Chapter 1573

Sniff (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Sniffed (?) or Snift ; p. pr. & vb. n. Sniffing .] [OE. sneven ; akin to snivel , snuff ; cf. Dan. snive to sniff. See Snuff , v. t. ] To draw air audibly up the nose; to snuff; -- sometimes done as a gesture of suspicion, offense, or contempt.

So ye grow squeamish, gods, and sniff at heaven. M. Arnold.

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Sniff , v. t. 1. To draw in with the breath through the nose; as, to sniff the air of the country .

2. To perceive as by sniffing; to snuff, to scent; to smell; as, to sniff danger .

Sniff <Xpage=1362>

Sniff , n. The act of sniffing; perception by sniffing; that which is taken by sniffing; as, a sniff of air .

Sniffing <Xpage=1362>

Sniff"ing , n. (Physiol.) A rapid inspiratory act, in which the mouth is kept shut and the air drawn in through the nose.

Sniffle <Xpage=1362>

Snif"fle (?) , v. i. [Freq. of sniff . See Snivel .] To snuffle, as one does with a catarrh. [Prov. Eng.]

Snift <Xpage=1362>

Snift (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Snifted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Snifting .] [From Sniff .] 1. To snort. [Obs.] "Resentment expressed by snifting ."

Johnson.

2. To sniff; to snuff; to smell.

It now appears that they were still snifing and hankering after their old quarters. Landor.

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Snift , n. 1. A moment. [Prov. Eng.]

Halliwell.

2. Slight snow; sleet. [Prov. Eng.]

Halliwell.

Snifting <Xpage=1362>

Snift"ing , a. & n. from Snift .

Snifting valve , a small valve opening into the atmosphere from the cylinder or condenser of a steam engine, to allow the escape of air when the piston makes a stroke; -- so called from the noise made by its action.

Snig <Xpage=1362>

Snig (?) , v. t. [See Snick a small cut.] To chop off; to cut. [Prov. Eng.]

Snig <Xpage=1362>

Snig , v. i. [See Sneak .] To sneak. [Prov. Eng.]

Snig, Snigg <Xpage=1362>

Snig , Snigg , n. [Cf. Sneak .] (Zo\'94l.) A small eel. [Prov. Eng.]

Sniggger <Xpage=1362>

Snigg"ger (?) , v. i. See Snicker .

Thackeray.

Snigger <Xpage=1362>

Snig"ger , n. See Snicker .

Dickens.

Sniggle <Xpage=1362>

Snig"gle (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Sniggled (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Sniggling (?) .] [See Snig a kind of eel.] To fish for eels by thrusting the baited hook into their holes or hiding places.

Walton.

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Snig"gle , v. t. To catch, as an eel, by sniggling; hence, to hook; to insnare.

Beau & Fl.

Snip <Xpage=1362>

Snip (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Snipped (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Snipping .] [D. snippen ; akin to G. schnippen .] To cut off the nip or neb of, or to cut off at once with shears or scissors; to clip off suddenly; to nip; hence, to break off; to snatch away.

Curbed and snipped in my younger years by fear of my parents from those vicious excrescences to which that age was subject. Fuller.

The captain seldom ordered anything out of the ship's stores . . . but I snipped some of it for my own share. De Foe.

Snip <Xpage=1362>

Snip (?) , n. 1. A single cut, as with shears or scissors; a clip.

Shak.

2. A small shred; a bit cut off.

Wiseman.

3. A share; a snack. [Obs.]

L'Estrange

4. A tailor. [Slang]

Nares. C. Kingsley.

5. Small hand shears for cutting sheet metal.

Snipe <Xpage=1362>

Snipe (?) , n. [OE. snipe ; akin to D. snep , snip , LG. sneppe , snippe , G. schnepfe , Icel. sn\'c6pa (in comp.), Dan. sneppe , Sw. sn\'84ppa a sanpiper, and possibly to E. snap . See Snap , Snaffle .] 1. (Zo\'94l.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family Scolopacid\'91 , having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.

&hand; The common, or whole, snipe ( Gallinago c&oe;lestis ) and the great, or double, snipe ( G. major ), are the most important European species. The Wilson's snipe ( G. delicata ) (sometimes erroneously called English snipe ) and the gray snipe, or dowitcher ( Macrohamphus griseus ), are well-known American species.

