snye snyes or snies [< Cdn F chenail channel; cf. Mod.F chenal]
1a n. Esp. Ottawa Valley a side-channel, especially one that bypasses a falls or rapids, rejoining the main river downstream and thus creating an island.
See also: snye (def. 1c)
1b n. Lumbering, Obs., Esp. Ottawa Valley such a side channel used as a route for rafts and cribs of timber.
See also: dry snye rafting-channel timber snye
1c n. Esp. Ottawa Valley in place names.
2a n. Northwest a narrow, meandering, sluggish side-channel of a river, usually shallow and often coming to a dead end.
See also: back-channel side-channel side-chute slough (def. 3)
2b n. Northwest See 1923 quote.
See also: fast snye
2c n. Northwest a river side-channel used by bush pilots for landing aircraft equipped with floats or, in winter, skis.
See also: landing snye
2d n. Northwest in specific names of streams.