Now north. dial. and Sc. [f. prec. Cf. older Flem. snotten, snutten (Kilian), G. dial. schnutzen.]
1. trans. To snuff (a candle).
1388. Wyclif, Exod. xxv. 38. Also … where tho thingis, that ben snottid out, ben quenchid, be maad of clenneste gold.
1877. Egglestone, Betty Podkins’ Lett., 7. Noo snot t’ candle, Peter.
1888–. in dial. glossaries (Northbld., Durh.).
2. To blow or clear (the nose). Also refl.
1576. R. Peterson, Galateo (1852), 13. They spare not to snot their sniueld noses vppon them.
1611. Florio, Smozzicare,… to snot ones nose.
1632. Sherwood, To snot (or blow) his nose, se moucher le nez.
1653. Urquhart, Rabelais, I. xxi. Then he … sneezed and snotted himself.
3. intr. To sniff or snivel; to snort.
1662. Rump Songs (1874), II. 199. They cheat us all with their looks, And snivell and snot by roate!
1899. Lumsden, Edinburgh Poems & Songs, 73. Your faither’s gane three hour an’ mair, An’ still ye snot, an’ snotter there.
