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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1688-1689
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Snakeing, Snaiking, ppl. adj. [e.m.E. snaking (1591) winding; Snak(e n. b.] Treacherous, cunning. — 1688 Reg. Privy C. 3 Ser. XIII 292.
Duffus said to the deceist … he himselfe wes a fooll for granting that bond and … that his fathers snaiking ways and his would not doe it a1689 Cleland 113.
Who darres to trust such snakeing slaves
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