Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The line or curve given to planking put upon the curving surfaces at the bow or stern of a ship; the upward curving of the planking at the bow or stern. Sometimes called
spiling . - In ship-building, to curve away sideways from the normal straight position: said of a plank or plate, as at the bows or stern, where it is necessary to force the strakes so as to get an even distribution of the planking or plating.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An upward bend in a piece of timber; the sheer of a vessel.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb now dialectal, intransitive
Abound ,swarm ,teem , beinfested , withsomething . - verb obsolete, rare, intransitive
move ,proceed - noun shipbuilding
Upward curving observed in theplanks of a woodenship orboat . - noun Alternative spelling of
snye .
Etymologies
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Examples
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This truth is self-evident to any person of sny political stripe who has ever been to Afghanistan.
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On the contrary, the rock oyster does not appear to need the diatomatic nutriment to sny extent, and is fed chiefly by larval forms of marine life.
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That there is sny monotony in an endless recurrence of boiled potatoes, boiled cabbage, boiled this and boiled that, never seems to occur to the vast majority of people in this country, who seem incapable of understanding that these different vegetables are worthy of being served in an infinite number of ways.
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On the contrary, the rock oyster does not appear to need the diatomatic nutriment to sny extent, and is fed chiefly by larval forms of marine life.
The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken Philip E. Muskett
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That there is sny monotony in an endless recurrence of boiled potatoes, boiled cabbage, boiled this and boiled that, never seems to occur to the vast majority of people in this country, who seem incapable of understanding that these different vegetables are worthy of being served in an infinite number of ways.
The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken Philip E. Muskett
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Instead of sny attacks, why not instead redirect to the topic.
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Instead of sny attacks, why not instead redirect to the topic.
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Instead of sny attacks, why not instead redirect to the topic.
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The Blue Demons didn't go down without a fight, getting within six points early ... web. sny.tv 35 hours ago - Norm Roberts and Fred Hill will be coaching for their futures when they step on the Madison Square Garden court Tuesday for the first round of the Big East tournament.
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Instead of sny attacks, why not instead redirect to the topic.
Piquerish commented on the word sny
I can't help but notice that virtually EVERY "example" of the word SNY is actually a misspelling of the word ANY. That is to say, there are NO proper examples of the word present on the page.
April 27, 2012
blafferty commented on the word sny
Also check this out.
April 29, 2012