sniggle

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Scots wha sniggle as ye go,

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  1. intransitive verb To fish for eels by thrusting a baited hook into their hiding places.
  2. transitive verb To catch (an eel) in this manner.

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  1. From dialectal snig, a small eel, from Middle English snigge; probably akin to snegge, a snail, akin to Old English snægl, snail.

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  1. A variant of snigger.
  2. from snig + -le.
 

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/ˈsnɪgl/
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