Obs. Also 1–2 snacc, 3 snak. [Late OE. snacc, obscurely related to OHG. snacga, snaga (G. dial. snacke, schnake), ON. snekkja, etc. Cf. also OF. esneque, esneke, med.L. (e)snecca.] A species of ship.
1052. O. E. Chron. (MS. C). Þa let Eadward cyng scypian .xl. snacca. Ibid. (c. 1100), an. 1066 (MS. D). He for to Scotlande mid .xii. snaccum.
1299. Stat. & Ordin. Irel. (Rolls), 216. Quod soluerunt per preceptum Regis pro fretto cuiusdam nauis que vocata fuit le Snack.
1300. Liber Quotid. Garderobæ (1787), 275. Johanni Kittey, magistro del snak de la Rye. Ibid. Johanni Manekyn, magistro del snak Sancti Thome.
