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For hundreds of acres nothing is to be seen but smother and desolation, the whole circuit round looking like the ashes of a volcano, Gilbert White.

2. A state of suppression.

Suffo

A man were better relate himself to a statue, than suffer his thoughts to pass in smother. Bacon. Smothered (smuтH'érd), p. and a. cated; stifled; suppressed.-Smothered mate, in chess, a form of mate which is only possible when the king is surrounded by his own men and check is given by a knight. Smother-fly (smuтH'èr-fli), n. A name given to the various species of the Aphis, from the destruction they effect on plants. A shower of aphides or smother-flies.' Gilbert White.

Smotheriness (smuTH'èr-i-nes), n. State of being smothery.

Smotheringly (smuTH'èr-ing-li), adv. Suffocatingly; suppressingly.

Smothery (smuтH'èr-i), a. 1. Tending to smother; stifling.-2. Full of smother or dust.

Smouch† (smouch), v.t. [Allied to smack.] To kiss; to embrace; to buss. "What bussing, what smouching and slabbering one of another!' Stubbes.

Smoulder (smōl'dėr), v.i. [O.E. smolder, to smother; the word most closely connected with it is Dan. smuldre, smulre, to crumble, to moulder, from smul, dust.] 1. To burn and smoke without vent; to burn and smoke without flame. Hence-2. To exist in a suppressed state; to burn inwardly, without outward demonstration, as a thought, passion, and the like.

A doubt that ever smoulder'd in the hearts Of those great lords and barons of his realm Flash'd forth and into war. Tennyson. Smouldert (smōl'dėr), n. Smoke; smother. Gascoigne.

Smouldryt (smōl'dri), a. [See SMOULDER.] Sinothery; suffocating. 'Smouldry cloud of duskish stinking smoke.' Spenser. Smudge (smuj), v.t. [A form of smutch, from smut.] 1. To smear or stain with dirt or filth; to blacken with smoke.-2. To stifle; to smother. [Provincial.] Smudge (smuj), n. 1. A foul spot; a stain; a smear.-2. A suffocating smoke. [Provincial.]-3. A heap of damp combustibles, partially ignited, placed on the windward side of a house, tent, &c., so as to raise a dense smoke to repel mosquitoes. [United States.]

I have had a smudge made in a chafing-dish at my bedside. Mrs. Clavers.

Smudge-coal (smuj kōl), n. A miner's name for coal which has been partially deprived of its bitumen through coming in contact with trap-dykes, &c., in a state of heat, and so been converted into a kind of natural coke. Called also Blind-coal, Stone-coal.

Smug (smug), a. [L.G. smuck, Dan. smuk, G. schmuck, handsome, fine, neat; Dan. smuk, pretty.] Neat; trim; spruce; fine; affectedly nice in dress. "The smug and silver Trent.' Shak. Used to come so smug upon the mart.' Shak. Twelve sable steeds smug as the old raven's wing.' Beaumont. 'A smug pert counsellor.' Cowper. The smug and scanty draperies of his style.' De Quincey. The word now conveys a slight shade of contempt.

Smug (smug), v.t. To make smug or spruce; to dress with affected neatness. My men... were all ...

Studiously sweeten'd, smugg'd with oile, and deckt. Chapman. Smug-boat (smug'bōt), n. A contraband boat on the coast of China; an opium boat. Smug-faced (smug'fast), a. Having a smug or precise face; prim-faced.

I once procured for a smug faced client of mine a good douse o' the chops, which put a couple of hundred pounds into his pocket. F. Baillie.

Smuggle (smug'1), v.t. pret. & pp. smuggled; ppr. smuggling. [L.G. smuggeln, Dan. smugle, G. schmuggeln, from root of A. Sax. smugan, Icel. smjúga, to creep; Dan. i smug, secretly, underhand. Smock is from same root.] 1. To import or export secretly, and contrary to law; to import or export secretly and without paying the duties imposed by law; to run; as, to smuggle a cargo. Where, tippling punch, grave Cato's self you'll see, And Amor Patrice vending smuggled tea. Crabbe. 2. To manage, convey, or introduce clandestinely; as, to smuggle a bill through Parliament.

Smuggle (smug'l), v.i. To practise smuggling.

Smutch (smuch), n. a black stain.

A foul spot; smudge;

this practice-either the temptation to smuggle must be diminished by lowering the duties, or the difficulties in the way of smuggling must be increased. Cyc. of Commerce. Smuggler (smugler), n. 1. One who smuggles; one who imports or exports goods Smutchin (smuch ́in), n.

privately and contrary to law, either contraband goods or dutiable goods, without paying the customs.-2. A vessel employed in running goods. Smuggling (smugling), n. The offence of importing or exporting prohibited goods or other goods without paying the customs; the practice of defrauding the revenue by the clandestine introduction of articles into consumption without paying the duties chargeable upon them. It may be committed indifferently upon the excise or customs revenue.

Smugly (smug'li), adv. In a smug manner; neatly; sprucely.

Smur (smur), n. Small, thick rain. [Scotch.]

During the afternoon a smur of rain came on which prevented me from going to church again. Galt. Smut (smut), n. [A parallel form with Prov. E. smit, a particle of soot, A. Sax. smitta, a spot, a stain, smut; D. smet, a blot, a stain. From root of smite. Smudge, smutch, are closely allied forms. See SMUTCH.] 1. A spot made with soot or coal; or the foul matter itself. 2. Obscene and filthy language. Will talk smut though a priest and his mother be in the room.' Addison.

I cannot for my heart conceive the pleasure of noise, and nonsense, and drunken freaks, and drunken quarrels, and smut, and blasphemy.

Sir W. Scott.

3. A disease, also called Dust-brand, incidental to cultivated corn, by which the farina of the grain, together with its proper integuments, and even part of the husk, is converted into a black, soot-like powder. This disease does not affect the whole body of the crop, but the smutted ears are sometimes very numerously dispersed throughout it. Some attribute the smut to the richness of the soil, and others consider it as a hereditary disease transmitted by one generation to another through the seed. It is produced by a minute fungus, Ustilago or Uredo segetum. Various schemes have been tried for the prevention of smut, but the safest mode for the farmer to pursue is never to sow grain from a field in which the smut has prevailed.-Smut ball, bunt or pepperbrand, a fungoid disease analogous to smut. It consists of a black powdery matter, having a disagreeable odour, occupying the interior of the grain of wheat. This powdery matter consists of minute balls filled with sporules, and is caused by the attack of Tilletia caries. 4. Bad soft coal containing much earthy

The inside is so smutted with dust and smoke, that neither the marble, silver, nor brass works shew themselves. Addison.

2. To affect with the disease called smut; to mildew.

Mildew falleth upon corn and smutteth it. Bacon.

3. To blacken; to tarnish; to taint.

He is far from being smutted with the soil of atheism. Dr. H. More.

Smut (smut), v.i. 1. To gather smut; to be converted into smut. White red-eared wheat seldom smuts.' Mortimer.2. To give off smut; to crock. Smut-ball (smut'bal), n. The common name of a fungus, Tilletia or Uredo caries, of the section Coniomycetes, very destructive to wheat.

