snape

Etymology 1
Origin obscure. Perhaps from, a dialectal variant of. More at.

Verb

 * 1)  To bevel the end of a timber to fit against an inclined surface.

Etymology 2
From, from , from , ; further origin unknown. .

Verb

 * 1) To check or curtail (the growth of something); also, to check or curtail the growth of (a plant, etc.).
 * 2) * 1861, Terry A. Johnston, Him on One Side and Me on the Other, Univ. of South Carolina Press, p48, 1999 (quoting )
 * The colnel (sic) I dont think like him much. I undirstand (sic) he was always snaping him.
 * 1)  To chide, to rebuke, to reprimand.
 * The colnel (sic) I dont think like him much. I undirstand (sic) he was always snaping him.
 * 1)  To chide, to rebuke, to reprimand.

Alternative forms

 * snaip, snaipen

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1) To injure; of snow or sleet: nip, afflict
 * 2) * Þe snawe snitered ful snart, þat snayped þe wylde. — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, c1400
 * 3) * Ilke a barne in þe burgh all blaught is hys wedes Als any snappand snaw. &mdash; Wars of Alexander, 1500
 * 4) To rebuke; revile, criticize
 * 5) * Vte of desert þar he was in, He com to snaip þe king sinn. — Cursor Mundi, 1400
 * 6) * To Snape: corripere &mdash; Catholicon Anglicum, 1483