How do you pronounce snaste?

The recorded pronunciation is /snæst/.

snaste

/snæst/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: snaste
IPA: /snæst/

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Meaning

noun

The burnt or burning part of the wick of a candle; the snuff.

Obsolete

verb

To snuff a candle.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"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."
"A coming letter is foretold by a projecting spark on the snaste."
"As that snaste of that candle, goos out."

Etymology

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

Usage

Inflected Forms

snastes (plural) snast (alternative) snaist (alternative) snaast (alternative) sneeste (alternative) sneest (alternative) snace (alternative) snaice (alternative) sneeze (alternative) snaich (alternative) snastes (present, singular) snasting (participle, present)

Rhymes With

last past asked fast passed cast the die is cast vast blast mast classed hast