Defn: A smithy. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
SMIFTSmift, n.
Defn: A match for firing a charge of powder, as in blasting; a fuse.
SMIGHTSmight, v. t.
Defn: To smite. [Obs.] Spenser.
SMILACINSmil"a*cin, n. Etym: [Cf. F. similacine. See Smilax.] (Chem.)
Defn: See Parrilin.
SMILAX Smi"lax, n. Etym: [L., bindweed, Gr. (Bot.) (a) A genus of perennial climbing plants, usually with a prickly woody stem; green brier, or cat brier. The rootstocks of certain species are the source of the medicine called sarsaparilla. (b) A delicate trailing plant (Myrsiphyllum asparagoides) much used for decoration. It is a native of the Cape of Good Hope.
SMILE Smile, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Smiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Smiling.] Etym: [OE. smilen; akin to Dan. smile, Sw. smila, MHG. smielen, smieren, L. mirari to wonder at, Skr. smi to smile; and probably to E. smicker. sq. root173. Cf. Admire, Marvel, Smirk.]
1. To express amusement, pleasure, moderate joy, or love and kindness, by the features of the face; to laugh silently. He doth nothing but frown . . . He hears merry tales and smiles not. Shak. She led to see the doughty hero slain. Pope. When last I saw thy young blue eyes, they smiled. Byron.
2. To express slight contempt by a look implying sarcasm or pity; to sneer. 'T was what I said to Craggs and Child, Who praised my modesty, and smiled. Pope.
3. To look gay and joyous; to have an appearance suited to excite joy; as, smiling spring; smilimg plenty. The desert smiled, And paradise was opened in the wild. Pope.
4. To be propitious or favorable; to favor; to countenance; — often with on; as, to smile on one's labors.
SMILESmile, v. t.
1. To express by a smile; as, to smile consent; to smile a welcome to visitors.
2. To affect in a certain way with a smile. [R.] And sharply smile prevailing folly dead. Young.
SMILESmile, n. Etym: [CF. Dan. smiil, Sw. smil. See Smile, v. i.]
1. The act of smiling; a peculiar change or brightening of the face, which expresses pleasure, moderate joy, mirth, approbation, or kindness; — opposed to frown. Sweet intercourse Of looks and smiles: for smiles from reason flow. Milton.
2. A somewhat similar expression of countenance, indicative of satisfaction combined with malevolent feelings, as contempt, scorn, etc; as, a scornful smile.
3. Favor; countenance; propitiousness; as, the smiles of Providence. "The smile of heaven." Shak.
4. Gay or joyous appearance; as, the smiles of spring. The brightness of their [the flowers'] smile was gone. Bryant.
SMILELESSSmile"less, a.
Defn: Not having a smile.
SMILERSmil"er, n.
Defn: One who smiles. Tennyson.
SMILETSmil"et, n.
Defn: A little smile. [R.]Those happy smilets That played on her ripe lip. Shak.
SMILINGLYSmil"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: In a smiling manner. Shak.
SMILINGNESSSmil"ing*ness, n.
Defn: Quality or state of being smiling.And made despair a smilingness assume. Byron.
SMILODONSmi"lo*don, n. Etym: [Gr. (Paleon.)
Defn: An extinct genus of saber-toothed tigers. See Mach.
SMILTSmilt, v. i.
Defn: To melt. [Obs.] Mortimer.
SMINTHURIDSmin*thu"rid, n. Etym: [Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of numerous small species of springtails, of the familySminthurid, — usually found on flowers. See Illust. underCollembola.
SMIRCHSmirch, v. t. Etym: [From the root of smear.]
Defn: To smear with something which stains, or makes dirty; to smutch; to begrime; to soil; to sully. I'll . . . with a kind of umber smirch my face. Shak.
SMIRCHSmirch, n.
Defn: A smutch; a dirty stain.
SMIRKSmirk, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Smirked; p. pr. & vb. n. Smirking.] Etym:[OE. smirken, ASS. smercian, smearcian; cf. MHG. smieren, smielen, tosmile. See Smile, v. i.]
Defn: To smile in an affected or conceited manner; to smile with affected complaisance; to simper.
SMIRKSmirk, n.
Defn: A forced or affected smile; a simper.The bride, all smirk and blush, had just entered. Sir W. Scott.
SMIRKSmirk, a.
Defn: Nice,; smart; spruce; affected; simpering. "So smirk, so smooth." Spenser.
SMIRKINGLYSmirk"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: With smirking; with a smirk.
SMIRKYSmirk"y, a.
Defn: Smirk; smirking.
SMITSmit, rare
Defn: imp. & p. p. of Smite. Spenser.Smit with the beauty of so fair a scene. Cowper.
SMITSmit, obs.
Defn: 3d. pers. sing. pres. of Smite. Chaucer.