2. A fool; a blockhead. [R.]

Shak.

Half snipe , the dunlin; the jacksnipe. -- Jack snipe . See Jacksnipe . -- Quail snipe . See under Quail . -- Robin snipe , the knot. -- Sea snipe . See in the Vocabulary. -- Shore snipe , any sandpiper. -- Snipe hawk , the marsh harrier. [Prov. Eng.] -- Stone snipe , the tattler. -- Summer snipe , the dunlin; the green and the common European sandpipers. -- Winter snipe . See Rock snipe , under Rock . -- Woodcock snipe , the great snipe.

Snipebill <Xpage=1362>

Snipe"bill` (?) , n. 1. A plane for cutting deep grooves in moldings.

2. A bolt by which the body of a cart is fastened to the axle. [Local, U.S.]

Snipefish <Xpage=1362>

Snipe"fish` (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) (a) The bellows fish. (b) A long, slender deep-sea fish ( Nemichthys scolopaceus ) with a slender beak.

Snippack <Xpage=1362>

Snip"pack (?) , n. [Cf. Snipe .] (Zo\'94l.) The common snipe. [Prov. Eng.]

Snipper <Xpage=1362>

Snip"per (?) , n. One who snips.

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Snip"per-snap`er (?) , n. A small, insignificant fellow. [Colloq.]

Snippet <Xpage=1362>

Snip"pet (?) , n. A small part or piece.

To be cut into snippets and shreds. F. Harrison.

Snippety <Xpage=1362>

Snip"pet*y (?) , a. Ridiculously small; petty. " Snippety facts."

London Spectator.

<-- 2. short-tempered; snappish. -->

<-- Snippy, adj. snippety. -->

Snip-snap <Xpage=1362>

Snip"-snap` (?) , n. [Reduplication of snap .] A tart dialogue with quick replies. [R.]

Pope.

Snip-snap <Xpage=1362>

Snip"-snap` , a. Quick; short; sharp; smart.

Shak.

Snypy <Xpage=1362>

Snyp"y (?) , a. Like a snipe.

Snite <Xpage=1362>

Snite (?) , n. A snipe. [Obs. or Scot.]

Carew.

Snite <Xpage=1362>

Snite , v. t. [Icel. sn\'c6fa . See Snout .] To blow, as the nose; to snuff, as a candle. [Obs. or Scot.]

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Snithe (?) , Snith"y (?) , a. [AS. sn\'c6<?/an to cut. See Snathe .] Sharp; piercing; cutting; -- applied to the wind. [Prov. Eng.]

Snivel <Xpage=1362>

Sniv"el (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Sniveled (?) or Snivelled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Sniveling or Snivelling .] [OE. snivelen , snevelen , snuvelen , freg. of sneven . See Sniff , and cf. Snuffle .] 1. To run at the nose; to make a snuffling noise.

2. To cry or whine with snuffling, as children; to cry weakly or whiningly.

Put stop to thy sniveling ditty. Sir W. Scott.

Snivel <Xpage=1362>

Sniv"el , n. [AS. snofel . Cf. Snivel , v. i. ] Mucus from the nose; snot.

Sniveler <Xpage=1362>

Sniv"el*er (?) , n. [Written also sniveller .] One who snivels, esp. one who snivels habitually.

Snively <Xpage=1362>

Sniv"el*y (?) , a. Running at the nose; sniveling pitiful; whining.

Snob <Xpage=1362>

Snob (?) , n. [Icel. sn\'bepr a dolt, impostor, charlatan. Cf. Snub .] 1. A vulgar person who affects to be better, richer, or more fashionable, than he really is; a vulgar upstart; one who apes his superiors.

Thackeray.

Essentially vulgar, a snob . -- a gilded snob , but none the less a snob . R. G. White.

2. (Eng. Univ.) A townsman. [Canf]

3. A journeyman shoemaker. [Prov. Eng.]

Halliwell.

4. A workman who accepts lower than the usual wages, or who refuses to strike when his fellows do; a rat; a knobstick.

Those who work for lower wages during a strike are called snobs , the men who stand out being "nobs" De Quincey.

