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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Snīthe or Snĭth'y, a. p. 1250Sharp; piercing; cutting; — applied to the wind.Snĭv'el, n. p. 1250Mucus from the nose; snot.Snĭv'el, v. i. p. 1250To run at the nose. 2. To cry or whine as children. A true soldier would put a stop to thy sniveling ditty. W. Scott.Snĭv'el-er, n. p. 1251One who cries with sniveling. 2. One who weeps for slight causes, or manifests weakness by weeping.Snĭv'el-y, a. p. 1251Running at the nose; pitiful; whining.Snōb, n. p. 1251An affected and pretentious person, especially a vulgar person, who apes gentility, or affects the intimacy of noble or distinguished persons. A snob is that man or woman who is always pretending to…Snōb'ber-y, n. p. 1251The quality of being snobbish.Snōb'bish, a. p. 1251Belonging to, or resembling, a snob.Snōb'bish-ly, adv. p. 1251In a snobbish manner.Snōb'bish-ness, n. p. 1251The quality of being snobbish; the character or habits of a snob.Snŏb'bĭshness, n. p. 1251The character or manners of a snob; snobbishness.Snob-ŏc'ra-cy, n. p. 1251The body of snobs collectively. [Low.] C. Kingsley.Snŏd, n. p. 1251A fillet. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]Snŏd, a. p. 1251Trimmed; smooth; sly, cunning; demure. [Prov. Eng.]Snōod, n. p. 1251The fillet which binds the hair of a young unmarried woman. [Scot.] 2. A short hair line by which a hook is attached to the line; a snell. [Scot.] Jamieson.Snōōd, v. t. p. 1251To bind up, as the hair, with a snood. [Scot.] W. Scott.Snōōd'ed, a. p. 1251Wearing or having a snood. And the snooded daughter Smiled on him. Whittier.Snōok, v. i. p. 1251To lurk; to lie in ambush. [Obs.] Scott.Snōōk, n. p. 1251(Ichth.) A sea-fish; the sea-pike; sea-needle. Simmonds.Snōōze, n. p. 1251A short sleep; a nap; slumber. [Prov. Eng. Colloq. U. S.]Snōoze, v. i. p. 1251To sleep; to doze; to drowse; as, he snoozed a while. [Colloq.]Snōre, v. i. p. 1251To breathe with a rough, hoarse voice in sleep.Snōre, n. p. 1251A breathing with a harsh noise in sleep.Snö'er, n. p. 1251One who snores.Snôrt, v. i. p. 1251To force the air with violence through the nose, so as to make a noise, as high-spirited horses in prancing and play. 2. To snore. [Rare.] 3. To laugh out loudly; to give a horse-laugh. [Prov. Eng.…Snōrt, v. t. p. 1251To turn up in anger, scorn, or derision, as the nose. [Obs.] Chaucer.Snôrt'er, n. p. 1251One who snorts; a snorer.Snŏt, n. p. 1251Mucus secreted in, or discharged from, the nose.Snöt, v. t. p. 1251To free from snot; to blow or clear, as the nose. [Low.]Snöt'ter, v. i. p. 1251To snivel; to cry or whine. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.Snŏt'ter, n. p. 1251(Naut.) A rope going over a yard-arm, used to bend a tripping-line to, in sending down top-gallant and royal yards, in vessels of war. Dana.Snöt'ter-y, n. p. 1251Filth; abomination. [Obs.] “To purge the snottery of our slimy time.” Marston.Snŏt'ti-ly, adv. p. 1251In a snotty manner.Snöt'ti-ness, n. p. 1251The state of being snotty.Snōt'ty, a. p. 1251Foul with snot; hence, mean; dirty.Snout, n. p. 1251The long, projecting nose of a beast, as that of swine. 2. The nose of a man;—in contempt. Hudibras. 3. The nozzle or end of a hollow pipe.Snout, v. t. p. 1251To furnish with a nozzle or point.Snout'y, a. p. 1251Resembling a beast's snout. [Rare.] The nose was ugly, long, and big. Broad and snouty like a pig. Otway.Snōw, n. p. 1251Watery 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-crystals. Snow is…Snōw, n. p. 1251(Naut.) A vessel equipped with two masts resembling the main and fore-masts of a ship, and a third small mast just abaft the main-mast, carrying a try-sail.Snōw, v. i. p. 1251To fall in snow;—chiefly used impersonally; as, it snows: it snowed yesterday.Snōw, v. t. p. 1251To scatter like snow.Snōw'-ball, n. p. 1251A round mass of snow, pressed or rolled together.Snōw'-băll, v. t. p. 1251To pelt with snow-balls; to throw snow-balls at.Snōw'-ball, v. i. p. 1251To throw snow-balls.Snōw'-băll or Snōw'-băll-tree, n. p. 1251(Bot.) A shrub, or small tree, of the genus Viburnum, bearing large balls of white flowers; gelder-rose.Snōw'-bĕr'ry, n. p. 1251(Bot.) An ornamental plant (Symphoricarpus racemosus), having small white berries.Snōw'-bird, n. p. 1251(Ornith.) A bird which appears in the time of snow;—the popular name of Emberiza nivalis, which is found both in Europe and America; of Fringilla nivalis; of Fringilla hyemalis; and of various other…Snōw'-blīnd, a. p. 1251Affected with snow-blindness.Snōw'-blīnd'ness, n. p. 1251Blindness, or dimness of sight, caused by the light reflected from snow.Snōw'-brōth, n. p. 1251Snow and water mixed; very cold liquor. Shak.Snōw'-būnt'ing, n. p. 1251(Ornith.) A bird of the family of the finches, or Fringillidæ; Plectrophanes (or Emberiza) nivalis (or glacialis). Baird.Snowd or Snowd'ing, n. p. 1251A thin cord made of hemp, suspended to deep-sea fishing-lines, and having a fish-hook attached. Simmonds.Snōw'-drop, n. p. 1251(Bot.) A certain plant. Johnson.Snōw'-drift, n. p. 1251A bank of snow driven together by the wind.Snōw'-drŏp, n. p. 1251(Bot.) A bulbous plant bearing white flowers, which often appear while the snow is on the ground, cultivated in gardens for its beauty; Galanthus nivalis.Snōw'-drōp-tree, n. p. 1251(Bot.) An ornamental shrub of the genus Halesia, which produces snowy white flowers, which blossom in small clusters or bunches before the leaves appear.Snōw'-flāke, n. p. 1251(Ornith.) The snow-bunting. 2. (Bot.) An elegant bulbous garden flower of the genus Leucojum, a native of Europe. In its general aspect it resembles the snow-drop, but, besides being larger, has…Snōw'-flĕck, n. p. 1251The same as SNOW-FLAKE, 1.Snōw'-flōōd, n. p. 1251A flood from melted snow.