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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1581-1623
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Snappering, vbl. n. [Snapper v.] The action of Snapper v. b. Also attrib. —a1599 Rollock Wks. I 326.
When we sall walk in the hevins … then na snappering neither to this side nor to that 1581-1623 James VI Poems I 133/181.
By the snappering that fell out … Allace thay of oure slaues are nou becum oure tyrantis —attrib. 1590-1 R. Bruce Serm. 298.
Howsoever it be a snappering stone unto them, it may remain a sure foundation and ground-stone to us