SMITE Smite, v. t. [imp. Smoth, rarely Smit (; p. p. Smitten, rarely Smit, or Smote; p. pr. & vb. n. Smiting.] Etym: [AS. smitan to smite, to soil, pollute; akin to OFries. smita to smite, LG. smiten, D. smijten, G. schmeissen, OHG. smizan to smear, stroke, OSw. & dial. Sw. smita to smite, Dan. smiide to throw, Goth. bismeitan, to anoint, besmear; cf. Skr. m to be fat. The original sense seems to have been, to daub on, to smear. Cf. Smut.]
1. To strike; to inflict a blow upon with the hand, or with any instrument held in the hand, or with a missile thrown by the hand; as, to smite with the fist, with a rod, sword, spear, or stone. Whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. Matt. v. 39. And David . . . took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead. 1 Sam. xvii. 49.
2. To cause to strike; to use as an instrument in striking orhurling.Profpesy, and smite thine hands together. Ezek. xxi. 14.Saul . . . smote the javelin into the wall. 1 Sam. xix. 10.
3. To destroy the life of by beating, or by weapons of any kind; to slay by a blow; to kill; as, to smite one with the sword, or with an arrow or other instrument.
4. To put to rout in battle; to overthrow by war.
5. To blast; to destroy the life or vigor of, as by a stroke or by some visitation. The flax and the barely was smitten. Ex. ix. 31.
6. To afflict; to chasten; to punish. Let us not mistake God's goodness, nor imagine, because he smites us, that we are forsaken by him. Wake.
7. To strike or affect with passion, as love or fear.The charms that smite the simple heart. Pope.Smith with the love of sister arts we came. Pope.To smite off, to cut off.— To smite out, to knock out, as a tooth. Exod,xxi.27.— To smite with the tongue, to reproach or upbarid; to revile.[Obs.] Jer. xviii. 18.
SMITESmite, v. i.
Defn: To strike; to collide; to beat. [Archaic]The heart meleth, and the knees smite together. Nah. ii. 10.
SMITESmite, n.
Defn: The act of smiting; a blow.
SMITERSmit"er, n.
Defn: One who smites.I give my back to the smiters. Isa. l. 6.
SMITHSmith, n. Etym: [AS. smi; akin to D. smid, G. schmied, OHG. smid,Icel. smi, Dan. & Sw. smed, Goth. smi (in comp.); cf. Gr.
1. One who forgess with the hammer; one who works in metals; as, a blacksmith, goldsmith, silversmith, and the like. Piers Plowman. Nor yet the smith hath learned to form a sword. Tate.
2. One who makes or effects anything. [R.] Dryden.
SMITHSmith, v. t. Etym: [AS. smi. See Smith, n.]
Defn: To beat into shape; to fprge. [Obs.] Chaucer.What smith that any [weapon] smitheth. Piers Plowman.
SMITHCRAFTSmith"craft`, n.
Defn: The art or occupation of a smith; smithing. [R.] Sir W.Raleigh.
SMITHERSmith"er, n.
1. Light, fine rain. [Prov. Eng.]
2. pl.
Defn: Fragments; atoms; finders. [Prov. Eng.]Smash the bottle to smithers. Tennyson.
SMITHEREENSSmith`er*eens", n. pl.
Defn: Fragments; atoms; smithers. [Colloq.] W. Black.
SMITHERYSmith"er*y, n.; pl. -ies (.
1. The workshop of a smith; a smithy or stithy.
2. Work done by a smith; smithing. The din of all his smithery may some time or other possibly wake this noble duke. Burke.
SMITHINGSmith"ing, n.
Defn: The act or art of working or forging metals, as iron, into any desired shape. Moxon.
SMITHSONIANSmith*so"ni*an, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to the Englishman J.L.M. Smithson, or to the national institution of learning which he endowed at Washington, D.C.; as, the Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Reports. — n.
Defn: The Smithsonian Institution.
SMITHSONITESmith"son*ite, n. Etym: [See Smithsonian.] (Min.)
Defn: Native zinc carbonate. It generally occurs in stalactitic, reniform, or botryoidal shapes, of a white to gray, green, or brown color. See Note under Calamine.
SMITHY Smith"y, n. Etym: [AS. smi, fr. smi; akin to D. smidse, smids, OHG. smitta, G. schmiede, Icel. smi. See Smith, n.]
Defn: The workshop of a smith, esp. a blacksmith; a smithery; a stithy. [Written also smiddy.] Under a spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands. Lonfellow.
SMITTSmitt, n. Etym: [CF. G. schmitz a stain, schmitzen besmear. SeeSmite, v. t.]
Defn: Fine clay or ocher made up into balls, used for marking sheep.[Eng.] Woodsward.
SMITTENSmit"ten,
Defn: p. p. of Smite.
SMITTLE Smit"tle, v. t. Etym: [Freq. fr. OE. smitten to befoul. See Smite, v. t.]
Defn: To infect. [Prov. Eng.]
SMITTLESmit"tle, n.
Defn: Infection. [Pov. Eng.] Wright.
SMITTLE; SMITTLISHSmit"tle, Smit"tlish, a.
Defn: Infectious; catching. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] H. Kingsley.
