Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Snatch \Snatch\, n. [Cf. AS. sn[=i]?an to cut, to mow, sn?d a
   bite, bit snip.]
   The handle of a scythe; a snead. [Variously written in
   England {snead}, {sneed}, {sneath}, {sneeth}, {snathe}, etc.;
   in Scotland written {sned}.]