Smutch (smuch), v.t. [Closely allied to smut, but perhaps directly from the Scandinavian-Sw, smuds, Dan. smuts, filth, dirt. Smudge is another form.] To blacken with smoke, soot, or coal; to smudge. 'What, hast smutched thy nose?' Shak. Have you seen but a bright lily grow, Before rude hands have touched it? Ha' you mark'd but the fall of the snow, Before the soil hath smutch'd it. B. Jonson.

Now there are plainly but two ways of checking

His milk-white hand; the palm is hardly clean, But here and there an ugly smutch appears.

from smutch.] Snuff.

Couper. [A dim. form

The Spanish and Irish take it most in powder or smutchin, and it mightily refreshes the brain. Howell Smuth (smuth), n. A miners' name for waste, poor, small coal. Smutmill (smut'mil), n. A machine for cleansing grain from smut or mildew. Smuttily (smut'i-li), adv. In a smutty manner; as, (a) blackly; smokily; foully. (b) With obscene language. Tatler. Smuttiness (smut'i-nes), n. The state or quality of being smutty; as, (a) the state or quality of being soiled or smutted; dirt from smoke, soot, coal, or smut. (b) Ob sceneness of language. Smutty (smut'i), a. 1. Soiled with smut, coal, soot, or the like. The smutty air of London.' Howell.-2. Affected with smut or mildew. Smutty corn.' Locke. -3 Obscene; not modest or pure; as, smutty language. The smutty joke, ridiculously lewd.' Smollett.

Smyrnium (smêr'ni-um), n. [From L smyrna, myrrh. The plants have the odour of myrrh.] A genus of plants, nat. order Umbelliferæ. The species are upright, smooth biennials, with fleshy roots, various leaves, and terminal umbels of yellow or yellowishgreen flowers. They are natives of Central and Eastern Europe. S. Olusatrum, or common alexanders, is found in Britain, most frequently near the coast. It was formerly much eaten in Europe, both as a salad and pot-herb. S. perfoliatum, or perfoliate alexanders, is a native of Greece, Spain, Italy, and Dalmatia.

Smyterie, Smytrie (smit'ri),n. A numerous collection of small individuals. • A smytrie o' wee duddie weans.' Burns. [Scotch.] Snack (snak), n. [0. and Prov. E. snack, to snatch. A snack is what can be hastily taken. See SNATCH.] 1. A share: now chiefly used in the phrase, to go snacks, that is, to have a share. They come in for their snack.' Sir R. L'Estrange.

At last he whispers, Do, and we'll go snacks. Pope. 2. A portion of food that can be eaten hastily; a slight, hasty repast. Dickens. Snacket (snak'et), n. See SNECKET. Snacot (snak'ot), n. [Corr. from N. L. syngnathus, from Gr. syn, with, together, and gnathos, a jaw, because the jaws are so joined together that only the point or front part of the mouth is opened. Mahn.] Afish, the Syngnathus acus of Linnæus, the garfish, pipe-fish, or sea-needle.

Snaffle (snaf'l), n. [Allied to snuffle, snivel] A bridle, consisting of a slender bitmouth, with a single rein and without a curb; a snaffle-bit.

In all the northern counties here,

Whose word is snaffle, spur, and spear,

Thou wert the best to follow gear. Str W. Scott. Snaffle (snafl), v.t. pret. & pp. snaffled; ppr. snaffling. To bridle; to hold or manage with a bridle. 'Horses snaffled with the bits. Mir. for Mags.

Snaffle-bit (snaf'l-bit), n. A plain, slender bit for a horse, having a joint in the middle, to be placed in the mouth.

Snag (snag), n. [Icel. snagi, a small stake or peg. Allied perhaps to snick, sneck.] 1 A short projecting stump or branch; the stumpy base of a branch left in pruning; a branch broken off from a tree.

The coat of arms,

Now on a naked snag in triumph borne,
Was hung on high.
Dryden.

2. A contemptuous term for a long, ugly, or irregular tooth.

In China none hold women sweet,
Except their snags are black as jet. Prior.

3. In some of the rivers of the United States, &c., the trunk of a large tree firmly fixed to the bottom at one end and rising nearly or quite to the surface at the other end, by which steamboats, &c., are often pierced and sunk.

Snag (snag), v.t. pret. & pp. snagged; ppr. snagging. 1. To trim by lopping branches; to cut the branches, knots, or protuberances from, as the stem of a tree.-2. To injure or destroy by running against the trunk or branches of a sunken tree, as in American rivers; as, to snag a steamboat. Snag-boat (snag'bōt), n. A steamboat fitted with an apparatus for removing snags

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or other obstacles to navigation from riverbeds. Simmonds. [United States.] Snagged (snag'ed), a. Full of snags; snaggy. Belabouring one another with snagged sticks.' Dr. H. More.

Snaggy (snag'i), a. Full of snags; full of short stumps or sharp points; abounding with knots; as, a snaggy tree; a snaggy stick. His weapon was a tall and snaggy oak. Heywood. Snag-tooth (snagʻtöth), n. A tooth longer than others or than ordinary. Snail (snál), n. [A. Sax. snæl, contr. from sngel, snagl; Icel. snigill, Dan snegl; dim. forms from root of snake, sneak, the name signifying the creeping animal.] 1. A slimy, slow-creeping, air-breathing, gasteropod mollusc belonging to the genus Helix of Linnæus, now raised into the family Helicida, and differing from the slugs (Limacida) chiefly in being covered with a depressed spiral shell. The latter are also sometimes popularly called snails. The shell is composed of carbonate of lime, combined with coagulated albumen, secreted by the skin. The head is furnished with four retractile horns or tentacula; and on the superior pair, at the extremity, the eyes are placed. The sexes are united in the same individual, but the copulation of two such hermaphrodite individuals is necessary for impregnation. The common garden snail (Helix aspersa) is the most familiar species of the typical genus. The mischief done by it to garden produce on which it feeds is very extensive, Nearly equally well known is the edible snail (H. Pomatia), largely found in France, and cultivated there and elsewhere for food purposes. See SLUG.-2. A drone; a slowmoving person. Dromio, thou drone, thou snail, thou slug, thou sot.' Shak.-3. A tortoise, hence the name of an ancient military engine called also a testudo.

There be also in that country a kind of snail (testudines), that be so great that many persons may ledge them in their shells as men would in a house." Sir F. Mandeville. 4. A piece of spiral machinery somewhat resembling a snail; specifically, the piece of metal forming part of the striking work of a clock.-5. Snail-clover (which see). Snail-clover, Snail-trefoil (snál klō-věr, sual'tre-foil), n. [So called from its pods, which resemble the shells of snails.] A plant of the genus Medicago, the M. scutellata. Called also Snail.

Snail-fish (snål'fish), n. A species of Liparis, found in the British Islands, and so called from its soft texture, and the habit of the fish to fix itself to rocks like a snail. Snail-flower (snāl'flou-èr), n. A leguminous plant of the genus Phaseolus (P. Caracalla), allied to the kidney-bean. It is often grown in the gardens of South America, Southern Europe, and India for its large, showy, sweet-scented flowers, under the name of caracol.