SMOCK Smock, n. Etym: [AS. smoc; akin to OHG. smocho, Icel. smokkr, and from the root of AS. sm to creep, akin to G. schmiegen to cling to, press close. MHG. smiegen, Icel. smj to creep through, to put on a garment which has a hole to put the head through; cf. Lith. smukti to glide. Cf. Smug, Smuggle.]
1. A woman's under-garment; a shift; a chemise. In her smock, with head and foot all bare. Chaucer.
2. A blouse; a smoock frock. Carlyle.
SMOCKSmock, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to a smock; resembling a smock; hence, of or pertaining to a woman. Smock mill, a windmill of which only the cap turns round to meet the wind, in distinction from a post mill, whose whole building turns on a post. — Smock race, a race run by women for the prize of a smock. [Prov. Eng.]
SMOCKSmock, v. t.
Defn: To provide with, or clothe in, a smock or a smock frock.Tennyson.
SMOCK-FACEDSmock"-faced`, a.
Defn: Having a feminine countenance or complexion; smooth-faced; girlish. Fenton.
SMOCK FROCKSmock" frock`.
Defn: A coarse frock, or shirt, worn over the other dress, as by farm laborers. Macaulay.
SMOCKLESSSmock"less, a.
Defn: Wanting a smock. Chaucer.
SMOKABLESmok"a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being smoked; suitable or ready to be smoked; as, smokable tobacco.
SMOKE Smoke, n. Etym: [AS. smoca, fr. smeócan to smoke; akin to LG. & D. smook smoke, Dan. smög, G. schmauch, and perh. to Gr. smaugti to choke.]
1. The visible exhalation, vapor, or substance that escapes, or expelled, from a burning body, especially from burning vegetable matter, as wood, coal, peat, or the like.
Note: The gases of hydrocarbons, raised to a red heat or thereabouts, without a mixture of air enough to produce combustion, disengage their carbon in a fine powder, forming smoke. The disengaged carbon when deposited on solid bodies is soot.
2. That which resembles smoke; a vapor; a mist.
3. Anything unsubstantial, as idle talk. Shak.
4. The act of smoking, esp. of smoking tobacco; as, to have a smoke. [Colloq.]
Note: Smoke is sometimes joined with other word. forming self- explaining compounds; as, smoke-consuming, smoke-dried, smoke- stained, etc. Smoke arch, the smoke box of a locomotive. — Smoke ball (Mil.), a ball or case containing a composition which, when it burns, sends forth thick smoke. — Smoke black, lampblack. [Obs.] — Smoke board, a board suspended before a fireplace to prevent the smoke from coming out into the room. — Smoke box, a chamber in a boiler, where the smoke, etc., from the furnace is collected before going out at the chimney. — Smoke sail (Naut.), a small sail in the lee of the galley stovepipe, to prevent the smoke from annoying people on deck. — Smoke tree (Bot.), a shrub (Rhus Cotinus) in which the flowers are mostly abortive and the panicles transformed into tangles of plumose pedicels looking like wreaths of smoke. — To end in smoke, to burned; hence, to be destroyed or ruined; figuratively, to come to nothing.
Syn.— Fume; reek; vapor.
SMOKESmoke, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Smoked; p. pr. & vb n. Smoking.] Etym:[AS. smocian; akin to D. smoken, G. schmauchen, Dan. smöge. SeeSmoke, n.]
1. To emit smoke; to throw off volatile matter in the form of vapor or exhalation; to reek. Hard by a cottage chimney smokes. Milton.
2. Hence, to burn; to be kindled; to rage. The anger of the Lord and his jealousy shall smoke agains. that man. Deut. xxix. 20.
3. To raise a dust or smoke by rapid motion. Proud of his steeds, he smokes along the field. Dryden.
4. To draw into the mouth the smoke of tobacco burning in a pipe or in the form of a cigar, cigarette, etc.; to habitually use tobacco in this manner.
5. To suffer severely; to be punished. Some of you shall smoke for it in Rome. Shak.
SMOKESmoke, v. t.
1. 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.
2. To fill or scent with smoke; hence, to fill with incense; to perfume. "Smoking the temple." Chaucer.
3. To smell out; to hunt out; to find out; to detect.I alone Smoked his true person, talked with him. Chapman.He was first smoked by the old Lord Lafeu. Shak.Upon that . . . I began to smoke that they were a parcel of mummers.Addison.
4. To ridicule to the face; to quiz. [Old Slang]
5. To inhale and puff out the smoke of, as tobacco; to burn or use in smoking; as, to smoke a pipe or a cigar.
6. To subject to the operation of smoke, for the purpose of annoying or driving out; — often with out; as, to smoke a woodchuck out of his burrow.
SMOKE BALLSmoke ball.
Defn: Same as Puffball.
SMOKE-DRYSmoke"-dry`, v. t.
Defn: To dry by or in smoke.
SMOKEHOUSESmoke"house`, n.
Defn: A building where meat or fish is cured by subjecting it to a dense smoke.
