snape

name

1. A village in Snape with Thorp parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE2684).
2. A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in Suffolk Coastal district (OS grid ref TM3958).
3. A surname from Old English.

verb

1. To bevel the end of a timber to fit against an inclined surface.

   “It had to be accurately cut and trimmed, and its upper edge scored to suit the snaping of every beam end.”

2. (British, archaic, dialectal, transitive)To check or curtail (the growth of something); also, to check or curtail the growth of (a plant, etc.).
3. (British, archaic, dialectal, transitive)Synonym of sneap (“to check or abruptly reprove (someone); to chide, to rebuke, to reprimand”).

   “The colnel (sic) I dont think like him much. I undirstand (sic) he was always snaping him.”

4. (British, archaic, dialectal, intransitive)To chide, to rebuke, to reprimand.

   “He saw nothing, heard nothing, rushed on, he knew not whither, snaping, and uttering hoarse cries.”

   “I imagine her prodding my flab and snaping, "There's nothing there — get rid of that!"”