snick

Definitions

1. 1.(Cricket) A slight hit or tip of the ball, often unintentional.
2. 2.(Fiber) A knot or irregularity in yarn. Knight.
3. 3.(Furriery) A snip or cut, as in the hair of a beast. Snick and snee Etym: [cf. D. snee, snede, a cut], a combat with knives. [Obs.] Wiseman.
4. 4.To cut slightly; to strike, or strike off, as by cutting. H. Kingsley.
5. 5.(Cricket) To hit (a ball) lightly. R. A. Proctor.
6. 6.See Sneck. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Snick up, shut up; silenced. See Sneck up, under Sneck. Give him money, George, and let him go snick up. Beau & Fl.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is a slight hit or tip of the ball, often unintentional called?
• What is a knot or irregularity in yarn. Knight called?
• What is a snip or cut, as in the hair of a beast. Snick and snee Etym: [cf. D. snee, snede, a cut], a combat with knives. [Obs.] Wiseman called?
• What is to cut slightly; to strike, or strike off, as by cutting. H. Kingsley called?
• What is to hit (a ball) lightly. R. A. Proctor called?
• What is see Sneck. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Snick up, shut up; silenced. See Sneck up, under Sneck. Give him money, George, and let him go snick up. Beau & Fl called?