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Slox, Slocks. To waste, to pilfer from employers. (A.B.H.) N.W. 
Smaak, “Aalinasmaak,” quite rotten ; used of potatoes. N.W.(Clyffe Pypard.) 
Smarm. To bedaub. ‘Don’t smarm me aal awver wi’ they dirty paws 0’ 
yourn.” N. & S.W. 
Smart. A second swarm of bees. N.W. 
Smart, Smartish. adj. Considerable (H.), as ‘a smartish lot o’ folk.” N. 
&S.W. 
Smeech. Dust. §.W. (Salisbury) 
Smeechy. Dusty. N.W. (Cherhill.) 
*Smicket. A smock or shift. (A.) 
Smother. A weed and rubbish fire in a garden. N. & S.W. 
Snag. (1) A badly shaped or decayed tooth ; often of a child’s first teeth. N.W. 
(2) Fruit of the sloe, g.v. 
*Snag-bush. Prunus spinosa, L., the Sloe. (Miss Plues.) 
*Snake’s victuals. Arwm maculatum, L., Cuckoo-pint. (Great Estate, 
ch, 2.) a 
Snake-flower. (1) Verbaseum nigrum, L., Black Mullein. Children are 
cautioned not to gather it, because a snake may be hiding under the 
leaves. S.W. (Salisbury.) 
(2) Stellaria Holostea, L., Greater Stitchwort. 8.W. (Barford:) 
*Snake’s-head. Potentilla Tormentilla, Sibth., Tormentil. S.W. (Zeals.) 
*Snake-skin Willow. Saliz triandra, L.., so called because it sheds its 
bark. (Great Estate, ch. 5.) 
Snaps, Snap-jacks. Stellaria Holostea, L., Greater Stitchwort. S.W. 
*Snap-willow. Salia fragilis, L., from its brittleness (Great Estate, ch. 5.) 
Snead, Snaith. The pole of ascythe. (A.) N.W. 
Snig. A small eel. S.W. Snig-pot. An eel-trap. S.W. 
Sniggle. (1) To snigger. S.W. 
(2) “‘To sniggle up,” to toady or endeavour to ingratiate yourself with 
anyone. S.W. 
Snippy. Mean, stingy. 
Snop. (1) v. To hit smartly, as in chipping a stone. N.W. 
(2) a. A smart blow, as ‘A snop on the head.”’ N.W. 
Snotter-gall. The yew-berry, probably from its slimy pulp. N. & S.W. 
Snotty. (1) “‘ A snotty frost,” a slight crisp rime frost. N.W.(Clyffe Pypard.) 
(2) Nasty, dirty, mean. N.W. 
Snowball-tree, The double Guelder-rose. Snowballs, its blossoms. N.W. 
