Now dial. [Origin obscure.] trans. To snatch; to take or seize quickly.

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1607.  Middleton, Five Gallants, I. ii. Pursn. Her Chaine of Pearle. Boy. I sneckt it away finely.

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1873.  A. G. Murdoch, Lilts on Doric Lyre, 43.

        When rent day comes ye’re unca fain
  To look us up an’ sneck the siller,
Misluck may sen’ ye win’ an’ rain,
  But no for that ye’ll knuckle till her.

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