Snaggy
Snag´gy, a.
1. Full of snags; full of short, rough branches or sharp points; abounding with knots. "Upon a snaggy oak." Spenser.
2. Snappish; cross; ill-tempered. [Prov. Eng.]

Snail (snal), n. [OE. snaile, AS. snaegel, snegel, snaegl; akin to G. schnecke, OHG. snecko, Dan. snegl, Icel. snigill.]
1. (Zoöl.) (a) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial air-breathing gastropods belonging to the genus Helix and many allied genera of the family Helicidae. They are abundant in nearly all parts of the world except the arctic regions, and feed almost entirely on vegetation; a land snail. (b) Any gastropod having a general resemblance to the true snails, including fresh-water and marine species. See Pond snail, under Pond, and Sea snail.
2. Hence, a drone; a slow-moving person or thing.
3. (Mech.) A spiral cam, or a flat piece of metal of spirally curved outline, used for giving motion to, or changing the position of, another part, as the hammer tail of a striking clock.
4. A tortoise; in ancient warfare, a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers; a testudo. [Obs.]
"They had also all manner of gynes [engines] … that needful is [in] taking or sieging of castle or of city, as snails, that was naught else but hollow pavises and targets, under the which men, when they fought, were heled [protected], … as the snail is in his house; therefore they cleped them snails." Vegetius (Trans.).
5. (Bot.) The pod of the sanil clover. Ear snail, Edible snail, Pond snail, etc. See under Ear, Edible, etc. — Snail borer (Zoöl.), a boring univalve mollusk; a drill. — Snail clover (Bot.), a cloverlike plant ( Medicago scuttellata, also M. Helix); — so named from its pods, which resemble the shells of snails; — called also snail trefoil, snail medic, and beehive. — Snail flower (Bot.), a leguminous plant ( Phaseolus Caracalla) having the keel of the carolla spirally coiled like a snail shell. — Snail shell (Zoöl.), the shell of snail. — Snail trefoil. (Bot.) See Snail clover, above.

Snail-paced
Snail´-paced, a. Slow-moving, like a snail.
"Bid the snail-paced Ajax arm for shame." Shak.

Snake, n. [AS. snaca; akin to LG. snake, schnake, Icel. snakr, snkr, Dan. snog, Sw. snok; of uncertain origin.] (Zoöl.) Any species of the order Ophidia; an ophidian; a serpent, whether harmless or venomous. See Ophidia, and Serpent. Snakes are abundant in all warm countries, and much the larger number are harmless to man. Blind snake, Garter snake, Green snake, King snake, Milk snake, Rock snake, Water snake, etc. See under Blind, Garter, etc. — Fetich snake (Zoöl.), a large African snake ( Python Sebae) used by the natives as a fetich. — Ringed snake (Zoöl.), a common European columbrine snake ( Tropidonotus natrix). — Snake eater. (Zoöl.) (a) The markhoor. (b) The secretary bird. — Snake fence, a worm fence (which see). [U.S.] — Snake fly (Zoöl.), any one of several species of neuropterous insects of the genus Rhaphidia; — so called because of their large head and elongated neck and prothorax. — Snake gourd (Bot.), a cucurbitaceous plant ( Trichosanthes anguina) having the fruit shorter and less snakelike than that of the serpent cucumber. — Snake killer. (Zoöl.) (a) The secretary bird. (b) The chaparral cock. — Snake moss (Bot.), the common club moss ( Lycopodium clavatum). See Lycopodium. — Snake nut (Bot.), the fruit of a sapindaceous tree ( Ophiocaryon paradoxum) of Guiana, the embryo of which resembles a snake coiled up. — Tree snake (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of colubrine snakes which habitually live in trees, especially those of the genus Dendrophis and allied genera.

Snake, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Snaked p. pr. & vb. n. Snaking.]
1. To drag or draw, as a snake from a hole; — often with out. [Colloq. U.S.] Bartlett.
2. (Naut.) To wind round spirally, as a large rope with a smaller, or with cord, the small rope lying in the spaces between the strands of the large one; to worm.

Snake, v. i. To crawl like a snake.

Snake’s-head
Snake’s´-head, n. (Bot.) The Guinea-hen flower; — so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake’s head. Dr. Prior.Snake’s-head iris (Bot.), an iridaceous plant ( Hermodactylus tuberosus) of the Mediterranean region. The flowers slightly resemble a serpent’s open mouth.

Snake’s-tongue, n. (Bot.) Same as Adder’s-tongue.

Snakefish
Snake´fish, n. (Zoöl.) (a) The band fish. (b) The lizard fish.

Snakehead
Snake´head, n.
1. A loose, bent-up end of one of the strap rails, or flat rails, formerly used on American railroads. It was sometimes so bent by the passage of a train as to slip over a wheel and pierce the bottom of a car.
2. (Bot.) (a) The turtlehead. (b) The Guinea-hen flower. See Snake’s-head, and under Guinea.

Snakeroot
Snake´root, n. (Bot.) Any one of several plants of different genera and species, most of which are (or were formerly) reputed to be efficacious as remedies for the bites of serpents; also the roots of any of these. The Virginia snakeroot is Aristolochia Serpentaria; black snakeroot is Sanicula, esp. S. Marilandica, also Cimicifuga racemosa; Seneca snakeroot is Polygala Senega; button snakeroot is Liatris, also Eryngium; white snakeroot is Eupatorium ageratoides. The name is also applied to some others besides these.

