Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Snathe \Snathe\, v. t. [Cf. Icel. snei?a to cut into alices,
   sn[=i]?a to cut; akin to AS. besn?dan, sn[=i]?an, G.
   schneiden, OHG. sn[=i]dan, Goth. snei?an to cut, to reap, and
   E. snath, snithe.]
   To lop; to prune. [Prov. Eng.]