sny

Meanings

Verb

• move, proceed
• Abound, swarm, teem, be infested, with something.

Noun

• Upward curving observed in the planks of a wooden ship or boat.
• A small channel of water.

Origin

• First attested in late Middle English; from the Middle English snyȝe ("creep"); liken Danish snige ("sneak"), Irish snighim, Old Irish snaighim.
• First attested in 1674; its etymology is unknown.
• First attested in 1711; its etymology is unknown; compare snying and the Danish sno ("to twine”, “to twist").
• First attested with this spelling in 1893; see snye.