Snāp'hançe, n.

n. [D. snaphaan, a gun, originally the snapping cock of a gun; Dan. snaphane.] [Obs.]

1. A spring lock for discharging a fire-arm; also, the arm to which it is attached. Halliwell.
2. A trifling thing or person; a snap of the fingers. “Payeth me with snaphances.” Marston.