SMOKEJACKSmoke"jack`, n.
Defn: A contrivance for turning a spit by means of a fly or wheel moved by the current of ascending air in a chimney.
SMOKELESSSmoke"less, a.
Defn: Making or having no smoke. "Smokeless towers." Pope.
SMOKELESS POWDERSmoke"less pow"der.
Defn: A high-explosive gunpowder whose explosion produces little, if any, smoke.
SMOKERSmok"er, n.
1. One who dries or preserves by smoke.
2. One who smokes tobacco or the like.
3. A smoking car or compartment. [U. S.]
SMOKESTACKSmoke"stack`, n.
Defn: 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.
SMOKILYSmok"i*ly, adv.
Defn: In a smoky manner.
SMOKINESSSmok"i*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being smoky.
SMOKINGSmok"ing, a. & n.
Defn: from Smoke. Smoking bean (Bot.), the long pod of the catalpa, or Indian-bean tree, often smoked by boys as a substitute for cigars. — Smoking car, a railway car carriage reserved for the use of passengers who smoke tobacco.
SMOKYSmok"y, a. [Compar. Smokier; superl. Smokiest.]
1. Emitting smoke, esp. in large quantities or in an offensive manner; fumid; as, smoky fires.
2. Having the appearance or nature of smoke; as, a smoky fog. "Unlustrous as the smoky light." Shak.
3. Filled with smoke, or with a vapor resembling smoke; thick; as, a smoky atmosphere.
4. Subject to be filled with smoke from chimneys or fireplace; as, a smoky house.
5. Tarnished with smoke; noisome with smoke; as, smoky rafters; smoky cells.
6. Suspicious; open to suspicion. [Obs.] Foote. Smoky quartz (Min.), a variety of quartz crystal of a pale to dark smoky-brown color. See Quartz.
SMOLDER; SMOULDERSmol"der, Smoul"der, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Smoldered or Smouldered; p.pr. & vb. n. Smoldering or Smouldering.] Etym: [OE. smolderen; cf.Prov. G. smölen, smelen, D. smeulen. Cf. Smell.]
1. To burn and smoke without flame; to waste away by a slow and supressed combustion. The smoldering dust did round about him smoke. Spenser.
2. To exist in a state of suppressed or smothered activity; to burn inwardly; as, a smoldering feud.
SMOLDER; SMOULDERSmol"der, Smoul"der, v. t.
Defn: To smother; to suffocate; to choke. [Obs.] Holinshed.Palsgrave.
SMOLDER; SMOULDERSmol"der, Smoul"der, n.
Defn: Smoke; smother. [Obs.]The smolder stops our nose with stench. Gascoigne.
SMOLDERING; SMOULDERINGSmol"der*ing, Smoul"der*ing, a.
Defn: Being in a state of suppressed activity; quiet but not dead.Some evil chance Will make the smoldering scandal break and blaze.Tennyson.
SMOLDERINGNESS; SMOULDERINGNESSSmol"der*ing*ness, Smoul"der*ing*ness, n.
Defn: The state of smoldering.
SMOLDRY; SMOULDRYSmol"dry, Smoul"dry, a.
Defn: Smoldering; suffocating; smothery. [Obs.]A flaming fire ymixt with smoldry smoke. Spenser.
SMOLTSmolt, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A young salmon two or three years old, when it has acquired its silvery color.
SMOOCHSmooch, v. t.
Defn: See Smutch.
SMOOR Smoor, v. t. Etym: [AS. smorian; akin to D. & LG. smoren, G. schmoren to stew. Cf. Smother.]
Defn: To suffocate or smother. [Written also smore.] [Obs. or Prov.Eng. & Scot.] Sir T. More. Burns.
SMOOTHSmooth, a. [Compar. Smoother; superl. Smoothest.] Etym: [OE. smothe,smethe, AS. smeedhe, smoeedte, where e, oe, come from an older o; cf.LG. smöde, smöe, smödig; of uncertain origin.]
1. Having an even surface, or a surface so even that no roughness or points can be perceived by the touch; not rough; as, smooth glass; smooth porcelain. Chaucer. The outlines must be smooth, imperceptible to the touch, and even, without eminence or cavities. Dryden.
2. Evenly spread or arranged; sleek; as, smooth hair.
3. Gently flowing; moving equably; not ruffled or obstructed; as, a smooth stream.
4. Flowing or uttered without check, obstruction, or hesitation; not harsh; voluble; even; fluent. The only smooth poet of those times. Milton. Waller was smooth; but Dryden taught to join The varying verse, the full-resounding line. Pope. When sage Minerva rose, From her sweet lips smooth elocution flows. Gay.
5. Bland; mild; smoothing; fattering. This smooth discourse and mild behavior oft Conceal a traitor. Addison.
6. (Mech. & Physics)
Defn: Causing no resistance to a body sliding along its surface; frictionless.
