , Volume 1, 14th Edition, page 410,
    • Thou heard'?t even now a young man ?neb me ?ore, / Because I read him, as I would my ?on.

    Synonyms

    * (check or reprimand) sneap, snib, snub

    References

    Webster's 1828 dictionary

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