Also 5, 7 snyter. [f. SNITE v.]
1. pl. A pair of candle-snuffers.
1382. Wyclif, Numb. iv. 9. The candelstik, with the lanterns, and her toonges, and snyters.
1881. Leicester Gloss., 247.
2. One who wipes or snuffs.
1611. Cotgr., Moucheur, a snyter, wiper, snuffer.
