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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1819-1930
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‡SNEYSTER, v., n. Also sniester, snoyster, and erron. sweishter, and reduced forms snoist, snyst. [′snəistər, ′snɔi-]
I. v. To burn, to scorch, to roast, to cauterize (Ayr. 1825 Jam.).wm.Sc. 1854 Laird of Logan 297:
Sniestring the rump with a red hot iron.Ayr. 1887 J. Service Dr. Duguid 117:
He rummled my hass wi' a spune-shank and sweishtered [sic] my throat wi' cow-stick!Ayr. 1930:
That roast's fair sneystered.
II. n. 1. A piece of grilled meat, a roasted joint; specif. a pork sausage, sc. for grilling (Dmf. 1864–5 Trans. Dmf. and Gall. Antiq. Soc. II. 57, snoyster).Sc. 1819 J. Rennie St. Patrick II. x.:
Ye wud blaw i' the lug o' Sathan an' haud him up in snysts an' birsles till the maw o' him's as fu's a cout amang clover.Lnk. a.1832 W. Watt Poems (1860) 38:
Ay, ay! they're a' fu' ready at a snoist; Few o' them wad, I trow, reprove a cook For losin' time, gin they were to be guests.
2. The glazed skin caused by a slight burn or scald, a weal (Ayr. 1928).
[Orig. obscure.]
