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sned
(gcide) | Snath \Snath\ (sn[a^]th), n. [Cf. AS. sn[imac][eth]an to cut, to
mow, sn[=ae]d a bite, bit, snip.]
The handle of a scythe; a snead. [Variously written in
England snead, sneed, sneath, sneeth, snathe, etc.;
in Scotland written sned.]
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Sned
(gcide) | Sned \Sned\, v. t.
To lop; to snathe. [Prov. Eng.]
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Sned
(gcide) | Sned \Sned\, Sneed \Sneed\, n.
See Snath.
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Corsned
(gcide) | Corsned \Cors"ned\ (k[^o]rs"n[e^]d), n. [AS. corsn[=ae]d.] (AS.
Laws)
The morsel of execration; a species of ordeal consisting in
the eating of a piece of bread consecrated by imprecation. If
the suspected person ate it freely, he was pronounced
innocent; but if it stuck in his throat, it was considered as
a proof of his guilt. --Burril.
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Sned
(gcide) | Snath \Snath\ (sn[a^]th), n. [Cf. AS. sn[imac][eth]an to cut, to
mow, sn[=ae]d a bite, bit, snip.]
The handle of a scythe; a snead. [Variously written in
England snead, sneed, sneath, sneeth, snathe, etc.;
in Scotland written sned.]
[1913 Webster]Sned \Sned\, v. t.
To lop; to snathe. [Prov. Eng.]
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See Snath.
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CORSNED
(bouvier) | CORSNED, ancient Eng. law. This was a piece of accursed bread, which a
person accused of a crime swallowed to test his innocence. It was supposed
that, if he was guilty, it would choke him.
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