Lexicographical Neighbors of Snedded
Literary usage of Snedded
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"After a tree is cut down it is snedded, or divested of all its branches.
Used figuratively, to rate, to scold. " I did sned him"—snubbed and scolded him. ..."
2. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Richard Garnett, Leon i.e. Alexandre Le'on Valle'e, Léon Vallée, Alois Leonhard Brandl (1899)
"He accordingly pulled up the fir tree, as I said before, and having snedded it
into a walking stick, set out on his affectionate travels to see his darling ..."
3. Northumberland Words by Richard Oliver Heslop, Harry Haldane, Oliver Heslop (1894)
"SNED, to cut off or lop the branches of a tree or the tops of turnips. After a
tree is cut down it is snedded, or divested of all its branches. ..."
4. A Manual of English Literature: A Text Book for Schools and Colleges by John Seely Hart (1872)
"And I griped my sword loved With my left hand, And smote off Modred his head,
That it wended on the field ; And the queen I all snedded,1 With my dear sword ..."
5. A Glossary of North Country Words, with Their Etymology, & Affinity to Other by John Trotter Brockett, William Edward Brockett (1846)
"at the Pier-end, exclaimed " Eh ! aw've snedded twee at a band :" »'. e. I have
caught two fish on one line. SWELL, sharp, keen, piercing; as a snell air. ..."
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