SNIB

Etymology

Noun

snib (plural snibs)

(Scotland, Australia) A latch or fastening for a door, window etc.

(obsolete) A reprimand; a snub.

Verb

snib (third-person singular simple present snibs, present participle snibbing, simple past and past participle snibbed)

(Scotland, Australia) To latch (a door, window etc.).

Anagrams

• ISBN, NiSb, bins, nibs

Source: Wiktionary


Snib, v. t. Etym: [OE. snibben; cf. Dan. snibbe, and E. snub, v. t.]

Definition: To check; to sneap; to sneb. [Obs.] Him would he snib sharply for the nones. Chaucer.

Snib, n.

Definition: A reprimand; a snub. [Obs.] Marston.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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