Snail-like (snal'lik), a. Resembling a snail; moving very slowly.

Snail-like (snällik), adv. In the manner of a snail; slowly.

You courtiers move so snail-like in your business. B. Jonson. Snail-movement (snål'möv-ment), n. A name sometimes given to the eccentric of a steam-engine.

Snail-paced (snäl'past), a. Moving slow, as a snail Impotent and snail-paced beggary, Shak.

Snail-plant (snål'plant), n. A name common to two papilionaceous plants of the genus Medicago (M. scutellata and M. Helix), whose pods are called snails from their resemblance to these animals.

Snail-shell (snål'shel), n. The covering of the snail

Snail-slow (snál'slō), a. As slow as a snail; extremely slow. Snail-slow in profit.' Shak

Snail-trefoil (snal'tré-foil), n. Same as Snail-clover.

Snake (snák), n. [A. Sax. snaca, from snícan, to creep, to sneak; Icel. snákr, snókr, Sw. ok, Dan sag. Akin snail] A name commonly given to any serpent, but more particularly used to designate the common British snake, the Natrix torquata, family Colubride, and belonging to a section of the family which some naturalists have raised into a distinct family under the name Natricida It is destitute of poison-fangs, and its food consists of lizards, young birds, bird's eggs, mice, and more particularly frogs Its average length is 3 feet, but it sometimes attains the length of 4 or 5 feet,

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the female, as in serpents generally, being larger than the male. It inhabits Europe from Scotland, and the corresponding lati

Head and Tail of Common Snake (Natrix torquata).

tude on the Continent, to Italy and Sicily. The body thickens towards the middle and tapers towards the tail, which ends in rather a sharp point. The head is covered with large plates. The ignorant sometimes mistake the harmless snake for the viper. Compare the cut at VIPER with the annexed.A snake in the grass, a secret or treacherous

enemy.

Snake (snák), v. t. pret. & pp. snaked; ppr.
snaking. 1. To drag or haul, as a snake from
its hole: often with out. [United States.]-
2. Naut. to wind round spirally, as a large
rope with a smaller one, or with cord, the
small ropes lying in the spaces between the
strands of the large one; to worm.
Snake (snák), v.i. To crawl like a snake.
[United States.]

Snake-bird (snākʼbėrd), n.
Snake-boat (snāk bōt).
MANCHE.

See DARTER. See PAMBAN

Snake-eel (snāk ́ēl), n. A popular name of the fishes which constitute the family Ophisuridæ of some naturalists, but which others class with the true eels in the family Murænidæ, from the tail tapering to a point like that of a snake. They are natives of warm seas. One species (Ophisurus serpens), of about 6 feet long, is found in the Mediter

ranean.

Snake-fly (snák’fli), n. The popular name of neuropterous insects of the group Raphidiada, and so called from the elongated form of the head and neck, and the facility with which they move the front of the body in different directions. They are mostly to be found in the neighbourhood of woods and streams. The common species is scientifically known as Raphidia ophiopsis. Snake-gourd (snāk'görd), n. [From the remarkable snake-like appearance of its fruits, which are frequently 3 feet long.] The common name of a cucurbitaceous plant of the genus Tricosanthes (T. anguina), a native of India and China.

Snake-head (snāk ́hed), n. 1. A liliaceous plant of the genus Fritillaria, F. Meleagris. See FRITILLARIA.-2. The American name of species of the genus Chelone (which see). 3. The end of a flat rail, formerly used on American railways, which was sometimes loosened and thrown up by the carriage wheels, and frequently entered the bodies of the carriages to the great danger of the passengers.

Snake-lizard (snāk'liz-érd). See CHAME

Snakeroot (snāk'röt), n. The popular name of numerous American plants of different species and genera, most of which are, or formerly were, reputed to be efficacious as remedies for snake bites. Among the best known is Aristolochia serpentaria, nat. order Aristolochiaceae, of which it is the type. It is a native of Virginia, and is widely diffused throughout the United States. It has a fibrous, aromatic, and bitterish root, which was formerly extolled as a cure for the bite of the rattlesnake and other serpents. The infusion is occasionally used as a stimulant, tonic, and diaphoretic. The Virginian snakeroot is the Polygala Senega. Snake's-beard (snāks bērd), n. The common name of plants of the genus Ophiopogon, nat. order Liliacea, belonging to China and Japan.

Snake's-head Iris (snāks'hed i-ris), n. A plant, Iris tuberosa. See IRIS.

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Snake-stone (snák'stōn), n. 1. A popular name of those fossils otherwise called Ammonites. 2. A small rounded piece of stone, or other hard substance, popularly believed to be efficacious in curing snake bites.-3. A kind of hone or whetstone occurring in Scotland.

Snakeweed (snāk'wēd), n. A plant, bistort (Polygonum Bistorta), which grows in pastures. It is astringent and sometimes used in medicine. See POLYGONUM. Snake-wood (snak'wyd), n. 1. The wood of the Strychnos colubrina, nat. order Loganiace, a tree growing in the Isle of Timor and other parts of the East, having a bitter taste, and supposed to be a certain remedy for the bite of the hooded serpent. See STRYCHNOS.-2. The Demerara letter-wood (Brosimum Aubletii), a tree of the nat. order Artocarpaceæ. It has this name from the heart-wood being mottled with irregularly shaped dark spots. The timber is excessively hard.-3. The common name of plants of the genus Ophioxylon (dogbanes), from their twisted roots and stems. Snakewort (snák'wert), n. Same as Snakeweed.

Snakish (snāk'ish), a.

Having a snake-like form, habits, or qualities; snaky. Snaky (snák'i), a. 1. Pertaining to a snake or to snakes; resembling a snake; serpentine; winding.-2. Sly; cunning; insinuating; deceitful.

So to the coast of Jordan he directs

His easy steps, girded with snaky wiles. Milton. 3. Having or consisting of serpents.

In his hand

Spenser.

He took Caduceus, his snaky wand. Snap (snap), v.t. pret. & pp. snapped; ppr. snapping. [L. G. and D. snappen, Dan. snappe, G. schnappen, to snap. Snip is a lighter form of this word, and snub is no doubt connected. See SNUB, also SNATCH.] 1. To break instantaneously; to break short; as, to snap a piece of brittle wood. 'Breaks the doors open, snaps the locks.' Prior.-2. To shut with a sharp sound. 'Then snapt his box.' Pope.-3. To bite suddenly; to seize suddenly with the teeth.

He, playing too often at the mouth of death, has been snapped by it at last. South.

He snaps deceitful air with empty jaws. Gay. 4. To snatch suddenly; to catch unexpectedly. When you lay snug to snap young Damon's goat.' Dryden.

For now you are in no danger to be snapt singing again. Sir R. L'Estrange.

5. To break upon suddenly with sharp, angry words: often with up, and sometimes with up short.

A surly ill-bred lord That chides and snaps her up at every word, Granville. 6. To crack; to make a sharp sound with; as, to snap a whip.