Snakestone
Snake´stone, n.
1. A kind of hone slate or whetstone obtained in Scotland.
2. (Paleon.) An ammonite; — so called from its form, which resembles that of a coiled snake.

Snakeweed
Snake´weed, n. (Bot.) (a) A kind of knotweed ( Polygonum Bistorta). (b) The Virginia snakeroot. See Snakeroot.

Snaky
Snak´y, a.
1. Of or pertaining to a snake or snakes; resembling a snake; serpentine; winding.
"The red light playing upon its gilt and carving gave it an appearance of snaky life." L. Wallace.
2. Sly; cunning; insinuating; deceitful.
"So to the coast of Jordan he directs His easy steps, girded with snaky wiles." Milton.
3. Covered with serpents; having serpents; as a snaky rod or wand. Dryden.
"That snaky-headed, Gorgon shield." Milton.

Snap, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Snapped p. pr. & vb. n. Snapping.] [LG. or D. snappen to snap up, to snatch; akin to G. schnappen, MHG. snaben, Dan. snappe, and to D. snavel beak, bill. Cf. Neb, Snaffle, n. ]
1. To break at once; to break short, as substances that are brittle.
"Breaks the doors open, snaps the locks." Prior.
2. To strike, to hit, or to shut, with a sharp sound.
3. To bite or seize suddenly, especially with the teeth.
"He, by playing too often at the mouth of death, has been snapped by it at last." South.
4. To break upon suddenly with sharp, angry words; to treat snappishly; — usually with up. Granville.
5. To crack; to cause to make a sharp, cracking noise; as to snap a whip.
"MacMorian snapped his fingers repeatedly." Sir W. Scott.
6. To project with a snap. To snap back (Football), to roll the ball back with the foot; — done only by the center rush, who thus delivers the ball to the quarter back on his own side when both sides are ranged in line. — To snap off. (a) To break suddenly. (b) To bite off suddenly.

Snap, v. i.
1. To break short, or at once; to part asunder suddenly; as a mast snaps; a needle snaps.
"But this weapon will snap short, unfaithful to the hand that employs it." Burke.
2. To give forth, or produce, a sharp, cracking noise; to crack; as blazing firewood snaps.
3. To make an effort to bite; to aim to seize with the teeth; to catch eagerly (at anything); — often with a. ; as a dog snapsat a passenger; a fish snaps at the bait.
4. To utter sharp, harsh, angry words; — often with a. ; as to snap at a child.
5. To miss fire; as the gun snapped.

Snap, n. [Cf. D. snap a snatching. See Snap, v. t.]
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 sudden, sharp motion or blow, as with the finger sprung from the thumb, or the thumb from the finger.
4. A sharp, abrupt sound, as that made by the crack of a whip; as the snap of the trigger of a gun.
5. A greedy fellow. L’Estrange.
6. That which is, or may be, snapped up; something bitten off, seized, or obtained by a single quick movement; hence, a bite, morsel, or fragment; a scrap.
"He’s a nimble fellow, And alike skilled in every liberal science, As having certain snaps of all." B. Jonson.
7. A sudden severe interval or spell; — applied to the weather; as a cold snap. Lowell.
8. A small catch or fastening held or closed by means of a spring, or one which closes with a snapping sound, as the catch of a bracelet, necklace, clasp of a book, etc.
9. (Zoöl.) A snap beetle.
10. A thin, crisp cake, usually small, and flavored with ginger; — used chiefly in the plural.
11. Briskness; vigor; energy; decision. [Colloq.]
12. Any circumstance out of which money may be made or an advantage gained. [Slang] Snap back (Football) the act of snapping back the ball. — Snap beetle, or Snap bug (Zoöl.) any beetle of the family Elateridae, which, when laid on its back, is able to leap to a considerable height by means of a thoracic spring; — called also snapping beetle. — Snap flask (Molding) a flask for small work, having its sides separable and held together by latches, so that the flask may be removed from around the sand mold. — Snap judgment a judgment formed on the instant without deliberation. — Snap lock a lock shutting with a catch or snap. — Snap riveting, riveting in which the rivets have snapheads formed by a die or swaging tool. — Snap shot a quick offhand shot without deliberately taking aim.

Snap, v. t. (Cricket) To catch out sharply (a batsman who has just snicked a bowled ball).

Snap, v. i. Of the eyes, to emit sudden, brief sparkles like those of a snapping fire, as sometimes in anger.

Snap, n.
1. Any task, labor, set of circumstances, or the like, that yields satisfactory results or gives pleasure with little trouble or effort, as an easy course of study, a job where work is light, a bargain, etc. [Slang, Chiefly U. S.]
2. A snap shot with a firearm.
3. (Photog.) A snapshot.
4. Something of no value; as not worth a snap. [Colloq.]

Snap, a. Done, performed, made, executed, carried through, or the like, quickly and without deliberation; as a snap judgment or decision; a snap political convention. [Colloq.]

Snapdragon
Snap´drag•on, n.
1. (Bot.) (a) Any plant of the scrrophulariaceous genus Antirrhinum, especially the cultivated A. majus, whose showy flowers are fancifully likened to the face of a dragon. (b) A West Indian herb ( Ruellia tuberosa) with curiously shaped blue flowers.
2. A play in which raisins are snatched from a vessel containing burning brandy, and eaten; also that which is so eaten. See Flapdragon. Swift.

Snaphance
Snap´hance, n. [D. snaphaan a gun, originally, the snapping cock of a gun. See Snap, and Hen.]
1. A spring lock for discharging a firearm; also the firearm to which it is attached. [Obs.]
2. A trifling or second-rate thing or person. [Obs.]

