In a smothering manner.

Tending to smother; stifling.

A dark soil or stain; a smutch.

See Smolder.

Smoke; smother.

Being in a state of suppressed activity; quiet but not dead.

The state of smoldering.

See Smoldry.

Smoldering; suffocating; smothery.

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

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

To make smug, or spruce.

To import or export in violation of the customs laws.

One who smuggles.

In a smug manner.

The quality or state of being smug.

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

To blacken with smoke, soot, or coal.

Snuff.

Soiled with smut; smutted.

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

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

See Snecket.

A pipefish of the genus Syngnathus. See Pipefish.

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

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

Full of snags; snaggy.

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

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.

In the manner of a snail; slowly.

Slow-moving, like a snail.

See Sea snail (a).

To crawl like a snake.

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

Same as Adder's-tongue.

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.

The band fish. The lizard fish.

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.

The snakebird, 1.

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.

A kind of hone slate or whetstone obtained in Scotland.

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

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.

Having the qualities or characteristics of a snake; snaky.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

a. n. from Snap, v.

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

Snappish.

A knapsack.

See Impatiens.

To snarl.

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

One who lays snares, or entraps.

One who makes use of a snarling iron.

a. n. from Snarl, v.

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

The snuff, or burnt wick, of a candle.

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

One who snatches, or takes abruptly.

By snatching; abruptly.

The handle of a scythe; a snead.

To lop; to prune.

A chip; a slice.

Snow.

A snath.

A mean, sneaking fellow.

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

One who sneaks.

The quality of being sneaky.

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

A paltry fellow; a sneak.

Like a sneak; sneaking.

A reprimand; a rebuke.

See Snath.

To reprimand; to sneap.

A door latch.

A door latch, or sneck.

To lop; to snathe.

See Snath.

The act of sneering.

One who sneers.

Given to sneering.

In a sneering manner.

A sudden and violent ejection of air with an audible sound, chiefly through the nose.

A yellow-flowered composite plant (Helenium autumnale) the odor of which is said to cause sneezing.

The wood of a South African tree. See Neishout.

A European herbaceous plant (Achillea Ptarmica) allied to the yarrow, having a strong, pungent smell.

The act of violently forcing air out through the nasal passages while the cavity of the mouth is shut off from the pharynx by the approximation of the soft palate and the base of the tongue.

A short line of horsehair, gut, etc., by which a fishhook is attached to a longer line.

The clear of mucus; to blow.

To snow; to abound.

A reprimand; a snub.

See Sneck.

A half suppressed, broken laugh.

Tricky; deceptive; contemptible; as, a snide lawyer; snide goods.

A breech-loading rifle formerly used in the British service; -- so called from the inventor.

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

A rapid inspiratory act, in which the mouth is kept shut and the air drawn in through the nose.

To snuffle, as one does with a catarrh.

A moment.

a. n. from Snift.

To sneak.

A small eel.

See Snicker.

To catch, as an eel, by sniggling; hence, to hook; to insnare.

A single cut, as with shears or scissors; a clip.

Quick; short; sharp; smart.

To shoot at (detached men of an enemy's force) at long range, esp. when not in action.

A plane for cutting deep grooves in moldings.

The bellows fish. A long, slender deep-sea fish (Nemichthys scolopaceus) with a slender beak.

The common snipe.

One who snips.

A small, insignificant fellow.