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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Snib, Snyb, Snabe, n. [Late north. ME and e.m.E. snyb (c1440), snib (1587), Dan. snibbe, Sw. snybba.] A check; a rebuke. — c1420 Wynt. viii 6107 (W).
Ȝit wes thare mony Scottismen That held stoutly thar boundis then. Bot the felloun snybbis thai had maid thar hertis to be rad 1659 Johnston Diary III 118.
I fand thre snabes [pr. suabes] from S[ir] H. Vayne when I urged Scots business ?1661-5 M. Bruce Soul-Confirmation 12.
He gave some of the gracelessest of his enemy's a snib, that [etc.]