Snapper
Snap´per, n.
1. One who, or that which, snaps; as a snapper up of trifles; the snapper of a whip.
2. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of large sparoid food fishes of the genus Lutjanus, abundant on the southern coasts of the United States and on both coasts of tropical America. The red snapper ( Lutjanus aya, or Blackfordi) and the gray, or mangrove, snapper ( L. griseus) are large and abundant species. The name is loosely applied to various other fishes, as the bluefish, the rosefish, the red grouper, etc. See Rosefish.
3. (Zoöl.) A snapping turtle; as the alligator snapper.
4. (Zoöl.) The green woodpecker, or yaffle.
5. (Zoöl.) A snap beetle.

Snapper
Snap´per, n.
1. (Teleg.) A device with a flexible metal tongue for producing clicks like those of the sounder.
2. A string bean. [Colloq., U. S.]

Snapping
Snap´ping, a. & n. from Snap, v. Snapping beetle. (Zoöl.) See Snap beetle, under Snap. — Snapping turtle. (Zoöl.) (a) A large and voracious aquatic turtle ( Chelydra serpentina) common in the fresh waters of the United States; — so called from its habit of seizing its prey by a snap of its jaws. Called also mud turtle. (b) See Alligator snapper, under Alligator.

Snappy
Snap´py, a. Snappish. [Colloq.]

Snapsack
Snap´sack, n. [Cf. Sw. snappsäck, G. schnappsack.] A knapsack. [Obs.] South.

Snapshot
Snap´shot, n.
1. Commonly Snap shot. (a) A quick offhand shot, made without deliberately taking aim over the sights. (b) (Photog.) Act of taking a snapshot (in sense 2).
2. An instantaneous photograph made usually with a hand camera without formal posing of and often without the foreknowledge of, the subject.

Snapweed
Snap´weed, n. (Bot.) See Impatiens.

Snarl, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Snarled p. pr. & vvb. n. Snarling.] [Etymol. uncertain.] To form raised work upon the outer surface of (thin metal ware) by the repercussion of a snarling iron upon the inner surface.

Snarl, v. t. [From Snare, v. t.]
1. To entangle; to complicate; to involve in knots; as to snarl a skein of thread. "Her snarled hair." Spenser.
2. To embarrass; to insnare.
"[The] question that they would have snarled him with." Latimer.

Snarl, n. A knot or complication of hair, thread, or the like, difficult to disentangle; entanglement; hence, intricate complication; embarrassing difficulty.

Snarl, v. i. [From Snar.]
1. To growl, as an angry or surly dog; to gnarl; to utter grumbling sounds. "An angry cur snarls while he feeds." Dryden & Lee.
2. To speak crossly; to talk in rude, surly terms.
"It is malicious and unmanly to snarl at the little lapses of a pen, from which Virgil himself stands not exempted." Dryden.

Snarl, n. The act of snarling; a growl; a surly or peevish expression; an angry contention.

Snarler
Snarl´er, n. One who snarls; a surly, growling animal; a grumbling, quarrelsome fellow.

Snarler
Snarl´er, n. One who makes use of a snarling iron.

Snarling
Snarl´ing, a. & n. from Snarl, v. Snarling iron, a tool with a long beak, used in the process of snarling. When one end is held in a vise, and the shank is struck with a hammer, the repercussion of the other end, or beak, within the article worked upon gives the requisite blow for producing raised work. See 1st Snarl.

Snatch block (Naut.), a kind of block with an opening in one side to receive the bight of a rope.

Snatcher
Snatch´er, n. One who snatches, or takes abruptly.

Snatchingly
Snatch´ing•ly, adv. By snatching; abruptly.

Snath (snath), n. [Cf. AS. sniðan to cut, to mow, snaed a bite, bit, snip.] The handle of a scythe; a snead. [Variously written in England snead, sneed, sneath, sneeth, snathe, etc.; in Scotland written sned.]

Snathe (snath), v. t. [Cf. Icel. sneiða to cut into alices, sniða to cut; akin to AS. be snaedan, sniðan, G. schneiden, OHG. snidan, Goth. sneiþan to cut, to reap, and E. snath, snithe.] To lop; to prune. [Prov. Eng.]

Snattock
Snat´tock (snat"tuk), n. [See Snathe.] A chip; a slice. [Prov. Eng.] Gayton.

Snead (sned), n. [See Snath.]
1. A snath.
2. A line or cord; a string. [Prov. Eng.]

Sneak current. (Elec.) A current which, though too feeble to blow the usual fuse or to injure at once telegraph or telephone instruments, will in time burn them out.

Sneak-cup
Sneak´-cup, n. One who sneaks from his cups; one who balks his glass. [Obs.] Shak.

Sneaker
Sneak´er, n.
1. One who sneaks. Lamb.
2. A vessel of drink. [Prov. Eng.]
"A sneaker of five gallons." Spectator.

Sneaker
Sneak´er, n.
1. [ pl. ] Shoes with rubber or other soft soles which give no warning of one’s approaching, esp. such shoes as are worn in games, as tennis. [Slang, U. S.]
2. A punch bowl. [Obs.] Spectator. { Sni"der ri"fle, or Sni´der }, n. (Mil.) A breech-loading rifle formerly used in the British service; — so called from the inventor.

Sneakiness
Sneak´i•ness, n. The quality of being sneaky.

Sneaking
Sneak´ing, a. Marked by cowardly concealment; deficient in openness and courage; underhand; mean; crouching. — Sneak´ing•ly, adv. — Sneak´ing•ness, n.

