Sc. [Origin, and relation to SNICK v.2, uncertain.] trans. To cut (off).
1560. Rolland, Seven Sages, 103. He tuik hir be the nek, And with ane knife hir heid he did of snek.
1818. Scott, Rob Roy, xxxii. Do the folk think I hae another thrapple in my pouch after John Highlandman’s sneckit this ane wi’ his joctaleg?
1835. Carrick, Laird Logan (1854), 156. Mony a ane o’ my acquaintances hae gotten the thread o’ life sneckit.