<-- 5. One who adopts an offensive air of superiority to those he considers as inferiors, esp. by avoiding or ignoring them. -->

Snobbery <Xpage=1362>

Snob"ber*y (?) , n. The quality of being snobbish; snobbishness.

Snobbish <Xpage=1362>

Snob"bish (?) , a. Of or pertaining to a snob; characteristic of, or befitting, a snob; vulgarly pretentious. -- Snob"bish*ly , adv.

Snobbishness <Xpage=1362>

Snob"bish*ness , n. Vulgar affectation or ostentation; mean admiration of mean things; conduct or manners of a snob.

Snobbism <Xpage=1362>

Snob"bism (?) , n. Snobbery.

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Snobby <Xpage=1363>

Snob"by (?) , a. Snobbish. [R.]

E. B. Ramsay.

Snobling <Xpage=1363>

Snob"ling , n. A little snob. [Jocose]

Thackeray.

Snobocracy <Xpage=1363>

Snob*oc"ra*cy (?) , n. [ Snob + -cracy , as in aristocracy , mobocracy .] Snobs, collectively. [Hybrid & Recent]

C. Kingsley.

Snod <Xpage=1363>

Snod (?) , n. [See Snood .] A fillet; a headband; a snood. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Snod <Xpage=1363>

Snod , a. [Scot. snod to prune, put in order.] Trimmed; smooth; neat; trim; sly; cunning; demure. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Snoff <Xpage=1363>

Snoff (?) , n. [Cf. Snuff .] (Mining) A short candle end used for igniting a fuse.

Raymond.

Snood <Xpage=1363>

Snood (?) , n. [AS. sn<?/d . Cf. Snare .] 1. The fillet which binds the hair of a young unmarried woman, and is emblematic of her maiden character. [Scot.]

And seldom was a snood amid Such wild, luxuriant ringlets hid. Sir W. Scott.

2. A short line (often of horsehair) connecting a fishing line with the hook; a snell; a leader.

Snood <Xpage=1363>

Snood , v. t. To bind or braid up, as the hair, with a snood. [Scot.]

Snooded <Xpage=1363>

Snood"ed , a. Wearing or having a snood. "The snooded daughter."

Whittier.

Snook <Xpage=1363>

Snook (?) , v. i. [Prov. E. snook to search out, to follow by the scent; cf. Sw. snoka to lurk, LG. sn\'94ggen , snuckern , sn\'94kern , to snuffle, to smell about, to search for.] To lurk; to lie in ambush. [Obs.]

Snook <Xpage=1363>

Snook , n. [D. snoek .] (Zo\'94l.) (a) A large perchlike marine food fish ( Centropomus undecimalis ) found both on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of tropical America; -- called also ravallia , and robalo . (b) The cobia. (c) The garfish.

Snooze <Xpage=1363>

Snooze (?) , n. [Scot. snooze to sleep; cf. Dan. & Sw. snus snuff.] A short sleep; a nap. [Colloq.]

Snooze <Xpage=1363>

Snooze , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Snoozed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Snoozing .] To doze; to drowse; to take a short nap; to slumber. [Colloq.]

Snore <Xpage=1363>

Snore (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Snored (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Snoring .] [OE. snoren , AS. snora a snoring; akin to LG. snoren , snorken , snurken , to snore, D. snorken , G. schnarchen to snore, schnarren to rattle, MHG. snarren , Sw. snarka to snore, Icel. snarka to sputter, fizzle. Cf. Snarl to growl, Sneer , Snort . See Snoring .] To breathe with a rough, hoarse, nasal voice in sleep.

Snore <Xpage=1363>

Snore , n. A harsh nasal noise made in sleep.

Snorer <Xpage=1363>

Snor"er (?) , n. One who snores.

Snoring <Xpage=1363>

Snor"ing , n. (Physiol.) The act of respiring through the open mouth so that the currents of inspired and expired air cause a vibration of the uvula and soft palate, thus giving rise to a sound more or less harsh. It is usually unvoluntary, but may be produced voluntarily.

Snort <Xpage=1363>

Snort (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Snorted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Snorting .] [OE. snorten ; akin to snoren . See Snore .] 1. To force the air with violence through the nose, so as to make a noise, as do high-spirited horsed in prancing and play.

Fairfax.