Sneaksby
Sneaks´by, n. A paltry fellow; a sneak. [Obs.] "Such a bashful sneaksby." Barrow.

Sneaky
Sneak´y, n. Like a sneak; sneaking.

Sneap, v. t. [Cf. Icel. sneypa to dishonor, disgrace, chide, but also E. snip, and snub.]
1. To check; to reprimand; to rebuke; to chide. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
2. To nip; to blast; to blight. [Obs.]
"Biron is like an envious, sneaping frost." Shak.

Sneap, n. A reprimand; a rebuke. [Obs.]
"My lord, I will not undergo this sneap without reply." Shak. { Sneath, Sneathe }, n. See Snath.

Snecket
Sneck´et, n. A door latch, or sneck. [Prov. Eng.]

Sned, v. t. To lop; to snathe. [Prov. Eng.] { Sned, Sneed }, n. See Snath.

Sneerer
Sneer´er, n. One who sneers.

Sneerful
Sneer´ful, a. Given to sneering. [Obs.]

Sneeringly
Sneer´ing•ly, adv. In a sneering manner.

Sneeze, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Sneezed p. pr. & vb. n. Sneezing.] [OE. snesen; of uncertain origin; cf. D. snuse to sniff, E. neese, and AS. fneósan.] To emit air, chiefly through the nose, audibly and violently, by a kind of involuntary convulsive force, occasioned by irritation of the inner membrane of the nose. Not to be sneezed at, not to be despised or contemned; not to be treated lightly. [Colloq.] "He had to do with old women who were not to be sneezed at." Prof. Wilson.

Sneeze, n. A sudden and violent ejection of air with an audible sound, chiefly through the nose.

Sneezeweed
Sneeze´weed, n. (Bot.) A yellow-flowered composite plant ( Helenium autumnale) the odor of which is said to cause sneezing.

Sneezewood
Sneeze´wood, n. (Bot.) The wood of a South African tree. See Neishout.

Sneezing
Sneez´ing, n. (Physiol.) The act of violently forcing air out through the nasal passages while the cavity of the mouth is shut off from the pharynx by the approximation of the soft palate and the base of the tongue.

Snell, a. [AS. snell; akin to D. snel, G. schnell, OHG. snel, Icel. snjallr valiant.] Active; brisk; nimble; quick; sharp. [Archaic or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
"That horny-handed, snell, peremptory little man." Dr. J. Brown.

Snell, n. A short line of horsehair, gut, etc., by which a fishhook is attached to a longer line.

Snet, n. [Cf. G. schnitt that which is cut, fr. schneiden to cut, E. snath.] The fat of a deer. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Snet, v. t. [See Snot.] The clear of mucus; to blow. [Obs.] "Snetting his nose." Holland.

Snib, v. t. [OE. snibben; cf. Dan. snibbe, and E. snub, v. t.] To check; to sneap; to sneb. [Obs.]
"Him would he snib sharply for the nones." Chaucer.

Snib, n. A reprimand; a snub. [Obs.] Marston.

Snick, n. [Prov. E. snick a notch; cf. Icel. snikka nick, cut.]
1. A small cut or mark.
2. (Cricket) A slight hit or tip of the ball, often unintentional.
3. (Fiber) A knot or irregularity in yarn. Knight.
4. (Furriery) A snip or cut, as in the hair of a beast. Snick and snee [cf. D. snee, snede, a cut], a combat with knives. [Obs.] Wiseman.

Snick, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Snicked p. pr. & vb. n. Snicking.]
1. To cut slightly; to strike, or strike off, as by cutting. H. Kingsley.
2. (Cricket) To hit (a ball) lightly. R. A. Proctor.

Snick, n. & v. t. See Sneck. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Snick up, shut up; silenced. See Sneck up, under Sneck.
"Give him money, George, and let him go snick up." Beau. & Fl.

Snide, a. Tricky; deceptive; contemptible; as a snide lawyer; snide goods. [Slang]

Sniff, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Sniffed or Snift; p. pr. & vb. n. Sniffing.] [OE. sneven; akin to snivel, snuff; cf. Dan. snive to sniff. See Snuff, v. t.] To draw air audibly up the nose; to snuff; — sometimes done as a gesture of suspicion, offense, or contempt.
"So ye grow squeamish, gods, and sniff at heaven." M. Arnold.

Sniff, v. t.
1. To draw in with the breath through the nose; as to sniff the air of the country.
2. To perceive as by sniffing; to snuff, to scent; to smell; as to sniff danger.

Sniff, n. The act of sniffing; perception by sniffing; that which is taken by sniffing; as a sniff of air.

Sniffing
Sniff´ing, n. (Physiol.) A rapid inspiratory act, in which the mouth is kept shut and the air drawn in through the nose.

Sniffle
Snif´fle, v. i. [Freq. of sniff. See Snivel.] To snuffle, as one does with a catarrh. [Prov. Eng.]

Snifting
Snift´ing, a. & n. from Snift. Snifting valve, a small valve opening into the atmosphere from the cylinder or condenser of a steam engine, to allow the escape of air when the piston makes a stroke; — so called from the noise made by its action.

Snip, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Snipped p. pr. & vb. n. Snipping.] [D. snippen; akin to G. schnippen.] To cut off the nip or neb of, or to cut off at once with shears or scissors; to clip off suddenly; to nip; hence, to break off; to snatch away.
"Curbed and snipped in my younger years by fear of my parents from those vicious excrescences to which that age was subject." Fuller.
"The captain seldom ordered anything out of the ship’s stores … but I snipped some of it for my own share." De Foe.