Note: Smooth is often used in the formation of selfexplaining compounds; as, smooth-bodied, smooth-browed, smooth-combed, smooth- faced, smooth-finished, smooth-gliding, smooth-grained, smooth- leaved, smooth-sliding, smooth-speaking, smooth-woven, and the like.
Syn. — Even; plain; level; flat; polished; glossy; sleek; soft; bland; mild; soothing; voluble; flattering; adulatory; deceptive.
SMOOTHSmooth, adv.
Defn: Smoothly. Chaucer.Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep. Shak.
SMOOTHSmooth, n.
1. The act of making smooth; a stroke which smooths. Thackeray.
2. That which is smooth; the smooth part of anything. "The smooth of his neck." Gen. xxvii. 16.
SMOOTHSmooth, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smoothed (smoothd); p. pr. & vb. n.Smoothing.] Etym: [OE. smothen, smethen, AS. smeedhian; cf. LG.smöden. See Smooth, a.]
Defn: To make smooth; to make even on the surface by any means; as, to smooth a board with a plane; to smooth cloth with an iron. Specifically: — (a) To free from obstruction; to make easy. Thou, Abelard! the last sad office pay, And smooth my passage to the realms of day. Pope.
(b) To free from harshness; to make flowing. In their motions harmony divine So smooths her charming tones that God's own ear Listens delighted. Milton.
(c) To palliate; to gloze; as, to smooth over a fault. (d) To give a smooth or calm appearance to. Each perturbation smoothed with outward calm. Milton.
(e) To ease; to regulate. Dryden.
SMOOTHSmooth, v. i.
Defn: To flatter; to use blandishment. Because I can not flatter and speak fair, Smile in men's faces, smooth, deceive and cog. Shak.
SMOOTHBORESmooth"bore`, a. (Gun.)
Defn: Having a bore of perfectly smooth surface; — distinguished from rifled. — n.
Defn: A smoothbore firearm.
SMOOTH-CHINNEDSmooth"-chinned`, a.
Defn: Having a smooth chin; beardless. Drayton.
SMOOTHENSmooth"en, v. t.
Defn: To make smooth. [Obs.]
SMOOTHERSmooth"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, smooths.
SMOOTHINGSmooth"ing, a. & n.
Defn: fr. Smooth, v. Smoothing iron, an iron instrument with a polished face, for smoothing clothes; a sadiron; a flatiron. — Smoothing plane, a short, finely set plane, for smoothing and finishing work.
SMOOTHLYSmooth"ly, adv.
Defn: In a smooth manner.
SMOOTHNESSSmooth"ness, n.
Defn: Quality or state of being smooth.
SMOOTH-SPOKENSmooth"-spo`ken, a.
Defn: Speaking smoothly; plausible; flattering; smooth-tongued.
SMOOTH-TONGUEDSmooth"-tongued`, a.
Defn: Having a smooth tongue; plausible; flattering.
SMORESmore, v. t.
Defn: To smother. See Smoor. [Obs.]Some dying vomit blood, and some were smored. Du Bartas.
SMORZANDO; SMORSATOSmor*zan"do, Smor*sa"to, a. Etym: [It.] (Mus.)
Defn: Growing gradually fainter and softer; dying away; morendo.
SMOTESmote,
Defn: imp. (and rare p. p.) of Smite.
SMOTERLICHSmo"ter*lich, a. Etym: [CF. Smut.]
Defn: Dirty foul. [Obs.] Chaucer.
SMOTHERSmoth"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smothered; p. pr. & vb. n. Smothering.]Etym: [OE. smotheren; akin to E. smoor. See Smoor.]
1. To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to prevent breathing; to suffocate; as, to smother a child.
2. To affect as by suffocation; to stife; to deprive of air by a thick covering, as of ashes, of smoke, or the like; as, to smother a fire.
3. Hence, to repress the action of; to cover from public view; to suppress; to conceal; as, to smother one's displeasure.
SMOTHERSmoth"er, v. i.
1. To be suffocated or stifled.
2. To burn slowly, without sufficient air; to smolder.
SMOTHERSmoth"er, n. Etym: [OE. smorther. See Smother, v. t.]
1. Stifling smoke; thick dust. Shak.
2. A state of suppression. [Obs.] Not to keep their suspicions in smother. Bacon. Smother fly (Zoöl.), an aphid.
SMOTHERED MATESmoth"ered mate. (Chess)
Defn: Checkmate given when movement of the king is completely obstructed by his own men.
SMOTHERINESSSmoth"er*i*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being smothery.
SMOTHERINGLYSmoth"er*ing*ly, adv.
Defn: In a smothering manner.
SMOTHERYSmoth"er*y, a.
Defn: Tending to smother; stifling.
SMOUCHSmouch, v. t. Etym: [Akin to smack.]
Defn: To kiss closely. [Obs.] P. Stubbes.
SMOUCHSmouch, v. t. Etym: [See Smutch.]
Defn: To smutch; to soil; as, to smouch the face.
SMOUCHSmouch, n.
Defn: A dark soil or stain; a smutch.