M'Morlan snapped his fingers repeatedly. Sir W. Scott. 7. To cause to spring back or vibrate with a sudden sound; to twang. 'To snap the strings of an instrument.' Dwight. - To snap off, (a) to break suddenly. (b) To bite off suddenly. To have had our two noses snapped off with two old men without teeth.' Shak.

Snap (snap), v. i. 1. To break short; to part asunder suddenly; as, a mast or spar snaps; a needle snaps.

If your steel is too hard, that is, too brittle, with the least bending it will snap.

Moxon.

2. To make an effort to bite; to aim to seize with the teeth: usually with at; as, a dog snaps at a passenger; a fish snaps at the bait.

We snap at the bait without ever dreaming of the hook that goes along with it. Sir R. L'Estrange. 3. To give a sharp cracking sound, such as that of the hammer of a firearm when it descends without exploding the charge; as, the pistol snapped.-4. To utter sharp, harsh, angry words: usually with at.

With the peremptory Jewish wives, we have snapt at God's ministers as they did at the prophet Jeremiah. Bp. Prideaux.

5. To catch at a proposal or offer eagerly; to accept gladly and promptly: with at.

To the astonishment of everybody (he) joined the 'Sybarite,' that 'hell afloat.'... Relden... snapped at him. Hannay. Snap (snap), n. 1. A sudden breaking or rupture of any substance. 2. A sudden, eager bite; a sudden seizing or effort to seize, as with the teeth.-3. A sharp cracking sound, such as the crack of a whip.-4. A greedy fellow. Sir R. L'Estrange.-5. That

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which is caught by a sudden snatch or grasp; a catch. B. Jonson.-6. A catch or small lock; the spring catch of a purse, reticule, book-clasp, bracelet, and the like.-7. A name popularly given to beetles of the family Elateridæ, from the cricking noise they make in turning. Called also Skip-jack. 8. A sudden and severe interval: applied to weather; as, a cold snap. 'A cold snap following eagerly on a thaw.' J. R. Lowell.9. A crisp kind of gingerbread nut or small cake.

I might shut up house-if it was the thing I lived be-me that has seen a' our gentle-folks' bairns, and gi'en them snaps and sugar biscuit maist o' them wi' mny ain hand. Sir IV. Scott.

Snap-bug (snap'bug), n. A kind of beetle. See SNAP, 7. [United States.] Snap-dragon (snap'dra-gon), n. 1. A plant of the genus Antirrhinum (which see).-2. A play in which raisins are snatched from burning brandy and put into the mouth.

When they were all tired of blind-man's buff, there was a great game at snapdragon; and when fingers enough were burned with that, and all the raisins Dickens. were gone, they sat down.

3. The thing eaten at snap-dragon. Swift. Snaphance, Snap-haunce (snap'häns), n. [D. snaphaan-snap, snap, and haan, the cock of a gun.] 1. Originally and properly, a spring-lock to a gun or pistol, subsequently applied to the gun itself, which was a Dutch firelock in general use in the seventeenth century.-2. A snappish retort; a curt, sharp answer; a repartee. Marston. [Rare.] Snap-lock (snap'lok), n. A lock that shuts with a catch or snap.

Snapper (snap'èr), n. 1. One that snaps: often with up, one who takes up stealthily and suddenly; a thief.

Who being, as I am, littered under Mercury, was likewise a snapper up of unconsidered trifles. Shak, 2. The name given in the West Indies to different fish of the family Serranidæ. Snapping-turtle (snap'ing-tér-tl), n. A species of fresh-water tortoise belonging to the genus Chelydra (C. serpentina of Agassiz, Trionyx ferox of others), common to all parts of the United States: so named from its propensity to snap at everything within its reach.

Snappish (snap'ish), a. 1. Ready or apt to snap or bite; as, a snappish cur.-2. Sharp in reply; apt to speak angrily or tartly; tart; crabbed. 'Smart and snappish dialogue.' Cowper.

Snappishly (snap'ish-li), adv. In a snappish manner; peevishly; angrily; tartly. Nell answered him snappishly.' Prior. Snappishness (snap'ish-nes), n. The quality of being snappish; peevishness; tartness. Snappy (snap'i), a. Snappish. [Rare.] Snapsack (snap'sak), n. [Snap and sack, Sw. snappsäck, G. schnappsack. See KNAPSACK.] A knapsack. South. [Obsolete or vulgar.]

Snapt (snapt). A contracted form of Snapped, the pret. & pp. of snap.

Snart (snär), v.i. [L.G. and O.D. snarren, G. schnarren, to snarl; D. snar, snappish. Probably imitative and allied to snore.] To snarl.

Spenser.

And some of tygres that did seem to gren And snar of all that ever passed by. Snare (snar), n. [A. Sax. sneare, a snare, a noose; Icel. snara, Dan. snare, a snare, a gin; D. snaar, O.H.G. snare, a string; Icel. snara, to turn quickly, to twist.] 1. A contrivance, consisting often of a noose or set of nooses of cords, hair, or the like, by which a bird or other living animal may be entangled; a gin; a net; a noose.-2. Anything by which one is entangled, entrapped, or inveigled, and brought into trouble.

A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul. Prov. xviii. 7.

3. One of the strings formed of twisted raw hide strained upon the lower head of a drum.

Snare (snar), v. t. pret. & pp. snared; ppr. snaring. [From the noun.] To catch with a snare; to catch or take by guile; to bring into unexpected evil, perplexity, or danger; to entangle.

The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Ps. ix. 16.

Snare drum (snar'drum), n. A common military drum furnished with snares, as opposed to a bass drum. See SNARE, n. 3. Snarer (snar'ėr), n. One who lays snares or entangles.

Snarers and smugglers here their gains divide.
Crabbe.

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Snarl (snärl), v. i. [A freq. of snar. SNAR.] 1. To growl, as an angry or surly dog; to gnarl. That I should snarl and bite and play the dog.' Shak.-2. To speak roughly; to talk in rude, murmuring terms.

It is malicious and unmanly to snarl at the little lapses of a pen, from which Virgil himself stands not exempted. Dryden.

Snarl (snärl), n. A quarrel; an angry con

test.

Snarl (snärl), v. t. [From snare.] 1. To entangle; to complicate; to involve in knots; 'And from as, to snarl a skein of thread. her head oft rent her snarled hair.' Spenser.-2. To embarrass; to confuse; to entangle. Confused snarled consciences.' Dr. H. More.

This was the question that they would have snarled him with. Latimer.

Snarl (snärl), n. Entanglement; a knot or complication of hair, thread, &c., which it is difficult to disentangle; hence, intricacy; complication; embarrassing difficulty. Snarl (snärl), v.t. To raise or form hollow work in narrow metal vases. See SNARLING, SNARLING-IRON.

Snarler (snarlêr), n. One who snarls; a surly, growling animal; a grumbling, quarrelsome fellow. The lash of snarlers' jokes." Swift.

Snarling (snär'ling), p. and a. Growling; grumbling angrily; peevish; waspish; snappish.