Snip, n.
1. A single cut, as with shears or scissors; a clip. Shak.
2. A small shred; a bit cut off. Wiseman.
3. A share; a snack. [Obs.] L’Estrange
4. A tailor. [Slang] Nares. C. Kingsley.
5. Small hand shears for cutting sheet metal.

Snipe, n. [OE. snipe; akin to D. snep, snip, LG. sneppe, snippe, G. schnepfe, Icel. snipa (in comp.), Dan. sneppe, Sw. snäppa a sanpiper, and possibly to E. snap. See Snap, Snaffle.]
1. (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak. The common, or whole, snipe ( Gallinago cœlestis) and the great, or double, snipe ( G. major), are the most important European species. The Wilson’s snipe ( G. delicata) (sometimes erroneously called English snipe) and the gray snipe, or dowitcher ( Macrohamphus griseus), are well- known American species.
2. A fool; a blockhead. [R.] Shak. Half snipe, the dunlin; the jacksnipe. - - Jack snipe. See Jacksnipe. — Quail snipe. See under Quail. — Robin snipe, the knot. — Sea snipe. See in the Vocabulary. — Shore snipe, any sandpiper. — Snipe hawk, the marsh harrier. [Prov. Eng.] — Stone snipe, the tattler. — Summer snipe, the dunlin; the green and the common European sandpipers. — Winter snipe. See Rock snipe, under Rock. — Woodcock snipe, the great snipe.

Snipe, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Sniped p. pr. & vb. n. Sniping ]
1. To shoot or hunt snipe.
2. To shoot at detached men of an enemy’s forces at long range, esp. when not in action; — often with a. .

Snipe, v. t.
1. To shoot at (detached men of an enemy’s force) at long range, esp. when not in action.
2. To nose (a log) to make it drag or slip easily in skidding.

Snipebill
Snipe´bill, n.
1. A plane for cutting deep grooves in moldings.
2. A bolt by which the body of a cart is fastened to the axle. [Local, U.S.]

Snipefish
Snipe´fish, n. (Zoöl.) (a) The bellows fish. (b) A long, slender deep-sea fish ( Nemichthys scolopaceus) with a slender beak.

Snippack
Snip´pack, n. [Cf. Snipe.] (Zoöl.) The common snipe. [Prov. Eng.]

Snipper-snaper
Snip´per-snap•er, n. A small, insignificant fellow. [Colloq.]

Snippet
Snip´pet, n. A small part or piece.
"To be cut into snippets and shreds." F. Harrison.

Snippety
Snip´pet•y, a. Ridiculously small; petty. "Snippety facts." London Spectator.

Snip-snap
Snip´-snap, n. [Reduplication of snap.] A tart dialogue with quick replies. [R.] Pope.

Snip-snap
Snip´-snap, a. Quick; short; sharp; smart. Shak.

Snipy
Snip´y (snip"y), a. Like a snipe.

Snite (snit), n. A snipe. [Obs. or Scot.] Carew.

Snite, v. t. [Icel. snifa. See Snout.] To blow, as the nose; to snuff, as a candle. [Obs. or Scot.] { Snithe, Snith´y }, a. [AS. sniðan to cut. See Snathe.] Sharp; piercing; cutting; — applied to the wind. [Prov. Eng.]

Snively
Sniv´el•y, a. Running at the nose; sniveling pitiful; whining.

Snob, n. [Icel. snapr a dolt, impostor, charlatan. Cf. Snub.]
1. A vulgar person who affects to be better, richer, or more fashionable, than he really is; a vulgar upstart; one who apes his superiors. Thackeray.
"Essentially vulgar, a snob. — a gilded snob, but none the less a snob." R. G. White.
2. (Eng. Univ.) A townsman. [Canf]
3. A journeyman shoemaker. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
4. A workman who accepts lower than the usual wages, or who refuses to strike when his fellows do; a rat; a knobstick.
"Those who work for lower wages during a strike are called snobs, the men who stand out being "nobs"" De Quincey.

Snobbish
Snob´bish, a. Of or pertaining to a snob; characteristic of, or befitting, a snob; vulgarly pretentious. — Snob´bish•ly, adv.

Snobbishness
Snob´bish•ness, n. Vulgar affectation or ostentation; mean admiration of mean things; conduct or manners of a snob.

Snobbism
Snob´bism, n. Snobbery.

Snobby
Snob´by (snob"by), a. Snobbish. [R.] E. B. Ramsay.

Snobling
Snob´ling, n. A little snob. [Jocose] Thackeray.

Snobocracy
Snob•oc´ra•cy (snob•ok"ra•sy), n. [ Snob + -cracy, as in aristocracy, mobocracy.] Snobs, collectively. [Hybrid & Recent] C. Kingsley.

Snod (snod), n. [See Snood.] A fillet; a headband; a snood. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Snod, a. [Scot. snod to prune, put in order.] Trimmed; smooth; neat; trim; sly; cunning; demure. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Snoff (snof; 115), n. [Cf. Snuff.] (Mining) A short candle end used for igniting a fuse. Raymond.

Snooded
Snood´ed, a. Wearing or having a snood. "The snooded daughter." Whittier.

Snook (snook), v. i. [Prov. E. snook to search out, to follow by the scent; cf. Sw. snoka to lurk, LG. snöggen, snuckern, snökern, to snuffle, to smell about, to search for.] To lurk; to lie in ambush. [Obs.]

Snook, n. [D. snoek.] (Zoöl.) (a) A large perchlike marine food fish ( Centropomus undecimalis) found both on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of tropical America; — called also ravallia, and robalo. (b) The cobia. (c) The garfish.