2. To snore. [R.] "The snorting citizens."

Shak.

3. To laugh out loudly. [Colloq.]

Halliwell.

Snort <Xpage=1363>

Snort , n. The act of snorting; the sound produced in snorting.

Snort <Xpage=1363>

Snort , v. t. To expel throught the nostrils with a snort; to utter with a snort.

Keats.

Snorter <Xpage=1363>

Snort"er (?) , n. 1. One who snorts.

2. (Zo\'94l.) The wheather; -- so called from its cry. [Prov. Eng.]

Snot <Xpage=1363>

Snot (?) , n. [AS. snot ; akin to D. snot , LG. snotte , Dan. snot , and to E. snout . See Snout .] 1. Mucus secreted in, or discharged from, the nose. [Low]

2. A mean, insignificant fellow. [Low]

Snot <Xpage=1363>

Snot , v. t. To blow, wipe, or clear, as the nose.

Snotter <Xpage=1363>

Snot"ter (?) , v. i. [From Snot .] To snivel; to cry or whine. [Prov. Eng.]

Grose.

Snotter <Xpage=1363>

Snot"ter , n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Naut.) A rope going over a yardarm, used to bend a tripping line to, in sending down topgallant and royal yards in vessels of war; also, the short line supporting the heel of the sprit in a small boat.

Snottery <Xpage=1363>

Snot"ter*y (?) , n. Filth; abomination. [Obs.]

To purge the snottery of our slimy time. Marston.

Snotty <Xpage=1363>

Snot"ty (?) , a. Foul with snot; hence, mean; dirty.

-- Snort"ti*ly (#) , adb. -- Snot"ti*ness , n.

Snout <Xpage=1363>

Snout (?) , n. [OE. snoute , probably of Scand, or Low German origin; cf. LG. snute , D. snuit , G. schnauze , Sw. snut , snyte , Dan. snude , Icel. sn<?/ta to blow the nose; probably akin to E. snuff , v.t. Cf. Snite , Snot , Snuff .] 1. The long, projecting nose of a beast, as of swine.

2. The nose of a man; -- in contempt.

Hudibras.

3. The nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.

4. (Zo\'94l.) (a) The anterior prolongation of the head of a gastropod; -- called also rostrum . (b) The anterior prolongation of the head of weevils and allied beetles.

Snout beetle (Zo\'94l.) , any one of many species of beetles having an elongated snout and belonging to the tribe Rhynchophora; a weevil. -- Snout moth (Zo\'94l.) , any pyralid moth. See Pyralid .

Snout <Xpage=1363>

Snout , v. t. To furnish with a nozzle or point.

Snouty <Xpage=1363>

Snout"y (?) , a. Resembling a beast's snout.

The nose was ugly, long, and big, Broad and snouty like a pig. Otway.

Snow <Xpage=1363>

Snow (?) , n. [LG. snaue , or D. snaauw , from LG. snau a snout, a beak.] (Naut.) A square-rigged vessel, differing from a brig only in that she has a trysail mast close abaft the mainmast, on which a large trysail is hoisted.

Snow <Xpage=1363>

Snow , n. [OE. snow , snaw , AS. sn\'bew ; akin to D. sneeuw , OS. & OHG. sn&emac;o , G. schnee , Icel. sn&ae;r , snj&omac;r , snaj\'ber , Sw. sn\'94 , Dan. snee , Goth. snaiws , Lith. sn\'89gas , Russ. snieg' , Ir. & Gael. sneachd , W. nyf , L. nix , nivis , Gr. acc. ni`fa , also AS. sn\'c6wan to snow, G. schneien , OHG. sn\'c6wan , Lith. snigti , L. ningit it snows, Gr. ni`fei , Zend snizh to snow; cf. Skr. snih to be wet or sticky. &root;172.] 1. Watery 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.

&hand; Snow is often used to form compounds, most of which are of obvious meaning; as, snow -capped, snow -clad, snow -cold, snow -crowned, snow -crust, snow -fed, snow -haired, snow like, snow -mantled, snow -nodding, snow -wrought, and the like.

2. Fig.: Something white like snow, as the white color (argent) in heraldry; something which falls in, or as in, flakes.

The field of snow with eagle of black therein. Chaucer.

Red snow . See under Red .