An iron

Snarling (snär'ling), n. A mode of raising or forming hollow work in sheet metal, such as narrow vases, by repercussion, where the hammer, from the narrowness of the vessel, cannot be applied directly. Snarling-iron (snar'ling-i-êrn), n. tool used in the operation of snarling. It consists of a straight arm with an upturned end. This is introduced into the vessel to be operated on with the end bearing upon the part to be raised or expanded, and blows struck on the end which is without the vessel cause the other end to act on it by repercussion.

Snarl-knot (snärl'not), n. A knot that cannot be drawn loose. [Provincial.] Snary (sná'ri), a. [From snare.] Of the nature of a snare; entangling; insidious.

Spiders in the vault their snary webs have spread. Dryden. Snash (snash), n. [Same word as Sw. snæsa, to chide sharply; or a form formed by a mixing up of snap and gnash. Comp. also Dan. snaske, to champ food with noise.] Insolent, opprobrious language; impertinent abuse. [Scotch.]

Poor tenant bodies, scant o' cash,

How they maun thole the factor's snash. Burns. Snast (snast), n. [From root of A. Sax. snithan, to cut, whence snath, sned.] The snuff of a candle. Bacon.

Snatch (snach), v.t. pret. & pp. snatched or
snatcht. [Softened form of O. and Prov. E.
snack, to snatch; D. and L.G. snakken,
snacken, to snatch: probably a parallel form
of snap (which see).] 1. To seize hastily or
abruptly; to seize without permission or
From my
ceremony; as, to snatch a kiss.
finger snatch'd that ring.' Shak. 'When
half our knowledge we must snatch, not
take.' Pope.

Shak.
Nay do not snatch it from me.
From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part,
And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art.
Pope.

2. To seize and transport away. 'Snatch me to heaven.' Thomson.-SYN. To twitch, pluck, pull, catch, grasp, gripe. Snatch (snach), v.i. To attempt to seize suddenly; to catch; as, to snatch at a thing.

Shak.

Nay, the ladies too will be snatching. Snatch (snach), n. 1. A hasty catch or seizing.

Why, then, it seems some certain snatch or so
Would serve your turn.
Shak.

2. A catching at or attempt to seize suddenly. 3. A short fit of vigorous action; as, a snatch at weeding after a shower.-4. A small piece, fragment, or quantity; a piece snatched or broken off. Snatches of old tunes.' Shak.

We have often little snatches of sunshine. Spectator. She chanted snatches of mysterious song. Tennyson.

5. A shuffling answer. [Rare.] Come, sir, leave me your snatches and yield me a direct answer. Shak

6. A hasty repast; a snack. [Scotch.]

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Snatch-block (snach'blok), n. A particular kind of block used in ships, having an opening in one side to receive the bight of a rope. It is chiefly used for heavy purchases, where a warp or hawser is brought to the capstan. Called also a Notchblock.

Snatch-block.

Snatcher (snach'èr), n One that snatches or takes abruptly; as, a body-snatcher.

Snatchingly (snach'ing-li), adv. By snatching: hastily; abruptly.

Snatchy (snach'i), a. Consisting of or characterized by snatches.

The modern style (of rowing) seems short and snatchy; it has not the long majestic sweep of former days. Cambridge Sketches. Snath, Snathe (snath, snath), n. [A. Sax. snæd, the handle of a scythe, from snithan, to cut. There are various other forms of this word, as sneath, sneethe, sned, &c.] The handle of a scythe. [Local and United States.]

Snathe (snaTH), v.t. [A. Sax. snithan, Icel. sneitha, Goth. sneithan, G. schneiden, to cut. Akin Sc. snod, trim, neat.] To lop; to prune. [Provincial.] Snattock (snat'ok), n.

[Snathe and dim. term. -ock.] A chip; a slice. Snattocks of that very cross.' Gayton. [Local.] Snaw (snä), n. Snow. [Scotch.] Snead (sned), n. 1. [Connected with snood.] A ligament; a line or string.-2. A handle for a scythe. See SNATH, SNED. [Both local.] Sneak (sněk), v.i. [A. Sax. snican, to creep, to sneak; Dan. enige, to creep or move softly. See SNAKE.] 1. To creep or steal privately; to go furtively, as if afraid or ashamed to be seen; to slink; as, to sneak away from company; to sneak into a corner or behind a screen. A poor unminded outlaw sneaking home." Shak.

You skulk'd behind the fence, and sneaked away. Dryden. 2. To behave with meanness and servility; to crouch; to truckle.

Tom struts a soldier, open, bold and brave; Will sneaks a scriv'ner, an exceeding knave. Pope. Sneak (sněk), v.t. To hide; to conceal. '(Slander) lurks and sneaks its head.' Abp. Wake. Sneak (sněk), n. A mean fellow. A set of simpletons and superstitious sneaks. Glanville.

There can be no douht that a sneak is usually looked upon as very little better than a knave. The word, like the correlative term 'gentleman,' is one of pecu liarly English growth. . . . To English apprehension the term denotes that combination of selfishness, cowardice, and falsehood which is summed up in the Lexicon definition of a 'mean fellow,' and is directly Sat. Rev. opposite to manliness and candour. Sneak-cup (snēk’kup), n. A toper who balks his glass; one who sneaks from his cup; hence, a puny or paltry fellow.

2. A small vessel of drink; a kind of punchbowl.

I have just left the right worshipful and his myrmidons about a sneaker of five gallons. Spectator. Sneakiness (snēk'i-nes), n. Same as Sneakingness.

Sneaking (snek'ing), a. 1. Pertaining to a sneak; acting like a sneak; mean: servile; crouching. The fawning, sneaking, and flattering hypocrite.' Stillingfleet. -2. Secret or clandestine, and somewhat discreditable; underhand.

When we speak of a 'sneaking regard for a person or a principle, we imply that the regard is, or is felt by those who entertain it to be, more or less discreditable, and that they do not venture openly to profess a feeling of which they are ashamed, while they nevertheless secretly indulge it. Sat. Rev. Sneakingly (snēk'ing-li), adv. In a sneaking manner; meanly.

Doe all things like a man, not sneakingly: Think the King sees thee still; for his King does. G. Herbert. Sneakingness (snek'ing-nes), n. The quality of being sneaking; meanness. Sneaksby (snēks bi), n. A paltry fellow. A demure sneaksby, a clownish singularist.' Barrow. (Familiar.] Sneak-up (snēk'up), n. A sneaking, cowardly, insidious fellow. [A corrupted reading of Shakspere for sneak-cup. Nares]

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Sneaky (snek'i), a. Same as Sneaking. Sneap (snep), v.. [Allied to snip, snib, sub; Icel sneypa, to disgrace, to chide; D. snippen, to nip; Dan. snibbe, reproach, reprimand.] 1. To check; to reprove abruptly; to reprimand. Dr. H. More.-2. To nip; to bite; to pinch. 'Herbs and fruits sneaped with cold weather.' Ray. Sneapt (snép), n. A reprimand; a check. I will not undergo this sneap without reply. Shak. Sneath, Sneathe (sneth, sněтH), n. The handle of a scythe; a snath. Sneb, Snebbet (sneb), v.t. [A form of snib.] To check; to reprimand; to chide; to sneap. Spenser.