Snooze (snooz), n. [Scot. snooze to sleep; cf. Dan. & Sw. snus snuff.] A short sleep; a nap. [Colloq.]

Snooze, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Snoozed p. pr. & vb. n. Snoozing.] To doze; to drowse; to take a short nap; to slumber. [Colloq.]

Snorer
Snor´er, n. One who snores.

Snoring
Snor´ing, n. (Physiol.) The act of respiring through the open mouth so that the currents of inspired and expired air cause a vibration of the uvula and soft palate, thus giving rise to a sound more or less harsh. It is usually unvoluntary, but may be produced voluntarily.

Snort, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Snorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Snorting.] [OE. snorten; akin to snoren. See Snore.]
1. To force the air with violence through the nose, so as to make a noise, as do high- spirited horsed in prancing and play. Fairfax.
2. To snore. [R.] "The snorting citizens." Shak.
3. To laugh out loudly. [Colloq.] Halliwell.

Snort, n. The act of snorting; the sound produced in snorting.

Snort, v. t. To expel throught the nostrils with a snort; to utter with a snort. Keats.

Snorter
Snort´er, n.
1. One who snorts.
2. (Zoöl.) The wheather; — so called from its cry. [Prov. Eng.]

Snot, n. [AS. snot; akin to D. snot, LG. snotte, Dan. snot, and to E. snout. See Snout.]
1. Mucus secreted in, or discharged from, the nose. [Low]
2. A mean, insignificant fellow. [Low]

Snot, v. t. To blow, wipe, or clear, as the nose.

Snotter
Snot´ter, v. i. [From Snot.] To snivel; to cry or whine. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.

Snotter
Snot´ter, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Naut.) A rope going over a yardarm, used to bend a tripping line to, in sending down topgallant and royal yards in vessels of war; also the short line supporting the heel of the sprit in a small boat.

Snottery
Snot´ter•y, n. Filth; abomination. [Obs.]
"To purge the snottery of our slimy time." Marston.

Snotty
Snot´ty, a. Foul with snot; hence, mean; dirty. — Snot´ti•ly (#), adv. — Snot´ti•ness, n.

Snout (snout), n. [OE. snoute, probably of Scand, or Low German origin; cf. LG. snute, D. snuit, G. schnauze, Sw. snut, snyte, Dan. snude, Icel. snta to blow the nose; probably akin to E. snuff, v.t. Cf. Snite, Snot, Snuff.]
1. The long, projecting nose of a beast, as of swine.
2. The nose of a man; — in contempt. Hudibras.
3. The nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.
4. (Zoöl.) (a) The anterior prolongation of the head of a gastropod; — called also rostrum. (b) The anterior prolongation of the head of weevils and allied beetles. Snout beetle (Zoöl.), any one of many species of beetles having an elongated snout and belonging to the tribe Rhynchophora; a weevil. — Snout moth (Zoöl.), any pyralid moth. See Pyralid.

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

Snouty
Snout´y, a. Resembling a beast’s snout.
"The nose was ugly, long, and big, Broad and snouty like a pig." Otway.

Snow, n. [LG. snaue, or D. snaauw, from LG. snau a snout, a beak.] (Naut.) A square-rigged vessel, differing from a brig only in that she has a trysail mast close abaft the mainmast, on which a large trysail is hoisted.

Snow, n. [OE. snow, snaw, AS. snaw; akin to D. sneeuw, OS. & OHG. sneo, G. schnee, Icel. snaer, snjor, snajar, Sw. snö, Dan. snee, Goth. snaiws, Lith. snëgas, Russ. snieg’, Ir. & Gael. sneachd, W. nyf, L. nix, nivis, Gr. acc. ni•fa, also AS. sniwan to snow, G. schneien, OHG. sniwan, Lith. snigti, L. ningit it snows, Gr. ni•fei, Zend snizh to snow; cf. Skr. snih to be wet or sticky. rad.172.]
1. Watery particles congealed into white or transparent crystals or flakes in the air, and falling to the earth, exhibiting a great variety of very beautiful and perfect forms. Snow is often used to form compounds, most of which are of obvious meaning; as snow-capped, snow-clad, snow-cold, snow-crowned, snow-crust, snow- fed, snow-haired, snowlike, snow-mantled, snow-nodding, snow-wrought, and the like.
2. Fig.: Something white like snow, as the white color (argent) in heraldry; something which falls in, or as in, flakes.
"The field of snow with eagle of black therein." Chaucer. Red snow. See under Red. Snow bunting. (Zoöl.) See Snowbird, 1. — Snow cock (Zoöl.), the snow pheasant. — Snow flea (Zoöl.), a small black leaping poduran ( Achorutes nivicola) often found in winter on the snow in vast numbers. — Snow flood, a flood from melted snow. — Snow flower (Bot.), the fringe tree. — Snow fly, or Snow insect (Zoöl.), any one of several species of neuropterous insects of the genus Boreus. The male has rudimentary wings; the female is wingless. These insects sometimes appear creeping and leaping on the snow in great numbers. — Snow gnat (Zoöl.), any wingless dipterous insect of the genus Chionea found running on snow in winter. — Snow goose (Zoöl.), any one of several species of arctic geese of the genus Chen. The common snow goose ( Chen hyperborea), common in the Western United States in winter, is white, with the tips of the wings black and legs and bill red. Called also white brant, wavey, and Texas goose. The blue, or blue-winged, snow goose ( C. cœrulescens) is varied with grayish brown and bluish gray, with the wing quills black and the head and upper part of the neck white. Called also white head, white-headed goose, and bald brant. — Snow leopard (Zool.), the ounce. — Snow line, lowest limit of perpetual snow. In the Alps this is at an altitude of 9,000 feet, in the Andes, at the equator, 16,000 feet. — Snow mouse (Zoöl.), a European vole ( Arvicola nivalis) which inhabits the Alps and other high mountains. — Snow pheasant (Zoöl.), any one of several species of large, handsome gallinaceous birds of the genus Tetraogallus, native of the lofty mountains of Asia. The Himalayn snow pheasant ( T. Himalayensis) in the best-known species. Called also snow cock, and snow chukor. — Snow partridge. (Zoöl.) See under Partridge. — Snow pigeon (Zoöl.), a pigeon ( Columba leuconota) native of the Himalaya mountains. Its back, neck, and rump are white, the top of the head and the ear coverts are black. — Snow plant (Bot.), a fleshy parasitic herb ( Sarcodes sanguinea) growing in the coniferous forests of California. It is all of a bright red color, and is fabled to grow from the snow, through which it sometimes shoots up.

