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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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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.Snōw'-gōose, n. p. 1251(Ornith.) A bird (Anser hyperboreus) of the arctic regions, web-footed, of a white color, with red feet and bill. The tops of the wing-quills are black.Snōw'less, a. p. 1251Destitute of snow. Toole.Snōw'-plow or Snōw'-plough, n. p. 1251A machine operating like a plow, but on a larger scale, for clearing away the snow from roads, railways, or the like.Snōw'-shōe, n. p. 1251A light shoe, or racket, worn by men traveling on snow, to prevent their feet from sinking into the snow.Snōw'-slip, n. p. 1251A large mass of snow which slips down the side of a mountain, and sometimes buries houses.Snōw'-stōrm, n. p. 1251A storm with falling snow.Snōw'-white, a. p. 1251White as snow; very white.Snōw'y, a. p. 1251White like snow. 2. Abounding with snow; covered with snow. “The snowy top of cold Olympus.” Milton. 3. White; pure; unblemished. “Snowy innocence.” J. Hall.Snūb, n. p. 1251A knot or protuberance in wood; a snag. [Obs.] Spenser. 2. [See SNEAP.] A check or rebuke. J. Foster.Snŭb, v. t. p. 1251To clip or break off the end of; to nip. 2. To check, stop, or rebuke, with a tart, sarcastic reply or remark; to reprimand; to check. J. Foster. 3. To treat with deserved contempt or neglect, as a…Snūb, v. i. p. 1251To sob with convulsions. [Obs.] Bailey.Snūb'-nōse, n. p. 1251A short or flat nose.Snŭb'-nōsĕd, a. p. 1251Having a short, flat nose.Snūb'-pōst, n. p. 1251(Naut.) A post on the dock, or shore, around which a rope is thrown to check the motion of a vessel.Snūdge, v. i. p. 1251To lie snug or quiet. [Obs.] Now eat his bread in peace, And snudge in quiet. Herbert.Snūdge, n. p. 1251A miser, or a sneaking fellow. [Obs.]Snūff, n. p. 1251The part of a candle-wick charred by the flame, whether burning or not. If the burning snuff happens to get out of the snuffers, you have a chance that it may fall into a dish of soup. Swift. 2. A…Snūff, v. t. p. 1251To draw in with the breath; to inhale. “Snuff the wind.” Dryden. 2. To perceive by the nose; to scent; to smell. 3. To crop the snuff of, as a candle; to take off the end of the snuff of. [Obs.]Snŭff, v. i. p. 1251To inhale air with violence or with noise; to snort, as dogs and horses. 2. To turn up the nose and inhale air, as an expression of contempt; hence, to take offense. Do the enemies of the church rage…Snūff'-bŏx, n. p. 1251A small box for carrying snuff about the person.Snūff'-dip'ping, n. p. 1251A practice common among the lower class of women in the Southern States, of collecting a quantity of snuff upon a sort of brush made by separating the fibers of one end of a small piece of wood, and…Snūff'er, n. p. 1251One who snuffs. 2. (pl.) An instrument for cropping the snuff of a candle.Snŭff'ing-ly, adv. p. 1251In a snuffing manner; with snuffing.Snŭff'le, v. i. p. 1251To speak through the nose; to breathe hard through the nose, or through the nose when obstructed. Some senseless Phillis, in a broken note, Snuffling at nose. Dryden.Snŭff'le, n. p. 1251A sound made by the passage of air through the nostrils. This dread sovereign, Breath, in its passage, gave a snort or snuffle. (Coleridge.) 2. An affected nasal twang; hence, cant.Snŭff'ler, n. p. 1251One who snuffles, or speaks through the nose when obstructed.Snūff'les, n. pl. p. 1251Obstruction of the nose by mucus.Snūff'-tāk/er, n. p. 1251One who takes snuff, or inhales it into the nose.Snūff'y, a. p. 1251Soiled with snuff. 2. Sulky; angry; vexed. [Scot.] Jamieson.Snŭg, v. i. p. 1251To lie close; to snuggle; as, a child snugs to its mother or nurse.Snŭg, a. p. 1251Closely pressed; as, an infant lies snug. 2. Close; concealed; not exposed to notice. You lay snug, to snap young Damon's goat. Dryden. Lie snug, and hear what critics say. Swift. 3. Compact…Snŭg'ger-y, n. p. 1252A snug, comfortable place. [Colloq.]Snŭg'ĭ-fy, v. t. p. 1252To make snug. [Colloq.] C. Lamb.Snŭg'gle, v. i. p. 1252To move one way and the other to get a close place; to lie close for convenience or warmth.Snŭg'ly, adv. p. 1252In a snug manner; closely; safely.Snŭg'ness, n. p. 1252The state of being snug.Snȳ, n. p. 1252The upward curve of the lines of a ship, as they recede from the midships. Murray.