Sneck (snek), n. [O.E. snek, snekke, snecke, also snack, probably from snack, old form of snatch. Comp. catch, a kind of fastening. The latch of a door or other appliance of similar nature; a door-handle. Written also Snick. [Obsolete and provincial, especially Scotch]

Sneck (snek), v.t. To put the door latch or catch on; as, to aneck a door. [Scotch.] Sneck-drawer (snek'dra-ér), n. A latchlifter; a bolt-drawer; a sly fellow; a cozener; a cheat. Galt. [Scotch.] Sneck-drawing (snek'dra-ing), a. Crafty; cozening; cheating. Burns. [Scotch.] Sneckett (snek'et), n. [Dim. of sneck.] The latch of a door; a snacket. Cotgrave.

Sneck-up, Snick-upt (snek'up, snik'up), interj. [Probably contr. from his neck up. Nares.] Go hang! be hanged!

We did keep time, sir, in our catches. Sneck up. Shak. Sned (sned), n. [See SNATH.] The handle of a scythe; a snead; a snath. [Old and provincial, especially Scotch.] Sned (sned), v. t. Same as Snathe. Snee (sně), n. [D. snee, contr. of snede, a cut,

a sharp edge.] A knife. Sneed (sned), n.

[A. Sax. snæed. See SNATH, SNATHE.] The handle of a scythe; a sned or snath

This is fixed on a long sneed, or straight handle. Evelyn. Sneer (sner), v.i. [Origin doubtful. The original meaning seems to have been to grin, and the word is probably allied to snar, snarl.] 1. To show contempt by turning up the nose, or by a particular cast of countenance-2. To insinuate contempt by a covert expression; to use words suggestive rather than expressive of contempt; to speak derisively: often with at; as, to sneer at a person for his piety.

Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer. Pope. 3. To show mirth awkwardly. Tatler.-SYN. To scoff, gibe, jeer. Sneer (sner), v.t. 1. To treat with sneers; to treat with a sort of contempt.

Nor snerred nor bribed from virtue into shame. Savage 2. To utter with contemptuous expression or grimace.

A ship of fools' he shrieked in spite, A ship of fools' he sneered and wept. Tennyson. Sneer (sner), n. 1. A look of contempt, or a turning up of the nose to manifest contempt; a look of disdain, derision, or ridicule.

There was a laughing devil in his sneer. Byron. 2. An expression of contemptuous scorn; indirect expression of contempt.

Sneeshin, Sneeshing (snesh'in, snesh'ing), n. [From sneezing.] L. Snuff.-2. A pinch of snuff. Not worth a sneeshin.' W. Meston. -Sneeshin mill or sneeshing mull, a snuffbox, generally made of the end of a horn. [Scotch]

Sneeze (snez), v.i. pret. & pp. sneezed; ppr. neezing. [O.E. and Sc. neese, neeze, with a prefixed and strengthening 8. See NEESE. Double forms of words with and without an initials are not uncommon. Comp. melt, zmelt, plash, splash, snipe, nib or neb, lash, alash, &c.] To emit air through the nose audibly and violently by a kind of involuntary convulsive force, occasioned by irritation of the inner membrane of the nose. See SNEEZING. To sneeze at, to show contempt for; to contemn; to despise; to scorn. My professional reputation is not to be sneezed at. Sir A. H. Elton.

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Sneeze (snez), n. The act of one who sneezes, or the noise made by sneezing; sudden and violent ejection of air through the nose with an audible sound.

Sneeze-weed (snez'wēd), n. A plant of the genus Helenium (H. autumnale) which causes sneezing.

Sneeze-wood (snez'wud), n. A South African tree (Pteroxylon utile), nat. order Sapindaceae, yielding a solid, strong, durable timber rivalling mahogany in beauty. Its dust causes sneezing, so that it is troublesome to work.

A British comSneezewort (snēz'wêrt), n. posite plant of the genus Achillea, the A. Ptarmica, called also Goose-tongue, with long narrow serrate leaves, and heads of white flowers. It is so called because the dried flowers and roots, when powdered and applied to the nose, cause sneezing. Sneezing (snez'ing), n. 1. The act of ejecting air violently and audibly through the nose by a sudden and involuntary effort; sternutation. Sneezing is a convulsive action of the respiratory organs brought on commonly by irritation of the nostrils. It is preceded by a deep inspiration, which fills the lungs and then forces the air violently through the nose. Sneezing produced in the ordinary way is a natural and healthy action, intended to throw off instinctively from the delicate membrane of the nostrils whatever irritable or offensive material may chance to be lodged there. When it becomes violent, recourse must be had to soothing the nasal membrane by the application of warm milk and water, or decoction of poppies.-2. A medicine to promote sneezing; an errhine; a sternutatory. 'Sneezings, masticatories and nasals.' Burton.

Snell (snel), a. [A. Sax. snel, a word common to the Teutonic tongues with the senses of sharp, quick, active, &c.] 1. Active; brisk; nimble. Lye.-2. Keen; piercing; sharp; severe; as, a snell frost. [Scotch.]

It may be a dead loss!-whate'er ane o' your Lom

bard Street goldsmiths may say to it, it's a snell ane

in the Sautmarket o' Glasgow.

Sir W. Scott.

Snell (snel), n. A short line of horse-hair, gut, &c., by which a fish-hook is attached to a longer line; a snood.

Snet (snet), n. The fat of a deer. [Obsolete or provincial English.]

Snew (snů). Old and prov. pret. of snow.

If you heerd on't of what passed between Mas'r Davy and me, th' night when it snew so hard, you know as I have been-wheer not-fur to seek my dear niece. Dickens.

Snewe,t v.i. To snow; to fall plenteously; to be in as great abundance as snow. Chau

cer.

Snibt (snib), v.t. To snub; to reprimand; to check; to sneap or sneb. Them to revile or snib. Spenser.

Though the seeds of virtue... may be trampled on, kept under, cropped and snibbed by the bestial part. Bp. Ward.

Snibt (snib), n. A snub; a reproof; a reprimand. Marston.

Snick (snik), n. [Icel. snikka, to cut or work with a knife; D. snik, a hatchet, a sharp tool.] 1. A small cut or mark. - 2. A knot or irregularity in yarn.-Snick and snee, a combat with knives. Among the Dunkerkers, where snick and snee was in fashion.' Wiseman.

Snick (snik), n. A latch; a sneck. [Provincial English.]

Snicker (snik'èr), v.i. [Probably imitative of the sound of suppressed laughter. Comp. Sc. snocker, to breathe loudly through the nose; nicker, nicher, to neigh.] To laugh in a half-suppressed manner; to laugh with audible catches of voice, as when one attempts to suppress loud laughter; to giggle; to snigger.

Snickersnee (snik'er-snē), n. 1. A combat
with knives. See Snick and snee under
SNICK.-2. A large clasp-knife. Thackeray.
Snick-up (snik'up), interj. See SNECK-UP.

Give him money, George, and let him go snick-
Beau. & FL.

up. Sniff (snif), v.i. [A lighter form of snuff.] To draw air audibly up the nose, sometimes as an expression of scorn; to snuff.

