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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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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.Snŷ'ing, n. p. 1252(Naut.) A circular plank, placed edgewise, to work in the bows of a vessel. Dana.Sō, interj. p. 1252Stand still;—a word used to cows, especially when being milked. 2. (Naut.) Stop! avast!—an order to cease hauling upon any thing, when it has come to the right position. Dana.Sō, adv. p. 1252In that manner or degree; as indicated in any way, or as implied, or as supposed to be known. Why is his chariot so long in coming? Judg. v. 28. 2. In like manner or degree; in the way that; thus…Sō, conj. p. 1252Provided that; on condition that; in case that. Though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so truth be in the field, we do injuriously, by licensing and prohibiting, to…Sōak, v. t. p. 1252To cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance has imbibed what it can contain; to macerate in water or other fluid; to steep; as, to soak cloth; to soak bread. 2. To drench; to wet…Sōak, v. i. p. 1252To lie steeped in water or other fluid; as, let the cloth lie and soak. 2. To enter into pores or interstices; as, water soaks into the earth or other porous matter. 3. To drink intemperately or…Sōak'age, n. p. 1252Act of soaking, or state of being soaked.Sōak'er, n. p. 1252One who soaks or macerates in a liquid. 2. A hard drinker. [Low.]Sōak'ing, a. p. 1252Wetting thoroughly; drenching; as, a soaking rain.Sōak'y, a. p. 1252Full of moisture; wet; soppy.Sōal, n. p. 1252The bottom part of a shoe. See SOLE. 2. A certain fish; the sole. See SOLE. 3. A dirty pond. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.Sōap, n. p. 1252A compound of one or more of the acids obtained from fatty bodies, with alkalies or oxides. ☞ Soaps are commonly either margarates or oleates of potassa or soda, made by boiling some common oil with…Sōap, v. t. p. 1252To rub or wash over with soap. 2. To flatter. [Colloq.]Sōap'-bĕr'ry-tree, n. p. 1252(Bot.) An evergreen, tropical tree of several species, belonging to the genus Sapindus, bearing red, saponaceous berries, which are used as a substitute for soap in washing clothes.Sōap'-boil'er, n. p. 1252One whose occupation is to make soap.Sōap'-boil'ing, n. p. 1252The occupation of making soap.Sōap'-bŭb'ble, n. p. 1252A spherical film of soap-suds formed by inflation.Sōap'-çē'rate, n. p. 1252A cerate formed of soap, olive oil, white wax, and the sub-acetate of lead, sometimes used as an application to allay inflammation.Sōap'-nŭt, n. p. 1252(Bot.) The seed of a plant of the genus Mimosa (M. abstergens). Simmonds.Sōap'-plănt, n. p. 1252(Bot.) One of several plants used in the place of soap, as the Phalangium pomaridianum, a Californian plant, the bulb of which, when stripped of its husk and rubbed on wet clothes, makes a thick…Sōap'-stōne, n. p. 1252(Min.) (a.) A soft magnesian mineral, usually gray, white, or yellow, easily wrought with tools, and used in forming vessels and various articles; steatite; pot-stone; — so called from its soapy or…Sōap'-sŭds, n. pl. p. 1252Water impregnated with soap.Sōap'-wort, n. p. 1252(Bot.) A plant of the genus Saponaria; — so called from its bruised leaves producing a lather, like soap, when agitated in water.Sōap'y, a. p. 1252Resembling soap; having the qualities of soap; soft and smooth. 2. Smeared with soap; covered with soap.Sōar, v. i. p. 1252To fly aloft, as a bird; to mount upward on wings, or as on wings. “When soars Gaul's vulture with his wings unfurled.” Byron. 2. To rise to any height, as an orator in eloquence, or a hero in…Sōar, n. p. 1252A towering flight. “This apparent soar of the hooded falcon.” Coleridge.