snaste means the burnt or burning part of the wick of a candle; the snuff. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
snaste is pronounced /snæst/.
noun
- 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.”