SMOULDERSmoul"der, v. i.
Defn: See Smolder.
SMOULDRYSmoul"dry, a.
Defn: See Smoldry.
SMUDGESmudge, n. Etym: [Cf. Dan. smuds smut, E. smutch, or smoke.]
1. A suffocating smoke. Grose.
2. A heap of damp combustibles partially ignited and burning slowly, placed on the windward side of a house, tent, or the like, in order, by the thick smoke, to keep off mosquitoes or other insects. [U. S.] Bartlett.
3. That which is smeared upon anything; a stain; a blot; a smutch; a smear.
SMUDGESmudge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smudged; p. pr. & vb. n. Smudging.]
1. To stifle or smother with smoke; to smoke by means of a smudge.
2. To smear; to smutch; to soil; to blacken with smoke.
SMUDGINESSSmudg"i*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being smudged, soiled, or blurred. C.A. Young.
SMUG Smug, a. Etym: [Of. Scand. or Low German origin; cf. LG. smuck, G. schmuck, Dan. smuk, OSw. smuck, smöck, and E. smock, smuggle; cf. G. schmuck ornament. See Smock.]
Defn: Studiously neat or nice, especially in dress; spruce;affectedly precise; smooth and prim.They be so smug and smooth. Robynson (More's Utopia).The smug and scanty draperies of his style. De Quincey.A young, smug, handsome holiness has no fellow. Beau & Fl.
SMUGSmug, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smugged; p. pr. & vb. n. Smugging.]
Defn: To make smug, or spruce. [Obs.]Thus said, he smugged his beard, and stroked up fair. Dryton.
SMUGGLE Smug"gle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smuggled; p. pr. & vb. n. Smuggling.] Etym: [Of Low German or Scand. origin; cf. LG. smuggeln, D. smokkelen, G. schmuggeln, Dan. smugle, Sw. smyga to introduce or convey secretly, Dan. i smug secretly, D. smuigen to eat in secret, AS. smgan to creep. See Smock.]
1. To import or export secretly, contrary to the law; to import or export without paying the duties imposed by law; as, to smuggle lace.
2. Fig.: To convey or introduce clandestinely.
SMUGGLESmug"gle, v. i.
Defn: To import or export in violation of the customs laws.
SMUGGLERSmug"gler, n.
1. One who smuggles.
2. A vessel employed in smuggling.
SMUGLYSmug"ly, adv.
Defn: In a smug manner. [R.] Gay.
SMUGNESSSmug"ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being smug.
SMUT Smut, n. Etym: [Akin to Sw. smuts, Dan. smuds, MHG. smuz, G. schmutz, D. smet a spot or stain, smoddig, smodsig, smodderig, dirty, smodderen to smut; and probably to E. smite. See Smite, v. t., and cf. Smitt, Smutch.]
1. Foul matter, like soot or coal dust; also, a spot or soil made by such matter.
2. (Mining)
Defn: Bad, soft coal, containing much earthy matter, found in the immediate locality of faults.
3. (Bot.)
Defn: An affection of cereal grains producing a swelling which is at length resolved into a powdery sooty mass. It is caused by parasitic fungi of the genus Ustilago. Ustilago segetum, or U. Carbo, is the commonest kind; that of Indian corn is Ustilago maydis.
4. Obscene language; ribaldry; obscenity. He does not stand upon decency . . . but will talk smut, though a priest and his mother be in the room. Addison. Smut mill, a machine for cleansing grain from smut.
SMUTSmut, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smutted; p. pr. & vb. n. Smutting.]
1. To stain or mark with smut; to blacken with coal, soot, or other dirty substance.
2. To taint with mildew, as grain. Bacon.
3. To blacken; to sully or taint; to tarnish.
4. To clear of smut; as, to smut grain for the mill.
SMUTSmut, v. i.
1. To gather smut; to be converted into smut; to become smutted. Mortimer.
2. To give off smut; to crock.
SMUTCHSmutch, n. Etym: [Prob. for smuts. See Smut, n.]
Defn: A stain; a dirty spot. B. Jonson.
SMUTCHSmutch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smutched; p. pr. & vb. n. Smutching.]
Defn: To blacken with smoke, soot, or coal. [Written also smooch.] B.Jonson.
SMUTCHINSmutch"in, n.
Defn: Snuff. [Obs.] Howell.
SMUTTYSmut"ty, a. [Compar. Smuttier; superl. Smuttiest.]
1. Soiled with smut; smutted.
2. Tainted with mildew; as, smutty corn.
3. Obscene; not modest or pure; as, a smutty saying.The smutty joke, ridiculously lewd. Smollett.— Smut"ti*ly, adv.— Smut"ti*ness, n.
SMYRNIOTSmyr"ni*ot, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to Smyrna.— n.
Defn: A native or inhabitant of Smyrna.
SNACKSnack, n. Etym: [See Snatch, v. t.]
1. A share; a part or portion; — obsolete, except in the colloquial phrase, to go snacks, i. e., to share. At last he whispers, "Do, and we go snacks." Pope.