So then you look'd scornful and snift at the dean.

SNIPE

Oh, could I but have had one single sup. One single sniff at Charlotte's caudle-cup. T. Warton. 2. That which is taken by sniffing; as, a sniff of fresh air.-3. The sound produced by drawing in with the breath through the

nose.

Mrs. Gamp ... gave a sniff of uncommon significance, and said, it didn't signify. Dickens.

Snift (snift), vi. 1. To make a noise by drawing breath through the nose; to snort. 'Resentment expressed by snifting.' Johnson.-2. To sniff; to snuff; to smell. 'Still snifting and hankering after their old quarters.' Landor.

Snift (snift), n. 1. A moment. Halliwell.2. Slight snow or sleet. Halliwell. [Provincial English in both senses.] Snifter (snift'èr), n. [Scotch.] 1. The drawing of the breath up the nostrils noisily; a sniff.-2. pl. (a) The stoppage of the nostrils through cold. (b) A disease of horses. Snifter (snift'èr), v.i. To draw up the breath through the nose; to sniff. [Scotch.] Snifting-valve (snift'ing-valv), n. A valve in the cylinder of a steam-engine for the escape of air; so called from the peculiar noise it makes. Called also Tail-valve, Blowvalve.

Snig (snig), n. [See SNAKE.] A kind of eel. [Local.]

Snigger (snig'èr), v.i. Same as Snicker.She. sniggered over the faults of the self-styled righteous with uncommon satisfaction. Thackeray. Snigger (sniger), n. A suppressed laugh; a giggle; a snicker. The confiding snigger of the foolish young butcher.' Dickens. Sniggle (snig'l), v.i. [From snig, an eel.] To fish for eels, by thrusting the bait into their holes. Iz. Walton.

Sniggle (snigl), v.t. pret. & pp. sniggled; ppr. sniggling. To snare; to catch.

Now, Martell,

Have you remember'd what we thought of?
Yes, sír, I have sniggled him. Beau. & FI.

Snip (snip), v. t. pret. & pp. snipped; ppr. snipping. [Closely allied to snap, and to D. and L.G. snippen, to snip, to clip, G. schnippen, schnipfen, to snip or clip in pieces.] 1. To clip; to cut off at once with shears or scissors.

He wore a pair of scissors... and would ship it off nicely. Arbuthnot.

2. To snap; to snatch.

The captain seldom ordered anything out of the ship's stores but I snipped some of it for my own share. Defoe.

Snip (snip), n. [See the verb.] 1. A clip; a single cut with shears or scissors.-2. A bit cut off; a small shred.-3. Share; a snack. Sir R. L'Estrange.-4. A cant name for a tailor.-5. A small hand shears for cutting metal.

Snipe (snip), n. [D. snip, L.G. snippe, Dan. sneppe, G. schnepfe, snipe, a bird distinguished by the length of its bill or neb; L.G. snippe, snibbe, a bill, beak, same word as nib or neb with s prefixed. See NEB.] 1. The English name for those grallatorial birds which form the genus Scolopax. The common snipe (Scolopax gallinago) is a beautifully marked bird, about 10 or 11 inches long. It is plentiful in most parts of Bri

Common Snipe (Scolopax gallinago).

tain, and frequents marshy or moist grounds. It feeds on worms, insects, and small molluscs. It is remarkable for the length of its bill, its peculiar cry, and the drumminglike noise it makes in summer. The jack snipe (Scolopax gallinula) closely resembles the common snipe in its general habits and appearance, but is seldom seen in this country except in the winter.-Sea snipe, a name given to the dunlin (which see).-Summer

SNIPE-BILL

snipe, a name given to the common sandpiper.-2. A fool; a blockhead; a simpleton.

I mine own gain'd knowledge should profane,
If I should time expend with such a snipe,
But for my sport and profit.
Shak.

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Snobbism (snob'izm), n. The state of being a snob; the manners of a snob; snobbish

ness.

The snobbism would perish forthwith (if for no other cause) under public ridicule. Sir W. Hamilton.

with a sharp arris for forming the quirks of mouldings.

Snipe-fish (snip'fish), n. A marine acanthopterygious fish of the genus Centriscus (C. Scolopax), so called from its long snipelike beak. Called also Trumpet-fish and Bellows-fish. See BELLOWS-FISH. Snipper (snip'êr), n. One that snips or clips; a tailor. Dryden.

Snipper-snapper (snip'èr-snap-ér), n. An effeminate young man; a small insignificant fellow. [Colloq.]

Snippet (snip'et), n. [Dim. of snip, a part.] A small part or share. Hudibras. Snippety (snip'et-i), a. Insignificant; ridiculously small. Snippety facts.' Spectator newspaper.

Snip-snap (snip'snap), n. [A reduplication of snap.] A tart dialogue with quick replies.

Snip-snap (snip'snap), a. Short and quick; smart. Pope.

Snitcher (snich'èr), n. 1. An informer; a tell-tale; one who turns queen's (king's) evidence.-2. A handcuff. [Low slang in both senses.]

Snitet (snit), n. [A. Sax. snite, perhaps connected with snout, the bird with long snout or beak.] A snipe. "The witless woodcock and his neighbour snite.' Drayton. Snite (snit), v. t. [A. Sax. snýtan, to wipe or clean the nose; Icel. snýta, to blow the nose; Dan. snyde, to blow the nose, to snuff a candle; D. snuiten, to blow the nose. The verbs seem to be derived from the noun snout, or from snot, mucus.] To flip, so as to strike off; hence, to clean, as the nose; to snuff, as a candle. Nor would any one be able to snite his nose.' Grew.

Snithe, Snithy (snith, snith'i), a. [A. Sax. snithan, to cut. See SNATHE.] Sharp; piercing; cutting: applied to the wind. [Provincial.]

Snivel (snivel), n. [A. Sax. snyfel (?), snoffel, snot; from the stem of sniff, snuff.] Snot; mucus running from the nose. Snivel (sniv'el), v.i. pret. snivelled; ppr. snivelling. 1. To run at the nose.-2. To draw up the mucus audibly through the nose.--3. To cry, weep, or fret, as children, with snuffing or snivelling. Sir R. L'Estrange. Sniveller (sniv'el-ér), n. 1. One who snivels, or who cries with snivelling.-2. One who weeps for slight causes, or manifests weakness by weeping.

He'd more lament when I was dead,

Than all the snivellers round my bed. Swift. Snivelling (sniv'el-ing), n. The act or the noise of one who snivels; a crying or speaking as through the nose. Snivelly (sniv'el-i), a. Running at the nose; pitiful; whining. Snob (snob), n. [Prov. E. snob, a vulgar or contemptible person, also snot or mucus of the nose. The latter is probably the original meaning, the word being thus from root of snuff; comp. G. schnoben, to puff or blow through the nose. So snot is also used as an opprobrious epithet of persons.] 1. A trivial name for a shoemaker; a journeyman shoemaker.-2. In the universities, a townsman as opposed to a gownsman.-3. One who is always pretending to be something better than he is; a vulgar person who apes gentility.

