Sneap

[Written also snib, sneb, snub.] [Dan. snibbe, rebuke, check, O. Sw. snybba, snubba, Icel. snubba, snugga, to rebuke. Cf. SNIP.] [Obs.]

1. To check; to reprove abruptly; to reprimand; to rebuke. Chaucer.
2. To nip.

Biron is like an envious, sneaping frost. Shak.