A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1513, 1611-1612
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Snog(e, adj. [17th c. north. Eng. dial. snog (1691) neat, handsome, 17th c. Eng. snogly (1615) neatly, e.m.E. snug (c1595) trim, neat (of a ship), ON snǫggr smooth, short-haired, LG snügger, snögger slender, smooth, ODu. snuggher, snoggher slender, slim. Also in the later dial., snug, snog smooth, neat, etc. (SND Snug adj.).] a. Smooth, ? short-haired. b. specif. Of a ship: Trim, shipshape. —a. 1513 Doug. xii Prol. 186.
All snog [Sm. snog, Ruthv. snod, 1553, Ruddim. And snod] and slekit worth thir bestis skynnys —b. a1612 J. Melville Celeusma Naut. MS.
The schip maide snoge, scheitis, smyts, ties all fast
