Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1826, 1893-1896
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SNOIT, v., n. Most freq. in deriv. snoiter (Kcd., Ags.). [′snɔit(ər)]
I. v. To breathe loudly through the nose, to snore (Ags. 1825 Jam.); to snooze (Ags. 1971, snoiter); of a turkey: to gobble. Deriv. snoit(e)r)y, breathing noisily, snorting, snoring (Sc. 1880 Jam.).Ayr. 1826 Galt Last of Lairds xxxviii.:
I wad have left him [a turkey] to gang snoitering away wi' his coulter.Ags. 1895 Arbroath Guide (25–26 Oct.) 3:
He can snoiter an' sleep afore the fire. . . . It sits snoitin' an' sleepin'.
II. n. Only in deriv.: a jibe, sneer, snub, scolding.Ags. 1893 Arbroath Guide (27 May) 3:
His wife gae me a gey snoiter when I was comin' yont the noo.Ags. 1896 A. Blair Rantin Robin 157:
I aye got the ither snoiter aboot the beastie frae Marget.
