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Middle English
Etymology
Inherited from Old English sneġel, from Proto-Germanic *snagilaz, *snigilaz.
Pronunciation
Noun
snayle (plural snayles)
- A snail or slug (gastropod)
- A turtle or other similar shelled animal.
- (rare, Late Middle English) A kind of contraption used for both offence and defence during a siege.
- (rare) A diseased mass of protruding fleshiness.
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