snaste
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
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/snæst/
Definition of snaste
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
-
(dialectal, obsolete)The burnt or burning part of the wick of a candle; the snuff.
“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.”
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noun
-
(dialectal, obsolete)The burnt or burning part of the wick of a candle; the snuff.
“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.”
verb
- (dialectal, obsolete, transitive)To snuff a candle.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Perhaps related to snite (verb), or perhaps related to gnast.
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