SNOWY
SNOWY, adjective1. White like snow.2. Abounding with snow; covered with snow. The snowy top of cold Olympus.3. White; pure; unblemished.
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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SNOWY, adjective1. White like snow.2. Abounding with snow; covered with snow. The snowy top of cold Olympus.3. White; pure; unblemished.
SNUB, noun A knot or protuberance in wood; a snag. [Not in use.]SNUB, verb transitive [supra.]1. To nip; to clip or break off the end. Hence,2. To check; to reprimand; to check,...
SNUDGE, verb intransitive [See Snug.] To lie close; to snug. [Not in use.]SNUDGE, noun A miser, or a sneaking fellow. [Not in use.]
SNUFF, noun [allied to snub, neb, nib.]1. The burning part of a candle wick, or that which has been charred by the flame, whether burning or not.2. A candle almost burnt out.3. ...
SNUFF'BOX, noun A box for carrying snuff about the person.
SNUFF'ER, noun One that snuffs.
SNUFFERS, nounplural An instrument for cropping the snuff of a candle.
SNUF'FLE, verb intransitive To speak through the nose; to breathe hard through the nose, or through the nose when obstructed. Some senseless Phillis, in a broken not, SnuffLing ...
SNUF'FLER, noun One that snuffles or speaks through the nose when obstructed.
SNUF'FLES, noun Obstruction of the nose by mucus.
SNUF'FLING, noun A speaking through the nose.
SNUFF'TAKING, noun One that takes snuff, or inhales in into the nose.
SNUFF'Y, adjective Soiled with snuff.
SNUG, verb intransitive [See Snake.] To lie close; as, a child snugs to its mother or nurse.SNUG, adjective1. Lying close; closely pressed; as, an infant lies snug2. Close; conc...
SNUG'GLE, verb intransitive [from snug.] To move one way and the other to get a close place; to lie close for convenience or warmth.
SNUG'LY, adverb Closely; safely.
SNUG'NESS, noun Closeness; the state of being neat or convenient.
SO, adverb [Latin sic, contracted. It is from some root signifying to set, to still, and this sense is retained in the use of the word by milkmaids, who say to cows, soso that i...
SOAK, verb transitive1. To steep; to cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance has imbibed what it can contain; to macerate in water or other fluid; as, to soak cloth...
SOAKED, participle passive Steeped or macerated in a fluid; drenched.
SOAKER, noun1. One that soaks or macerates in a liquid.2. A hard drinker. [Low.]
SOAKING, participle present tense1. Steeping; macerating; drenching; imbibing.2.adjective That wets thoroughly; as a soaking rain.
SOAL, of a show. [See Sole.]
SOAP, noun [Latin sapo.] A compound of oil and alkali, or oil and earth, and metallic oxyds; usually, a compound of oil and vegetable alkali or lye; used in washing and cleansin...
SOAP-BOILER, noun [soap and boiler.] One whose occupation is to make soap.
SOAP-SUDS, noun Suds; water well impregnated with soap.
SOAPSTONE, noun Steatite; a minera; or species of magnesian earth, usually white or yellow;; the lapis ollaris.