[f. SNICK v.2]
1. A small cut; a nick, a notch.
1775. Ash, Snick,… a small snip or cut as in the hair of a beast.
1828. Carr, Craven Gloss., Snick, a cut, a hollow, a notch.
1897. Leeds Mercury, Suppl. 4 Dec. (E.D.D.). Mak’ a bit of a snick in ’t.
b. An act of snipping or slight cutting.
1898. Ld. E. Hamilton, Mawkin, v. 67. Just a snick of the shears and a dab of walnut juice.
2. Cricket. A light, glancing blow given to the ball by the batsman, sending it in the direction of the slips or to leg; a ball so hit.
1879. Sat. Rev., 5 July, 21/2. Standing at short-leg to stop a snick, he caught Mr. Studd off a leg hit, very low, that would have gone for four.
1891. W. G. Grace, Cricket, 258. He [short-slip] has to run after most of the snicks which pass the wicket-keeper.
