vbl. sb. [f. SNIB v.1] The action of rebuking, reprimanding or checking sharply.

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a. 1300.  E. E. Ps. xvii. 18. Groundes of ertheli werld vnhiled are For þi snibbing, lauerd myne.

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a. 1340.  Hampole, Psalter xv. 7. Alswa oure neris, þat is, oure fleschly delites, makis vs worthi snybynge.

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a. 1400.  Minor Poems fr. Vernon MS., xxiv. 285. From his wraþþe vs schilde, Þat we fele not þat harde snibbyng.

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1451.  Capgrave, Life St. Gilbert, viii. 73. To encrese of religion and snybbyng of vices.

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1596.  Dalrymple, trans. Leslie’s Hist. Scot. (S.T.S.), I. 226. This Columban was scharpe in snibbing of maneris.

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1633.  T. Adams, Exp. 2 Peter iii. 1. The man of a pure mind is always of a cheerful look, because there are no secret snibbings within him.

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1642.  D. Rogers, Naaman, 94. Others by their snibbing and chiding … doe blast that bud.

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1891.  Rutland Gloss., 32. Them fox-terriers takes a deal of snibbing.

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