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94 ANTRIM AND DOWN QLOSSART. Small fiamily, sb, a family of small children. Smell, sb. a small qaantity. Smirr, Smnrr, sb, * A smirr of rain,' a slight shower. Smit, V. infected. * I think youVe smii me with that cowL' SmithereenSy sK pi, small fiagmenta SmitUe, adj, infectious. ' Is it anything smittle he has ) ' Smoorin', v, smothering — ^in sense of covering over, as snow over ground or treade over bread. Smud, Smudge, v, to smoulder. Smuddy coom, Smiddy coom, sb, the ashes from a smith's foige. Smudge, sb, a concealed laugh. Smudging, v, laughing in a smothered way. Snack, Snick, sb, a thumb>latch. Snail'B pace, sb. To go at a snaiVs pacsy to go very slowly. Snakes, sb, ' Snakes set here,' is a form of notice sometimes painted on a board at the boundaries of plantations, &c. The snakes are sup- posed to be iron spikes, fixed point upwards in the ground. Snake stones^ sb, pi, ammonites found in the Lias. Snaply, adj. quickly. Snap the head off one, v, to be very angry. ^ Feth, he was like to ha' snapped the heed off me,* Sued, (1) sb, the handle of a scythe. (2) V, to cut. ' 8ned turnips,' to cut off the leaves. Snedden, sb, a large-sized sand-eeL Snell, adj. supercilious ; impudent. Snib, Sneok, v, to fasten. ' Sntb the window.' Snicher, Snigger, v, to giggle. Sniffle, V. to sniff. Snifter, v, to sniff. Snifther, sb, a strong blast of wind. Snifthers, sb, a cold in the head. Snig, sb, a juvenile thief, who steals the kites of other boys by cutting the string and seizing the kite when it falls. Snirt, V, to make a noise through the nose when endeavouring to suppress laughter. Snod, adj, cut smooth ; even : as the edges or eaves of a thatched roof.