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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.
The act of snarling; a growl; a surly or peevish expression; an angry contention.
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.
A small part or piece.
Ridiculously small; petty.
Like a snipe.
To blow, as the nose; to snuff, as a candle.
Sharp; piercing; cutting; -- applied to the wind.
Mucus from the nose; snot.
One who snivels, esp. one who snivels habitually.
Running at the nose; sniveling pitiful; whining.
A vulgar person who affects to be better, richer, or more fashionable, than he really is; a vulgar upstart; one who apes his superiors.
The quality of being snobbish; snobbishness.
Of or pertaining to a snob; characteristic of, or befitting, a snob; vulgarly pretentious.
Vulgar affectation or ostentation; mean admiration of mean things; conduct or manners of a snob.
Snobbery.
Snobbish.
A little snob.
Snobs, collectively.
Trimmed; smooth; neat; trim; sly; cunning; demure.
A short candle end used for igniting a fuse.
To bind or braid up, as the hair, with a snood.
Wearing or having a snood.
A large perchlike marine food fish (Centropomus undecimalis) found both on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of tropical America; -- called also ravallia, and robalo. The cobia. The garfish.
To doze; to drowse; to take a short nap; to slumber.
A harsh nasal noise made in sleep.
One who snores.
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.
To expel throught the nostrils with a snort; to utter with a snort.
One who snorts.
To blow, wipe, or clear, as the nose.
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.
Filth; abomination.
Foul with snot; hence, mean; dirty.
To furnish with a nozzle or point.
Resembling a beast's snout.
To scatter like snow; to cover with, or as with, snow.
Affected with blindness by the brilliancy of snow.
Enveloped in, or confined by, snow.
Snow and water mixed, or snow just melted; very cold liquor.
Having the top capped or covered with snow; as, snow-capped mountains.
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