A snob is that man or woman who is always pretending to be something better-especially richer or more fashionable-than they are. Thackeray.

A snob is a fellow who wants to be taken for better, or richer, or cleverer, or more influential than he really is. Lever.

4. A workman who continues working while others are out on strike; one who works for lower wages than other workmen; a knobstick; a rat. Snobbery (snob'èr-i), n. The quality of being snobbish.

Snobbish (snob'ish), a. Belonging to or resembling a snob; vulgarly ostentatious.

That which we call a snob, by any other name would still be snobbish. Thackeray. Snobbishly (snob'ish-li), adv. In the manner of a snob. Snobbishness (snob'ish-nes), n. The quality of being a snob. Snobbishness is vulgar. Thackeray.

And if we can't get in with the nobs, depend upon it, we will never take up with any society that is decidedly snobby. Dean Ramsay.

Snobling (snob'ling), n. A little snob. Thackeray.

Snobocracy (snob-ok'ra-si), n. [Snob, and term. -ocracy, as in aristocracy; comp. mobocracy.] Snobs taken collectively. "Kingsley.

Snod (snod), n. [A. Sax. See SNOOD.] A fillet; a headband; a ribbon. Called in Scotland a snood. [Obsolete or provincial English.]

Snod (snod), a. [Lit. trimmed by cutting; Sc. sned, A. Sax. snædan, to trim, to cut. See SNATHE.] Neat; trim; smooth. [Scotch.] Snood (snöd), n. [A. Sax. snod, a snood. Comp. Icel. snúdr, snúthr, a twirl, a twist, from snúa, to twist.] 1. A fillet with which the hair of a young maiden's head is bound up, emblematic of chastity. [Scotch.]2. In angling, a hair-line, gut, or silk cord by which a fish-hook is fastened to the line; a snell. [Scotch.]

Snood (snöd), v.t. To bind up, as the hair with a snood.

Snooded (snöd'ed), a. Wearing or having a snood. And the snooded daughter

Smiled on him.

Whittier.

Snookt (snök), v. i. [O. E. snoke, to smell, to search out, to pry into; Sw. snoka, to lurk, to dog a person.] To lurk; to lie in ambush. A. Brome.

Snook (snök), n. A name given to the seapike (Centropomus undecimalis). Snool (snöl), v.t. [Perhaps contr. from a form snuble, from snub.] To subjugate or govern by authority; to keep under by tyrannical means. Ramsay. [Scotch.] Snool (snöl), v. i. To submit tamely. Tannahill. [Scotch.]

Snool (snöl), n. One who meanly subjects himself to the authority of another. 'Ye silly snool.' Ramsay. [Scotch.] Snooze (snöz), n. [Probably imitative of the sound made in drawing the breath while asleep, and allied to snore; comp. sneeze; Dan. snuse, to snuff or sniff.] A nap or short sleep. That he might enjoy his short snooze in comfort.' Quart. Rev. [Familiar.] Snooze (snöz), v.i. pret. & pp. snoozed; ppr. snoozing. To slumber; to take a short nap. [Familiar.]

Snoozer (snöz'êr), n. One who snoozes. Snore (snor), v.i. pret. & pp. snored; ppr. snoring: [A. Sax. snora, a snoring; L.G. snoren, D. snorken, Dan. snorke,G.schnarchen, to snore. No doubt an imitative word, and akin to snar, snarl, snort.] To breathe with a rough hoarse noise in sleep; to breathe hard through the nose and open mouth while sleeping.

Weariness

Can snore upon the flint, when resty sloth Finds the down-pillow hard. Shak. Snore (snōr), n. A breathing with a harsh noise through the nose and mouth in sleep. Snorer (snōr'ėr), n. One that snores. Snort (snort), v.i. [From snore. Wedgwood is probably right in suggesting that the effect of the final t is to express abruptness or discontinuity.] 1. To force the air with violence through the nose, so as to make a noise, as high-spirited horses often do.

He chafes, he stamps, careers, and turns about:
He foams, snorts, neighs, and fire and smoke breathes
Fairfax.

out.

He found a country fellow dead drunk snorting on a bulk. Burton. Awake the snorting citizens with the bell. Shak. 3. To laugh outright. [Provincial.] Snort (snort), v. t. 1. To turn up, in anger, scorn, or derision, as the nose. Chaucer.2. To expel, or force out, as by a snort. Fish semblances, of green and azure hue, Ready to snort their streams. Keats. Snort (snort), n. A loud short sound produced by forcing the air through the nostrils.

Snorter (snort'èr), n. One who snorts; a

snorer.

Snorting (snort'ing), n. 1. The act of forcing the air through the nose with violence and

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noise; the sound thus made. Jer. viii. 162. Act of snoring. [Rare.] Snot (snot), n. [A. Sax. snot, Dan. and D. snot, snot. Akin snite, snout (which see)] 1. Mucus discharged from or secreted in the nose.-2. An opprobrious epithet applied to a person. [Vulgar.]

Snot (snot), v.t. [See the noun.] To free from suot; to blow or wipe. Snotter (snot'èr), v.i. [From snot (which see).] 1. To snivel; to sob. [Local.)-2 10 go loiteringly. [Scotch] Snotter (snot'èr), n. Naut. a rope going

Sprit-sail.

a, Sprit, reeving through the snotter b.

over a yardarm with an eye forming a becket to bend a tripping-line to in sending down top-gallant and royal yards; also, a piece of rope fitted round a boat's mast, having a bight to fit the lower end of the sprit, which it confines to the bmast Snotter (snotér), n. 1. The red part of a turkey - cock's head.-2. Snot. [Scotch.] Snottery(snot

ér-i), n. Filth; abomination. To purge the snottery of our slimy time.' Marston. Snottily (snot'i-li), adv. In a snotty man

ner.

Snottiness (snot'i-nes), n. The state of being snotty.

Snotty (snot'i), a. 1. Foul with snot2. Mean; dirty; dry; sneering; sarcastic [Colloq.]

Snout (snout), n. [Not in A. Sax. or Icel; L.G. snute, Sw. snut, Dan. snude, D. snuit, G. schnautze, a snout. Snite is probably a derivative, and snot is closely akin.] 1. The long projecting nose of a beast, as that of swine.-2. The nose of a man: in contempt. Hudibras.-3. The nozzle or end of a hollow pipe.

Snout (snout), v.t. To furnish with a nozzle or point.

Snouted (snout'ed), a. Having a snout. Snouty (snout'i), a. Resembling a beast's

Snow (snō), n. [A very widely spread word, being found in most of the Indo-European tongues. A. Sax. snaw, D. sneeuw, L.G. and Dan. snee, Sw. snö, Icel. snjór (also snær snjár), G. schnee, Goth. snairs, L. niz, Gr. niphas (without initial s); probably from root seen in Skr. snu, to flow, to drop, to trickle, to distil.] 1. Frozen vapour; watery particles congealed into white crystals in the air, and falling to the earth. Snow is

Crystals of Snow.

formed in the air when the temperature of the atmosphere sinks below the freezing point. The particles of moisture contained in the atmosphere are then frozen, and form flakes, which descend to the earth. Each