SNEERER
SNEE'RER, noun One that sneers.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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SNEERFUL
SNEE'RFUL, adjective Given to sneering. [Not in use.]
SNEERING
SNEE'RING, participle present tense Manifesting contempt or scorn by turning up the nose, or by some grimace or significant look.
SNEERINGLY
SNEE'RINGLY, adverb With a look of contempt or scorn.
SNEEZE
SNEEZE, verb intransitiveTo emit air through the nose audibly and violently, by a kind of involuntary convulsive force, occasioned by irriatation of the inner membrance of the n...
SNEEZE-WORT
SNEE'ZE-WORT, noun A plant, a species of Achillea, and another of Xeranthemum.
SNEEZING
SNEE'ZING, participle present tense Emitting air from the nose audibly.SNEE'ZING, noun The act of ejecting air violently and audibly through the nose; sternutation.
SNELL
SNELL, adjective Active; brisk; nimble. [Not in use.]
SNET
SNET, noun The fat of a dear. [Local among sportsmen.]
SNEW
SNEW, old preterit tense of snow.
SNIB
SNIB, to nip or reprimand, is only a different spelling of sneb, sneap.
SNICK
SNICK, noun A small cut or mark; a latch. [Not in use.] snick and snee, a combat with knives. [Not in use.][Snee is a Dutch contraction of snyden, to cut.]
SNICKER
SNICK'ER, SNIG'GER, verb intransitive [This can have no connection with sneer. the elements and the sense are different.] To laugh slily; or to laugh in one's sleeve. [It is a w...
SNIFF
SNIFF, verb intransitive To draw air audibly up the nose. [See Snuff.]SNIFF, verb transitive To draw in with the breath. [Not in use.]SNIFF, noun Perception by the nose. [Not in...
SNIFT
SNIFT, verb intransitive To snort. [Not in use.]
SNIG
SNIG, noun [See Snake.] A kind of eel.
SNIGGER
SNICK'ER, SNIG'GER, verb intransitive [This can have no connection with sneer. the elements and the sense are different.] To laugh slily; or to laugh in one's sleeve. [It is a w...
SNIGGLE
SNIG'GLE, verb intransitive [supra.] To fish for eels, by thrusting the bait into their holes.SNIG'GLE, verb transitive To snare; to catch.
SNIP
SNIP, verb transitive To clip; to cut off the nip or neb, or to cut off at once with shears or scissors.SNIP, noun1. A clip; a single cut with shears or scissors.2. A small shre...
SNIPE
SNIPE, noun1. A bird tha frequents the banks of rivers and the borders of fens, distinguished by the length of its bill; the scolopax gallinago.2. A fool; a blockhead.
SNIPPER
SNIP'PER, noun One that snips or clips.
SNIPPET
SNIP'PET, noun A small part or share. [Not in use.]
SNIPSNAP
SNIPSNAP, a cant word, formed by repeating snap, and signifying a tart dialogue with quick replies.
SNITE
SNITE, noun A snipe. [Not in use.]SNITE, verb transitive To blow the nose. [Not in use.] In Scotland, snite the candle, snuff it.
SNIVEL
SNIVEL, noun sniv'l. Snot; mucus running from the nose.SNIV'EL, verb intransitive1. To run at the nose.2. To cry as children, with snuffing or sniveling.
SNIVELER
SNIV'ELER, noun1. One that cries with sniveling.2. One that weeps for slight causes, or manifests weakness by weeping.
SNIVELY
SNIV'ELY, adjective Running at the nose; pitiful; whining.