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snast

snast is the alternative form of snaste.

Meaning of snaste

Noun

snaste (plural snastes)

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

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Forms of snast

pluralsnasts

Questions about snast

What is snast the alternative form of?
Snast is the alternative form of snaste.

Words near snast in the dictionary

  1. snash
  2. snashed
  3. snashes
  4. snashing
  5. snassy
  6. snast
  7. snaste
  8. snastes
  9. snasts
  10. snatch
  11. snatch and grab

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