† Sneke

Obs. rare. Also 6 snyke. [Of obscure origin.] A cold in the head.

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c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 461/2. Sneke, or the poose,… catarrus.

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c. 1460. Play Sacram., 616. All tho y^t haue y^e poose, y^e sneke, or y^e tyseke.

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1530. Palsgr., 272/1. Sneke, pose, rime.

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1547. Boorde, Brev. Health, cccvi. 100. The 306 chapitre doth shewe of the Pose or Snyke.

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