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Smokable

Capable of being smoked; suitable or ready to be smoked; as, smokable tobacco.

Smoke

To apply smoke to; to hang in smoke; to disinfect, to cure, etc., by smoke; as, to smoke or fumigate infected clothing; to smoke beef or hams for preservation.

Smoke out

To drive from a refuge or hiding place by causing dense smoke or other noxious fumes to permeate the refuge; as, the police smoked out the bank robbers with tear gas.

Smokehouse

A building where meat or fish is cured by subjecting it to a dense smoke.

Smokejack

A contrivance for turning a spit by means of a fly or wheel moved by the current of ascending air in a chimney.

Smoker

One who dries or preserves by smoke.

Smokestack

A chimney; esp., a pipe serving as a chimney, as the pipe which carries off the smoke of a locomotive, the funnel of a steam vessel, etc.

Smokiness

The quality or state of being smoky.

smoking gun

Incontrovertible evidence; convincing evidence.

Smoky

Emitting smoke, esp. in large quantities or in an offensive manner; fumid; as, smoky fires.

Smolt

A young salmon two or three years old, when it has acquired its silvery color.

Smoor

To suffocate or smother.

Smooth

To flatter; to use blandishment.

Smooth-spoken

Speaking smoothly; plausible; flattering; smooth-tongued.

Smoothbore

Having a bore of perfectly smooth surface; -- distinguished from rifled. A smoothbore firearm.

Smoother

One who, or that which, smooths.

Smore

To smother. See Smoor.

Smote

imp. (/ rare p. p.) of Smite.

Smouch

A dark soil or stain; a smutch.

Smudge

To stifle or smother with smoke; to smoke by means of a smudge.

Smudginess

The quality or state of being smudged, soiled, or blurred.

Smug

To make smug, or spruce.

Smuggle

To import or export in violation of the customs laws.

Smugness

The quality or state of being smug.

Smut

To gather smut; to be converted into smut; to become smutted.

Smutch

To blacken with smoke, soot, or coal.

Smutty

Soiled with smut; smutted.

Smyrniot

Of or pertaining to Smyrna. A native or inhabitant of Smyrna.

Snack

A share; a part or portion; -- obsolete, except in the colloquial phrase, to go snacks, i. e., to share.

Snacot

A pipefish of the genus Syngnathus. See Pipefish.

Snaffle

To put a snaffle in the mouth of; to subject to the snaffle; to bridle.

Snag

To cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree; to hew roughly.

Snaggy

Full of snags; full of short, rough branches or sharp points; abounding with knots.

Snail

Any one of numerous species of terrestrial air-breathing gastropods belonging to the genus Helix and many allied genera of the family Helicidae. They are abundant in nearly all parts of the world except the arctic regions, and feed almost entirely on vegetation; a land snail. Any gastropod having a general resemblance to the true snails, including fresh-water and marine species. See Pond snail, under Pond, and Sea snail.

Snake

To crawl like a snake.

Snake's-head

The Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.

Snakebird

Any one of four species of aquatic birds of the genus Anhinga or Plotus. They are allied to the gannets and cormorants, but have very long, slender, flexible necks, and sharp bills.

Snakehead

A loose, bent-up end of one of the strap rails, or flat rails, formerly used on American railroads. It was sometimes so bent by the passage of a train as to slip over a wheel and pierce the bottom of a car.

Snakeroot

Any one of several plants of different genera and species, most of which are (or were formerly) reputed to be efficacious as remedies for the bites of serpents; also, the roots of any of these.

Snakestone

A kind of hone slate or whetstone obtained in Scotland.

Snakeweed

A kind of knotweed (Polygonum Bistorta). The Virginia snakeroot. See Snakeroot.

Snakewood

An East Indian climbing plant (Strychnos colubrina) having a bitter taste, and supposed to be a remedy for the bite of the hooded serpent. An East Indian climbing shrub (Ophioxylon serpentinum) which has the roots and stems twisted so as to resemble serpents. Same as Trumpetwood. A tropical American shrub (Plumieria rubra) which has very fragrant red blossoms. Same as Letterwood.

Snakish

Having the qualities or characteristics of a snake; snaky.

Snaky

Of or pertaining to a snake or snakes; resembling a snake; serpentine; winding.

Snap

Done, performed, made, executed, carried through, or the like, quickly and without deliberation; as, a snap judgment or decision; a snap political convention.

Snap shot Snapshot

A quick offhand shot, made without deliberately taking aim over the sights. Act of taking a snapshot (in sense 2).

Snapdragon

Any plant of the scrrophulariaceous genus Antirrhinum, especially the cultivated Antirrhinum majus, whose showy flowers are fancifully likened to the face of a dragon. A West Indian herb (Ruellia tuberosa) with curiously shaped blue flowers.

Snape

To bevel the end of a timber to fit against an inclined surface.

Snaphance

A spring lock for discharging a firearm; also, the firearm to which it is attached.

Snaphead

A hemispherical or rounded head to a rivet or bolt; also, a swaging tool with a cavity in its face for forming such a rounded head.

Snapper

One who, or that which, snaps; as, a snapper up of trifles; the snapper of a whip.

Snappish

Apt to snap at persons or things; eager to bite; as, a snapping cur.

Snare

To catch with a snare; to insnare; to entangle; hence, to bring into unexpected evil, perplexity, or danger.

Snarer

One who lays snares, or entraps.

Snarl

The act of snarling; a growl; a surly or peevish expression; an angry contention.

Snarler

One who makes use of a snarling iron.

Snary

Resembling, or consisting of, snares; entangling; insidious.

Snast

The snuff, or burnt wick, of a candle.

Snatch

A hasty catching or seizing; a grab; a catching at, or attempt to seize, suddenly.

Snatcher

One who snatches, or takes abruptly.

Snath

The handle of a scythe; a snead.

Sneak

A mean, sneaking fellow.

Sneak-cup

One who sneaks from his cups; one who balks his glass.

Sneaking

Marked by cowardly concealment; deficient in openness and courage; underhand; mean; crouching.

Sneap

A reprimand; a rebuke.

Sneb

To reprimand; to sneap.

Sned

To lop; to snathe.

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