Snow, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Snowed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Snowing.] To fall in or as snow; — chiefly used impersonally; as it snows; it snowed yesterday.

Snow, v. t. To scatter like snow; to cover with, or as with, snow. Donne. Shak.

Snow banner. A bannerlike stream of snow blown into the air from a mountain peak, often having a pinkish color and extending horizontally for several miles across the sky.

Snowball
Snow´ball, n.
1. A round mass of snow pressed or roller together, or anything resembling such a mass.
2. (Bot.) The Guelder-rose. Snowball tree (Bot.), the Guelder- rose.

Snowball
Snow´ball, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Snowballed p. pr. & vb. n. Snowballing.] To pelt with snowballs; to throw snowballs at.

Snowball
Snow´ball, v. i. To throw snowballs.

Snowberry
Snow´ber•ry, n. (Bot.) A name of several shrubs with white berries; as the Symphoricarpus racemosus of the Northern United States, and the Chiococca racemosa of Florida and tropical America. Creeping snowberry. (Bot.) See under Creeping.

Snow-bound
Snow´-bound, a. Enveloped in, or confined by, snow. Whittier.

Snow-broth
Snow´-broth, n. Snow and water mixed, or snow just melted; very cold liquor. Shak.

Snowcap
Snow´cap, n. (Zoöl.) A very small humming bird ( Microchaera albocoronata) native of New Grenada. The feathers of the top of the head are white and snining, the body blue black with a purple and bronzy luster. The name is applied also to Microchaera parvirostris of Central America, which is similar in color.

Snow-capped
Snow´-capped, a. Having the top capped or covered with snow; as snow-capped mountains.

Snowdrift
Snow´drift, n. A bank of drifted snow.

Snowdrop
Snow´drop, n. (Bot.) A bulbous plant ( Galanthus nivalis) bearing white flowers, which often appear while the snow is on the ground. It is cultivated in gardens for its beauty. Snowdrop tree. See Silver-bell tree, under Silver, a.

Snowless
Snow´less, a. Destitute of snow. { Snow´plow•, Snow´plough• }, n. An implement operating like a plow, but on a larger scale, for clearing away the snow from roads, railways, etc.

Snowshed
Snow´shed, n. A shelter to protect from snow, esp. a long roof over an exposed part of a railroad.

Snowshoe
Snow´shoe, n. A slight frame of wood three or four feet long and about one third as wide, with thongs or cords stretched across it, and having a support and holder for the foot; — used by persons for walking on soft snow.

Snowshoeing
Snow´shoe•ing, n. Traveling on snowshoes.

Snowshoer
Snow´sho•er, n. One who travels on snowshoes; an expert in using snowshoes. W. G. Beers.

Snowslip
Snow´slip, n. A large mass or avalanche of snow which slips down the side of a mountain, etc.

Snowstorm
Snow´storm, n. A storm with falling snow.

Snow-white
Snow´-white, a. White as snow; very white. "Snow-white and rose-red" Chaucer.

Snowy
Snow´y, a.
1. White like snow. "So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows." Shak.
2. Abounding with snow; covered with snow. "The snowy top of cold Olympus." Milton.
3. Fig.: Pure; unblemished; unstained; spotless.
"There did he lose his snowy innocence." J. Hall (1646).Snowy heron (Zoöl.), a white heron, or egret ( Ardea candidissima), found in the Southern United States, and southward to Chili; — called also plume bird. — Snowy lemming (Zoöl.), the collared lemming ( Cuniculus torquatus), which turns white in winter. — Snowy owl (Zoöl.), a large arctic owl ( Nyctea Scandiaca, or N. nivea) common all over the northern parts of the United States and Europe in winter time. Its plumage is sometimes nearly pure white, but it is usually more or less marked with blackish spots. Called also white owl. — Snowy plover (Zoöl.), a small plover ( AEgialitis nivosa) of the western parts of the United States and Mexico. It is light gray above, with the under parts and portions of the head white.

Snub, v. i. [Cf. D. snuiven to snort, to pant, G. schnauben, MHG. snuben, Prov. G. schnupfen, to sob, and E. snuff, v.t.] To sob with convulsions. [Obs.] Bailey.

