snipt

English

Etymology

From snip +‎ -t. Doublet of snipped.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /snɪpt/
• Rhymes: -ɪpt

Adjective

snipt (comparative more snipt, superlative most snipt)

1. (botany, obsolete) Jagged; notched.

   Synonyms: serrated; see also Thesaurus:notched

   • 1586, Henry Lyte, Rembert Dodoens, A new herball, or, Historie of plants : wherein is contained the whole discourse and perfect description of all sorts of herbes and plants […] ‎^[1], Ninian Newton, page 100:

     The leaves be somewhat round, hairie, and a little snipt or jagged about the edges, otherwise not much unlike the leaves of great Chickweede.

   • 1801, William Withering, A systematic arrangement of British plants‎^[2], volume 3, T. Cadell, page 477:

     The bristles on the fruit-stalks are laid close as in the latter, but the segments of the leaves are very much snipt at the edges.

Verb

snipt

1. Archaic spelling of snipped.