snaste /snæst/noun 1verb 1forms 3 noun1 •(dialect, no longer used) The burnt or burning part of the wick of a candle; the snuff.Till some part of the candle was consumed, and the dust gathered about the snaste; but then it made the snaste big, and long, and to burn duskishly. — 1626 verb1 •(dialect, no longer used) To snuff a candle. formssnasted · snasting · snastes