Snub, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Snubbed p. pr. & vb. n. Snubbing.] [Cf. Icel. ssnubba to snub, chide, Sw. snubba, Icel. snubbottr snubbed, nipped, and E. snib.]
1. To clip or break off the end of; to check or stunt the growth of; to nop.
2. To check, stop, or rebuke, with a tart, sarcastic reply or remark; to reprimand; to check. J. Foster.
3. To treat with contempt or neglect, as a forward or pretentious person; to slight designedly. To snub a cable or rope (Naut.), to check it suddenly in running out. Totten.

Snub, n.
1. A knot; a protuberance; a song. [Obs.]
"[A club] with ragged snubs and knotty grain." Spenser.
2. A check or rebuke; an intended slight. J. Foster.Snub nose, a short or flat nose. — Snub post, or Snubbing post (Naut.), a post on a dock or shore, around which a rope is thrown to check the motion of a vessel.

Snub-nosed
Snub´-nosed, a. Having a short, flat nose, slightly turned up; as the snub-nosed eel. Snub-nosed cachalot (Zoöl.), the pygmy sperm whale.

Snudge, v. i. [Cf. Snug.] To lie snug or quiet. [Obs.] Herbert.

Snudge, n. A miser; a sneaking fellow. [Obs.]

Snuff, n. [Cf. G. schnuppe candle snuff, schnuppen to snuff a candle (see Snuff, v. t., to snuff a candle), or cf. Snub, v. t.] The part of a candle wick charred by the flame, whether burning or not.
"If the burning snuff happens to get out of the snuffers, you have a chance that it may fall into a dish of soup." Swift.

Snuff, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Snuffed p. pr. & vb. n. Snuffing.] [OE. snuffen. See Snuff of a candle Snuff to sniff.] To crop the snuff of, as a candle; to take off the end of the snuff of. To snuff out, to extinguish by snuffing.

Snuff, v. t.[Akin to D. snuffen, G. schnupfen, schnuppen, to snuff, schnupfen a cold in the head, schnuppen to snuff (air), also to snuff (a candle). Cf. Sniff, Snout, Snub, v. i.]
1. To draw in, or to inhale, forcibly through the nose; to sniff.
"He snuffs the wind, his heels the sand excite." Dryden.
2. To perceive by the nose; to scent; to smell.

Snuff, v. i.
1. To inhale air through the nose with violence or with noise, as do dogs and horses. Dryden.
2. To turn up the nose and inhale air, as an expression of contempt; hence, to take offense.
"Do the enemies of the church rage and snuff?" Bp. Hall.

Snuff, n.
1. The act of snuffing; perception by snuffing; a sniff.
2. Pulverized tobacco, etc., prepared to be taken into the nose; also the amount taken at once.
3. Resentment, displeasure, or contempt, expressed by a snuffing of the nose. [Obs.] Snuff dipping. See Dipping, n. , 5. — Snuff taker, one who uses snuff by inhaling it through the nose. — To take it in snuff, to be angry or offended. Shak. — Up to snuff, not likely to be imposed upon; knowing; acute. [Slang]

Snuffer
Snuff´er, n.
1. One who snuffs.
2. (Zoöl.) The common porpoise.

Snuffers
Snuff´ers, n. pl. An instrument for cropping and holding the snuff of a candle.

Snuffingly
Snuff´ing•ly, adv. In a snuffing manner.

Snuffle
Snuf´fle, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Snuffled p. pr. & vb. n. Snuffling ] [Freq. of snuff, v.i.; akin to LG. snuffeln, G. schnüffeln, D. snuffeln, Dan. snövle. Cf. Sniffle.] To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound.
"One clad in purple Eats, and recites some lamentable rhyme … Snuffling at nose, and croaking in his throat." Dryden.

Snuffle
Snuf´fle, n.
1. The act of snuffing; a sound made by the air passing through the nose when obstructed.
"This dread sovereign, Breath, in its passage, gave a snort or snuffle." Coleridge.
2. An affected nasal twang; hence, cant; hypocrisy.
3. pl. Obstruction of the nose by mucus; nasal catarrh of infants or children. [Colloq.]

Snuffler
Snuf´fler, n. One who snuffles; one who uses cant.

Snuffy
Snuff´y, a.
1. Soiled with snuff.
2. Sulky; angry; vexed. [Obs. or Scot.] Jamieson.

Snug, a. [ Compar. Snugger superl. Snuggest ] [Prov. E. snug tight, handsome; cf. Icel. snöggr smooth, ODan. snög neat, Sw. snugg.]
1. Close and warm; as an infant lies snug.
2. Close; concealed; not exposed to notice.
"Lie snug, and hear what critics say." Swift.
3. Compact, convenient, and comfortable; as a snug farm, house, or property.

Snug, n. (Mach.) Same as Lug, n. , 3.

Snug, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Snugged p. pr. & vb. n. Snugging] To lie close; to snuggle; to snudge; — often with up, or together; as a child snugs up to its mother.

Snug, v. t.
1. To place snugly. [R.] Goldsmith.
2. To rub, as twine or rope, so as to make it smooth and improve the finish.

Snuggery
Snug´ger•y, n. ; pl. Snuggeries . A snug, cozy place. [Colloq.] Dickens.

Snuggle
Snug´gle, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Snuggled p. pr. & vb. n. Snuggling ] [Freq. of snug.] To move one way and the other so as to get a close place; to lie close for comfort; to cuddle; to nestle.

Snugness
Snug´ness, n. The quality or state of being snug.

Sny, n. [Cf. Icel. snua to turn.] An upward bend in a piece of timber; the sheer of a vessel.

Snying
Sny´ing, n. (Naut.) A curved plank, placed edgewise, to work in the bows of a vessel. R. H. Dana, Jr.