north. dial. and † Sc. [app. a. ON. snǫgg-r smooth, short-haired, etc. (cf. the etym. note to SNUG a.1).] Smooth, sleek; neat, tidy. Hence Snogly adv.
1513. Douglas, Æneid, XII. Prol. 186. All snog and slekyt worth thir bestis skynnis.
1615. Crooke, Body of Man, 1111. Thin they are and conuex, that they might lye more snogly vpon the fingers.
1691. Ray, N. C. Words, 66. Snog; neat, handsome: as snogly gear’d, handsomely drest. Ibid., Snog Malt, smooth with few Combs.
1818. Scott, Hrt. Midl., xxxii. Thou wouldst be a mettle lass enow, an thou wert snog and snod a bit better.
1855. [Robinson], Whitby Gloss., Snod and Snog, smooth and compact.
