Middle English Dictionary Entry

snō̆ken v.
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1.
(a) To snuffle about, esp. as a hound on a scent; also fig.; (b) in cpd.: snoke-horn, ?one who snuffles into a horn, one who blows a horn, i.e., a worthless person [cp. blouen in an horn, etc., s.v. horn n. 5.(d)]; ?an infant who snuffles in a drinking horn.