Snathe \Snathe\ (sn[=a][th]), v. t. [Cf. Icel. snei[eth]a to cut into alices, sn[=i][eth]a to cut; akin to AS. besn[=ae]dan, sn[=i][eth]an, G. schneiden, OHG. sn[=i]dan, Goth. snei[thorn]an to cut, to reap, and E. snath, snithe.] To lop; to prune. [Prov. Eng.]
Snath \Snath\ (sn[a^]th), n. [Cf. AS. sn[=i][eth]an to cut, to mow, sn[=ae]d a bite, bit, snip.] The handle of a scythe; a snead. [Variously written in England {snead}, {sneed}, {sneath}, {sneeth}, {snathe}, etc.; in Scotland written {sned}.]