snasteとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Perhaps related to snite (verb), or perhaps related to gnast.

発音

• IPA^(key): /snæst/^[1], (dialectally also) /sneɪst/^[2]
• 韻: -æst, -eɪst

名詞

snaste (複数形 snastes)

1. (obsolete, dialectal) The burnt or burning part of the wick of a candle; the snuff.
   • 1626, Francis Bacon, Natural History, page 127:

     Till some part of the candle was consumed, and the dust gathered about the snaste; but then it made the snaste big, and long, and to burn duskishly.

   • 1865, Edward FitzGerald, Works, page 426:

     A coming letter is foretold by a projecting spark on the snaste.

   • 1899, Fison, Merry Suf., page 62:

     As that snaste of that candle, goos out.

動詞

snaste (三人称単数 現在形 snastes, 現在分詞 snasting, 過去形および過去分詞形 snasted)

1. (transitive, obsolete, dialectal) To snuff a candle.

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