SNARING
SNA'RING, participle present tense Entangling; ensnaring.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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SNARL
SN'ARL, verb intransitive [This word seems to be allied to gnarl, and to proceed from some root signifyingto twist, bind, or fasten, or to involve, entangle, and thus to be alli...
SNARLER
SN'ARLER, noun One who snarls; a surly growling animal; a grumbling quarrelsime fellow.
SNARLING
SN'ARLING, participle present tense1. Growling; grumblling angrily.2. Entangling.
SNARY
SNA'RY, adjective [from snare.] Entangling; insidious. Spiders in the vault their snary webs have spread.
SNAST
SNAST, noun The snuff of a candle. [Not in use.]
SNATCH
SNATCH, verb transitivepreterit tense and participle passive snatched or snacht.1. To seize hastily or abruptly. When half our knowledge we must snatch not take.2. To seize with...
SNATCHED
SNATCH'ED, participle passive Seized suddenly and violently.
SNATCHER
SNATCH'ER, noun One that snatches or takes abruptly.
SNATCHING
SNATCH'ING, participle present tense Seized hastily or abruptly; catching at.
SNATCHINGLY
SNATCH'INGLY, adverb By snatching; hastily; abruptly.
SNATH
SN'ATH, noun The handle of a sythe.
SNATHE
SNATHE, verb transitive To lop; to prune. [Not in use.]
SNATTOCK
SNAT'TOCK, noun [supra.] A chip; a slice. [Not in use.]
SNEAD
SNEED, SNEAD noun A snath. [See Snath.]
SNEAK
SNEAK, verb intransitive [See Snake.]1. To creep or steal away privately; to withdraw meanly, as a person afraid or ashamed to be seen; as, to sneak away from company; to sneak ...
SNEAKER
SNE'AKER, noun A small vessel of drink.
SNEAKING
SNE'AKING, participle present tense1. Creeping away slily; stealing away.2.adjective Mean; servile; crouching.3. Meanly parsimonious; covetous; niggardly.
SNEAKINGLY
SNE'AKINGLY, adverb In a sneaking manner; meanly.
SNEAKINGNESS
SNE'AKINGNESS, noun Meanness; niggardliness.
SNEAKUP
SNE'AKUP, noun A sneaking, cowardly, insidious fellow. [Not used.]
SNEAP
SNEAP, verb transitive1. To check; to reprove abruptly; to reprimand.2. To nip.
SNEB
SNEB, verb transitive To check; to reprimand. [The same as sneap.]
SNECKET
SNACK'ET, SNECK'ET, noun The hasp of a casement.
SNEED
SNEED, SNEAD, noun A snath. [See Snath.]
SNEEK
SNEEK, noun The latch of a door. [Not in use.]
SNEER
SNEER, verb intransitive [from the root of Latin naris, nose; to turn up the nose.]1. To show contempt by turning up the nose, or by a particular cast or countenance; 'naso susp...