SNAG
SNAG, noun1. A short branch, or a sharp or rough branch; a shoot; a knot. The coat of arms now on a naked snag in triumph borne.2. A tooth, in contempt; or a tooth projecting be...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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SNAGGED
SNAG'GED, SNAG'GY, adjective Full of snags; full of short rough branches or sharp points; abounding with knots; as a snaggy tree; a snaggy stick; a snaggy oak.
SNAGGY
SNAG'GED, SNAG'GY, adjective Full of snags; full of short rough branches or sharp points; abounding with knots; as a SNAGGY tree; a SNAGGY stick; a SNAGGY oak.
SNAIL
SNAIL, noun1. A slimy slow creeping animal, of the genus Helix, and order of Mollusca. The eyes of this insect are in the horns, one at the end of each, which it can retract at ...
SNAIL-CLAVER
SNAIL-CLAVER, SNAIL-TREFOIL, noun A plant of the genus Medicago.
SNAIL-FLOWER
SNA'IL-FLOWER, noun A plant of the genus Phaseolus.
SNAIL-LIKE
SNA'IL-LIKE, adjective Resembling a snail; moving very slowly.SNA'IL-LIKE, adverb In the manner of a snail; slowly.
SNAIL-TREFOIL
SNAIL-CLAVER, SNAIL-TREFOIL noun A plant of the genus Medicago.
SNAKE
SNAKE, noun A serpent of the oviparous kind, distinguished from a viper, says Johnson. But in America, the common and general name of serpents, and so the word is used by the po...
SNAKEROOT
SNA'KEROOT, noun [snake and root.] A plant, a species of birth-wort, growing in North Am merica the Aristolochia serpentaria.SNA'KE'SHEAD Iris, noun A plant with a lily shaped f...
SNAKEWEED
SNA'KEWEED, noun [snake and weed.] A plant, bistort, of the genus Polygonum.
SNAKEWOOD
SNA'KEWOOD, noun [snake and wood.] The smaller branches of a tree, growing in the isle of Timor and other parts of the east, having a bitter taste, and supposed to be a certain ...
SNAKING
SNA'KING, participle present tense WInding small ropes spirally round a large one.
SNAKY
SNA'KY, adjective1. 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...
SNANCEL
SNAN'CEL, noun A rope to tie a cow's hind legs.
SNAP
SNAP, verb transitive1. To break at once; to break short; as substances that are brittle. Breaks the doors open, smaps the locks.2. To strike with a sharp sound.3. To bite or se...
SNAP-DRAGON
SNAP'-DRAGON, noun1. A plant, calf's snout, of the genus Antirrhinum, and another of the genus Ruellia, and one of the genus Barleria.2. A play in which raisins are snatched fro...
SNAPPED
SNAP'PED, participle passive Broken abruptly; seized or bitten suddenly; cracked, as a whip.
SNAPPER
SNAP'PER, noun One that snaps.
SNAPPISH
SNAP'PISH, adjective1. Eager to bite; apt to snap; as a snappish cur.2. Peevish; sharp in reply; apt to speak angrily or tartly.
SNAPPISHLY
SNAP'PISHLY, adverb Peevishly; angrily; tartly.
SNAPPISHNESS
SNAP'PISHNESS, noun The quality of being snappish; peeevishness; tartness.
SNAPSACK
SNAP'SACK, noun A knapsack. [Vulgar.]
SNAR
SN'AR, verb intransitive To snarl. [Not in use.]
SNARE
SNARE, noun1. An instrument for catching animals, particularly fowls, by the leg. It consists of a cord or string with slip-knots, in which the leg is entangled. A snare is not ...
SNARED
SNA'RED, participle passive Entangled; unexpectedly involved in difficulty.
SNARER
SNA'RER, noun One who lays snares or entangles.