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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1513, 1604-1605
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Snor(e, Snoir, n. [North. ME snore (once, Manning) a snort; cf. 17th c. Eng. snore (Shakespeare) the action of snoring; also in the later dial. as snors a disease of animals, the snivels; Snor(e v.] a. A snort, snorting. b. A disease. —a. 1513 Doug. x x 72.
For feir thai [sc. horses] start abak … With … mony bray and snor [Ruddim. snore] — b. a1605 Montg. Flyt. 308 (H).
The snufe and the snore [T. snoir], the chaudpis, and the canker
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