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Snuding, Snod(d)ing, vbl. n. Also: snwd(d)ing, snooding, snodine, snething. [19th c. Eng. snooding (1815) ‘the material used for fishing-snoods’ (OED); Snud(e n.] The material (cord, thread, etc.) used for making ribbon, and the like; the ribbon itself. Also attrib., esp. with worsat. 1575 Edinb. Test. III 328b.
Certane snwdding & trais of silk of diuers colouris price xlv s. 1605 Edinb. Test. XL 226b.
Tua pund gros snoding price of the pund vj s. vij d. 1624 Edinb. Test. LII 199.
Ane gros of sortis of worsettis of snuding & strunting at xxxvj s. the grosattrib. (1) 1586 Edinb. Test. XVII 99.
Sax gros of snwdding pasmentis 1619 Edinb. Test. L 250b.
Certane remains of gairteins snuding pointis and prenis(2) 1593 Edinb. Test. XXV 219. 1595 Edinb. Test. XXVIII 82.
Tua rouis snwdding worsat at xl s. the row 1612 Edinb. Test. XLVI 334.
Fourtie fyve gros of snuding worsit at xxxiij s. the gros 1646 Edinb. Test. LXII 271.
Twa bolt of slicht snooding worsett estimat all to xviij s.(b) 1591 Edinb. Test. XXIII 44.
Thrie dosone of quhyt snodding worsat at xiij d. the dosone 1605 Edinb. Test. XL 227.
Tuelf dosone narrow snodine worsat at iiij s. the dosone(c) 1594 Edinb. Test. XXVII 276.
Snething worset
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