vbl. sb. [f. SNITE v.]
1. The action of the verb; a blowing or wiping of the nose or beak; the snuffing of a candle.
c. 1000. Ælfric, Voc., in Wr.-Wülcker, 162. Sternutatio,… snytingc, uel fneosung.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 461. Snytynge, of a nose or candyl, munctura.
c. 1460. Vrbanitatis, 19, in Babees Bk. Fro spettyng & snetyng kepe þe also.
1575. Turberv., Faulconrie, 306. And ye may perceive this disease by your hawkes often sniting & by making a noyze twice or thryse in hir snyting.
1611. Cotgr., Mouchement, a snyting, or wiping of the nose.
1656. W. Du Gard, trans. Comenius’ Gate Lat. Unl., 57. The snivel … is detained by the hairs in the nostrils, that it may not flow down before sniting.
† 2. The snuff of a candle. Obs.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 461/2. Snytynge, of a candel, munctorium, emunctorium.
1483. Cath. Angl., 347/1. A Snytynge of a candelle, licinus, licinum.
3. Comb., as † sniting hole; † sniting instrument, † iron, † tongs, candle-snuffers.
1388. Wyclif, Exod. xxxvii. 23. He made also seuene lanternes, with her snytyng tongis.
1398. Trevisa, Barth. De P. R., V. ii. (Tollemache MS.). Þat þe open fumositeis and boystous filþe may be voyded and clensid by open and snytynge holes.
c. 1475. Promp. Parv., 461/2 (K.). Snytinge instrument, munctorium, emunctorium.
1483. Cath. Angl., 347/1. A Snytynge yren, emvnctorium.
