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snye-dam Lumbering, Obs. 
n. a dam for holding water to be redirected through a snye (def. 1b).
See also: snye (def. 1b)
- 1827 (1829) . . . here [the river] is quite shallow, requiring all the water for the lock-chamber backed up from the snie-dam below.
- 1827 (1829) . . . here [the river] is quite shallow, requiring all the water for the lock-chamber backed up from the snie-dam below.