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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1581-1623
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Snap(p)ring, ppl. adj. [Snapper v.] a. Stumbling. b. ? Erron. —a. c1590 J. Stewart 156/8.
His [sc. Cupid's] laik of sycht also dois ws assuir His snappring state and iudgement verray small 1581-1623 James VI Poems I 174/1149.
An art ay snappring, and withall, A knowledge quite vnknowne —b. 1596 Dalr. II 319/13.
To bring … tua bald snapring horsses [L. summae pernicitatis equos] for the flicht
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