dial. (chiefly north. and Sc.). Also snaik. [prob. a. ON. snaka (Norw. shaka, MDa. snage) to go snuffing or searching about; cf. G. dial. schnaken (schnacken) to creep.]
1. intr. To skulk or sneak.
1818. Hogg, Brownie of Bodsbeck, vii. Some o’ thae beasts that gang snaiken about i’ the derk.
1882. Jamieson’s Sc. Dict., To snaik, to sneak, in walking, working, or speaking.
1894. Hall Caine, Manxman, IV. xvii. Young Ross snaked out of the house same as a cur.
2. trans. To get or obtain (a thing) furtively or surreptitiously; to steal or pilfer; to cheat (a person) out of something.
1881–. in dial. texts and glossaries (Yorks., Lancs., Notts., Somerset).
