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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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(Snairie,) Snarie, adj. [e.m.E. snary (1592).] Like a snare; ensnaring. —1677 Maxwell Mem. II 327.
I am glaid ye haue relationes that will giue you advice to be in your deuty in such a snarie tim