2. A slight, hasty repast. [Colloq.]
SNACKETSnack"et, n.
Defn: See Snecket. [Prov. Eng.]
SNACOT Snac"ot, n. Etym: [Said to be corrupted fr. NL. syngnathus, fr. Gr. sy`n together + gna`qos jaw, because the jaws can be only slightly separated.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A pipefish of the genus Syngnathus. See Pipefish.
SNAFFLE Snaf"fle, n. Etym: [D. snavel a beak, bill, snout; akin to G. schnabel, OHG. snabul,. sneb, snebbe, OFries. snavel mouth, Dan. & Sw. snabel beak, bill, Lith. snapas, and to E. snap, v. See Snap, and cf. Neb.]
Defn: A kind of bridle bit, having a joint in the part to be placed in the mouth, and rings and cheek pieces at the ends, but having no curb; — called also snaffle bit.
SNAFFLESnaf"fle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snaffled; p. pr. & vb. n. Snaffling.]
Defn: To put a snaffle in the mouth of; to subject to the snaffle; to bridle.
SNAG Snag, n. Etym: [Prov. E., n., a lump on a tree where a branch has been cut off; v., to cut off the twigs and small branches from a tree, of Celtic origin; cf. Gael. snaigh, snaidh, to cut down, to prune, to sharpen, p. p. snaighte, snaidhte, cut off, lopped, Ir. snaigh a hewing, cutting.]
1. A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch; a knot; a protuberance. The coat of arms Now on a naked snag in triumph borne. Dryden.
2. A tooth projecting beyond the rest; contemptuously, a broken or decayed tooth. Prior.
3. A tree, or a branch of a tree, fixed in the bottom of a river or other navigable water, and rising nearly or quite to the surface, by which boats are sometimes pierced and sunk.
4. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the secondary branches of an antler. Snag boat, a steamboat fitted with apparatus for removing snags and other obstructions in navigable streams. [U.S.] — Snag tooth. Same as Snag, 2. How thy snag teeth stand orderly, Like stakes which strut by the water side. J. Cotgrave.
SNAGSnag, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snagged; p. pr. & vb. n. Snagging.]
1. To cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree; to hew roughly. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
2. To injure or destroy, as a steamboat or other vessel, by a snag, or projecting part of a sunken tree. [U. S.]
SNAGGEDSnag"ged, a.
Defn: Full of snags; snaggy.
SNAGGYSnag"gy, a.
1. Full of snags; full of short, rough branches or sharp points; abounding with knots. "Upon a snaggy oak." Spenser.
2. Snappish; cross; ill-tempered. [Prov. Eng.]
SNAILSnail, n. Etym: [OE. snaile, AS. sn, snegel, sn; akin to G. schnecke,OHG. snecko, Dan. snegl, Icel. snigill.]
1. (Zoöl.) (a) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial air-breathing gastropods belonging to the genus Helix and many allied genera of the family Helicidæ. They are abundant in nearly all parts of the world except the arctic regions, and feed almost entirely on vegetation; a land sanil. (b) Any gastropod having a general resemblance to the true snails, including fresh-water and marine species. See Pond snail, under Pond, and Sea snail.
2. Hence, a drone; a slow-moving person or thing.
3. (Mech.)
Defn: A spiral cam, or a flat piece of metal of spirally curved outline, used for giving motion to, or changing the position of, another part, as the hammer tail of a striking clock.
4. A tortoise; in ancient warfare, a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers; a testudo. [Obs.] They had also all manner of gynes [engines] . . . that needful is [in] taking or sieging of castle or of city, as snails, that was naught else but hollow pavises and targets, under the which men, when they fought, were heled [protected], . . . as the snail is in his house; therefore they cleped them snails. Vegetius (Trans.).
5. (Bot.)
Defn: The pod of the sanil clover. Ear snail, Edible snail, Pondsnail, etc. See under Ear, Edible, etc.— Snail borer (Zoöl.), a boring univalve mollusk; a drill.— Snail clover (Bot.), a cloverlike plant (Medicago scuttellata,also, M. Helix); — so named from its pods, which resemble the shellsof snails; — called also snail trefoil, snail medic, and beehive.— Snail flower (Bot.), a leguminous plant (Phaseolus Caracalla)having the keel of the carolla spirally coiled like a snail shell.— Snail shell (Zoöl.), the shell of snail.— Snail trefoil. (Bot.) See Snail clover, above.
SNAILFISHSnail"fish`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Sea snail (a).
SNAIL-LIKESnail"-like`, a.
Defn: Like or suiting a snail; as, snail-like progress.
SNAIL-LIKESnail"-like`, adv.
Defn: In the manner of a snail; slowly.
SNAIL-PACEDSnail"-paced`, a.
Defn: Slow-moving, like a snail.Bid the snail-paced Ajax arm for shame. Shak.
'SNAILS'Snails, interj.
