Snive vs Snite - What's the difference?
snive | snite |
(obsolete, or, Scotland, transitive) To blow (one's nose).
(obsolete, or, Scotland, transitive) To snuff (a candle).
As verbs the difference between snive and snite
is that snive is an alternative spelling of nodot=yes lang=en abound, swarm, teem, be infested while snite is to blow (one's nose).As a noun snite is
a snipe.snite
English
(Webster 1913)Etymology 1
Etymology 2
From (etyl) snitan. Cognate with (etyl) . Related to snout and (snot).Verb
(snit)References
* Thomson, J. - Etymons of English words -pg. 199