Sc. [perh. related to NAB sb.1; but cf. MFlem. (1460) snabbe, app. point of land, later Flem. snabbe, snab beak, OFris. snabba mouth (Fris. snabbe mouth of a purse-net).] A steep place or ascent; a rugged rise or point.
1797. Statist. Acc. Scot., XIX. 554. There is a tradition … That at the Snabs of Drimmie, it [sc. the Tay] sent off a portion of its waters.
1811. A. Scott, Poems, 122 (Jam.). Then knees an’ elbows like a crab, Spraul up yoursel yon dizzy snab.
1883. J. Martine, Reminisc. Old Haddington, 402. His stout, steady, and sure-footed cob always took him safe home in a dark night, although he had steep ‘snabs’ to climb and go down.
Snab, Sc. variant of SNOB, a shoemaker.
