Meaning of snaste | Babel Free
/snæst/Definitions
The burnt or burning part of the wick of a candle; the snuff.
dialectal, obsolete
Examples
“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.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.