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Webster 1913 Edition

Snead

Snead

(snēd)
,
Noun.
[See
Snath
.]
1.
A snath.
2.
A line or cord; a string.
[Prov. Eng.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Snead

SNEED

, SNEAD,
Noun.
A snath. [See Snath.]

Definition 2024

snead

snead

English

Alternative forms

Verb

snead ‎(third-person singular simple present sneads, present participle sneading, simple past and past participle sneaded)

  1. (transitive) To cut; lop; prune.

Etymology 2

From Middle English snade, snede, from Old English snǣd ‎(“a piece, bit, slice”), related to Icelandic sneið.

Noun

snead ‎(plural sneads)

  1. A piece; bit; slice.

Etymology 3

See snatch.

Noun

snead ‎(plural sneads)

  1. (Britain) A snath.
  2. (Britain, dialect) A line or cord; a string.

Etymology

From Middle English *sneden, *snæden (found in compound tosnæden), from Old English snǣdan ‎(“to cut; feed”), from Proto-Germanic *snaidijaną, related to Middle High German sneiten, Icelandic sneiða, English snithe ‎(“to cut”). More at snithe.

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