Defn: God's nails, or His nails, that is, the nails with which the Savior was fastened to the cross; — an ancient form of oath, corresponding to 'Od's bodikins (dim. of body, i.e., God's dear body). Beau & Fl.
SNAKE Snake, n. Etym: [AS. snaca; akin to LG. snake, schnake, Icel. snakr, sn, Dan. snog, Sw. snok; of uncertain origin.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any species of the order Ophidia; an ophidian; a serpent, whether harmless or venomous. See Ophidia, and Serpent.
Note: Snakes are abundant in all warm countries, and much the largernumber are harmless to man. Blind snake, Garter snake, Green snake,King snake, Milk snake, Rock snake, Water snake, etc. See underBlind, Garter, etc.— Fetich snake (Zoöl.), a large African snake (Python Sebæ) used bythe natives as a fetich.— Ringed snake (Zoöl.), a common European columbrine snake(Tropidonotus natrix).— Snake eater. (Zoöl.) (a) The markhoor. (b) The secretary bird.— Snake fence, a worm fence (which see). [U.S.] — Snake fly(Zoöl.), any one of several species of neuropterous insects of thegenus Rhaphidia; — so called because of their large head andelongated neck and prothorax.— Snake gourd (Bot.), a cucurbitaceous plant (Trichosanthesanguina) having the fruit shorter and less snakelike than that of theserpent cucumber.— Snake killer. (Zoöl.) (a) The secretary bird. (b) The chaparralcock.— Snake moss (Bot.), the common club moss (Lycopodium clavatum).See Lycopodium.— Snake nut (Bot.), the fruit of a sapindaceous tree (Ophiocaryonparadoxum) of Guiana, the embryo of which resembles a snake coiledup.— Tree snake (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of colubrinesnakes which habitually live in trees, especially those of the genusDendrophis and allied genera.
SNAKESnake, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snaked; p. pr. & vb. n. Snaking.]
1. To drag or draw, as a snake from a hole; — often with out. [Colloq. U.S.] Bartlett.
2. (Naut.)
Defn: To wind round spirally, as a large rope with a smaller, or with cord, the small rope lying in the spaces between the strands of the large one; to worm.
SNAKESnake, v. i.
Defn: To crawl like a snake.
SNAKEBIRDSnake"bird`, n. Etym: [So named from its snakelike neck.] (Zoöl.)
1. 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.
Note: The American species (Anhinga, or Plotus, anhinga) inhabits the Southern United States and tropical America; — called also darter, and water turkey. The Asiatic species (A. melanogaster) is native of Southern Asia and the East Indies. Two other species inhabit Africa and Australia respectively.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The wryneck.
SNAKEFISH Snake"fish`, n. (Zoöl.) (a) The band fish. (b) The lizard fish.
SNAKEHEADSnake"head`, n.
1. 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.
2. (Bot.) (a) The turtlehead. (b) The Guinea-hen flower. See Snake's-head, and under Guinea.
SNAKENECKSnake"neck`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The snakebird, 1.
SNAKEROOTSnake"root`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: 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.
Note: The Virginia snakeroot is Aristolochia Serpentaria; black snakeroot is Sanicula, esp. S. Marilandica, also Cimicifuga racemosa; Seneca snakeroot is Polygala Senega; button snakeroot is Liatris, also Eryngium; white snakeroot is Eupatorium ageratoides. The name is also applied to some others besides these.
SNAKE'S-HEADSnake's"-head`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: The Guinea-hen flower; — so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head. Dr. Prior. Snake's-head iris (Bot.), an iridaceous plant (Hermodactylus tuberosus) of the Mediterranean region. The flowers slightly resemble a serpent's open mouth.
SNAKESTONESnake"stone`, n.
1. A kind of hone slate or whetstone obtained in Scotland.
2. (Paleon.)
Defn: An ammonite; — so called from its form, which resembles that of a coiled snake.
SNAKE'S-TONGUESnake's-tongue`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: Same as Adder's-tongue.
SNAKEWEED Snake"weed`, n. (Bot.) (a) A kind of knotweed (Polygonum Bistorta). (b) The Virginia snakeroot. See Snakeroot.
SNAKEWOOD Snake"wood`, n. (Bot.) (a) An East Indian climbing plant (Strychnos colubrina) having a bitter taste, and supposed to be a remedy for the bite of the hooded serpent. (b) An East Indian climbing shrub (Ophioxylon serpentinum) which has the roots and stems twisted so as to resemble serpents. (c) Same as Trumpetwood. (d) A tropical American shrub (Plumieria rubra) which has very fragrant red blossoms. (e) Same as Letterwood.
SNAKISHSnak"ish, a.
Defn: Having the qualities or characteristics of a snake; snaky.
SNAKYSnak"y, a.
1. Of or pertaining to a snake or snakes; resembling a snake; serpentine; winding. The red light playing upon its gilt and carving gave it an appearance of snaky life. L. Wallace.
2. Sly; cunning; insinuating; deceitful. So to the coast of Jordan he directs His easy steps, girded with snaky wiles. