north. dial. Also 9 snyde. [Related to next.] = SNITHING ppl. a.

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1671.  Skinner, Etymol. Ling. Angl., A Snithe-wind, vox elegantissima agro Linc. usitatissima. Significat autem Ventum valde Frigidum & Penetrabilem,… ut nos dicimus, a Cutting wind. [Hence in Ray.]

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1683.  Yorkshire Dialogue, 39. It is varra Snithe, And Ise flaid, Wife, it will be Frost Belive.

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1828–.  in north. dial. use (Eng. Dial. Dict.).

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1884.  G. S. Streatfeild, Linc. & Danes, 265. At the fore-end of the year the winds are often hask and snyde.

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