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Webster 1913 Edition


Snib

Snib

,
Verb.
T.
[OE.
snibben
; cf. Dan.
snibbe
, and E.
snub
,
Verb.
T.
]
To check; to sneap; to sneb.
[Obs.]
Him would he
snib
sharply for the nones.
Chaucer.

Snib

,
Noun.
A reprimand; a snub.
[Obs.]
Marston.

Webster 1828 Edition


Snib

SNIB

, to nip or reprimand, is only a different spelling of sneb, sneap.