v. dial. Also 4, 9 snoche, 9 snōtch. [Imitative.] intr. To snuffle; to breathe or speak through the nose, etc. Hence Snoaching vbl. sb.
1387. Trevisa, Higden (Rolls), I. 11. I … schamede and dradde after so noble spekers … to putte forþ my bareyn speche, hosnes and snochynge.
1844. W. Barnes, Poems, Gloss. 350. Snōtch, to speak or breathe hardly through the nose.
1881. Isle of Wight Gloss., 33. Snoche, to speak with a nasal twang.
1886. W. Somerset Word-bk., s.v. Snoachy.
