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snibbed

snibbed is the simple past and past participle of snib.

Meaning of snib

Verb

snib (third-person singular simple present snibs, present participle snibbing, simple past and past participle snibbed)

  1. (Australia, Scotland, transitive) To latch (a door, window, etc.).
    • Window is snibbed on the inner side. Framework is solid. No hinges at the side. Let us open it.1890 February, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “Sherlock Holmes Gives a Demonstration”, in The Sign of Four (Standard Library), London: Spencer Blackett […], →OCLC, page 90
  2. (obsolete) to rebuke, to scold, to reprimand
    • As at the stok the bere; Snybbith the hardy houndis that ar ken.

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Questions about snibbed

What is snibbed the simple past and past participle of?
Snibbed is the simple past and past participle of snib.

Words near snibbed in the dictionary

  1. SNF
  2. Sng
  3. SNI
  4. Sniatyn
  5. snib
  6. snibbed
  7. snibbing
  8. snibs
  9. Snibston
  10. snice
  11. snick

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