SNY

Etymology 1

Verb

sny (third-person singular simple present snies, present participle snying, simple past and past participle snied)

(obsolete, rare, intransitive) move, proceed

Etymology 2

Verb

sny (third-person singular simple present snies, present participle snying, simple past and past participle snied)

(now dialectal, intransitive) Abound, swarm, teem, be infested, with something.

Etymology 3

Noun

sny (plural snies)

(shipbuilding) Upward curving observed in the planks of a wooden ship or boat.

[1711 onward] An upward curve at the edge of a plank.

[circa 1850 onward] An upward curve in the lines of a wooden watercraft from amidships toward its bow and its stern.

Etymology 4

Noun

sny (plural snies)

(archaic) A small channel of water.

Anagrams

• NYS, syn, syn-

Source: Wiktionary


Sny, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel. snua to turn.]

Definition: An upward bend in a piece of timber; the sheer of a vessel.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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