Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 105

Snapper (n.) The green woodpecker, or yaffle.

Snapper (n.) A snap beetle.

Snapping () a. & n. from Snap, v.

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

Snappish (a.) Sharp in reply; apt to speak angrily or testily; easily provoked; tart; peevish.

Snappy (a.) Snappish.

Snapsack (n.) A knapsack.

Snapweed (n.) See Impatiens.

Snar (v. i.) To snarl.

Snare (n.) A contrivance, often consisting of a noose of cord, or the like, by which a bird or other animal may be entangled and caught; a trap; a gin.

Snare (n.) Hence, anything by which one is entangled and brought into trouble.

Snare (n.) The gut or string stretched across the lower head of a drum.

Snare (n.) An instrument, consisting usually of a wireloop or noose, for removing tumors, etc., by avulsion.

Snared (imp. & p. p.) of Snare

Snaring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Snare

Snare (v. t.) To catch with a snare; to insnare; to entangle; hence, to bring into unexpected evil, perplexity, or danger.

Snarer (n.) One who lays snares, or entraps.

Snarled (imp. & p. p.) of Snarl

Snarling (p. pr. & vvb. n.) of Snarl

Snarl (v. t.) To form raised work upon the outer surface of (thin metal ware) by the repercussion of a snarling iron upon the inner surface.

Snarl (v. t.) To entangle; to complicate; to involve in knots; as, to snarl a skein of thread.

Snarl (v. t.) To embarrass; to insnare.

Snarl (n.) A knot or complication of hair, thread, or the like, difficult to disentangle; entanglement; hence, intricate complication; embarrassing difficulty.

Snarl (v. i.) To growl, as an angry or surly dog; to gnarl; to utter grumbling sounds.

Snarl (v. i.) To speak crossly; to talk in rude, surly terms.

Snarl (n.) The act of snarling; a growl; a surly or peevish expression; an angry contention.

Snarler (n.) One who snarls; a surly, growling animal; a grumbling, quarrelsome fellow.

Snarler (n.) One who makes use of a snarling iron.

Snarling () a. & n. from Snarl, v.

Snary (a.) Resembling, or consisting of, snares; entangling; insidious.

Snast (v. t.) The snuff, or burnt wick, of a candle.

Snatched (imp. & p. p.) of Snatch

Snatching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Snatch

Snatch (n.) To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony; as, to snatch a loaf or a kiss.

Snatch (n.) To seize and transport away; to rap.

Snatch (v. i.) To attempt to seize something suddenly; to catch; -- often with at; as, to snatch at a rope.

Snatch (n.) A hasty catching or seizing; a grab; a catching at, or attempt to seize, suddenly.

Snatch (n.) A short period of vigorous action; as, a snatch at weeding after a shower.

Snatch (n.) A small piece, fragment, or quantity; a broken part; a scrap.

Snatch block () a kind of block with an opening in one side to receive the bight of a rope.

Snatcher (n.) One who snatches, or takes abruptly.

Snatchingly (adv.) By snatching; abruptly.

Snatch (n.) The handle of a scythe; a snead.

Snathe (v. t.) To lop; to prune.

Snattock (n.) A chip; a alice.

Snaw (n.) Snow.

Snead (n.) A snath.

Snead (n.) A line or cord; a string.

Sneaked (imp. & p. p.) of Sneak

Sneaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sneak

Sneak (v. i.) To creep or steal (away or about) privately; to come or go meanly, as a person afraid or ashamed to be seen; as, to sneak away from company.

Sneak (imp. & p. p.) To act in a stealthy and cowardly manner; to behave with meanness and servility; to crouch.

Sneak (v. t.) To hide, esp. in a mean or cowardly manner.

Sneak (n.) A mean, sneaking fellow.

Sneak (n.) A ball bowled so as to roll along the ground; -- called also grub.

Sneak-cup (n.) One who sneaks from his cups; one who balks his glass.

Sneaker (n.) One who sneaks.

Sneaker (n.) A vessel of drink.

Sneakiness (n.) The quality of being sneaky.

Sneaking (a.) Marked by cowardly concealment; deficient in openness and courage; underhand; mean; crouching.

Sneaksby (n.) A paltry fellow; a sneak.

Sneaky (n.) Like a sneak; sneaking.

Sneap (v. t.) To check; to reprimand; to rebuke; to chide.

Sneap (v. t.) To nip; to blast; to blight.

Sneap (n.) A reprimand; a rebuke.

Sneath (n.) Alt. of Sneathe

Sneathe (n.) See Snath.

Sneb (v. t.) To reprimand; to sneap.

Sneck (v. t.) To fasten by a hatch; to latch, as a door.

Sneck (n.) A door latch.

Snecket (n.) A door latch, or sneck.

Sned (v. t.) To lop; to snathe.

Sned (n.) Alt. of Sneed

Sneed (n.) See Snath.

Sneered (imp. & p. p.) of Sneer

Sneering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sneer

Sneer (v. i.) To show contempt by turning up the nose, or by a particular facial expression.

Sneer (v. i.) To inssinuate contempt by a covert expression; to speak derisively.

Sneer (v. i.) To show mirth awkwardly.

Sneer (v. t.) To utter with a grimace or contemptuous expression; to utter with a sneer; to say sneeringly; as, to sneer fulsome lies at a person.

Sneer (v. t.) To treat with sneers; to affect or move by sneers.

Sneer (n.) The act of sneering.

Sneer (n.) A smile, grin, or contortion of the face, indicative of contempt; an indirect expression or insinuation of contempt.

Sneerer (n.) One who sneers.

Sneerful (a.) Given to sneering.

Sneeringly (adv.) In a sneering manner.

Sneezed (imp. & p. p.) of Sneeze

Sneezing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sneeze

Sneeze (v. i.) To emit air, chiefly through the nose, audibly and violently, by a kind of involuntary convulsive force, occasioned by irritation of the inner membrane of the nose.

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

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

Sneezewood (n.) The wood of a South African tree. See Neishout.

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

Sneezing (n.) 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.

Snell (a.) Active; brisk; nimble; quick; sharp.

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

Snet (n.) The fat of a deer.

Snet (v. t.) The clear of mucus; to blow.

Snew (v. i.) To snow; to abound.

Snib (v. t.) To check; to sneap; to sneb.

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