sneck (plural snecks)
(Northern England, Scotland) A latch or catch.
(Northern England, Scotland) The nose.
A cut.
sneck (third-person singular simple present snecks, present participle snecking, simple past and past participle snecked)
(transitive) To latch, to lock.
(transitive) To cut.
• Encks, necks
Source: Wiktionary
Sneck, v. t. Etym: [See Snatch.]
Definition: To fasten by a hatch; to latch, as a door. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] Sneck up, be silent; shut up; hold your peace. Shak.
Sneck, n.
Definition: A door latch. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] Sneck band, a latchstring. Burns.
– Sneck drawer, a latch lifter; a bolt drawer; hence, a sly person; a cozener; a cheat; -- called also sneckdraw.
– Sneck drawing, lifting the latch.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 March 2025
(adjective) without care or thought for others; “the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; ‘Let them eat cake’”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
