{ Snig, Snigg, } n. [Cf. Sneak.] (Zoöl.) A small eel. [Prov. Eng.]
Snig"ger (?), v. i. See Snicker. Thackeray.
Snig"ger, n. See Snicker. Dickens.
Snig"gle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sniggled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Sniggling(?).] [See Snig a kind of eel.] To fish for eels by thrusting
the baited hook into their holes or hiding places. Walton.
Snig"gle, v. t. To catch, as an eel, by sniggling; hence, to hook; to
insnare. Beau. & Fl.
Snip (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snipped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Snipping.]
[D. snippen; akin to G. schnippen.] To cut off the nip or neb of, or to
cut off at once with shears or scissors; to clip off suddenly; to nip;
hence, to break off; to snatch away.
Curbed and snipped in my younger years by fear of my parents from
those vicious excrescences to which that age was subject.
Fuller.
The captain seldom ordered anything out of the ship's stores . . .
but I snipped some of it for my own share.
De Foe.
Snip (?), n. 1. A single cut, as with shears or scissors; a clip. Shak.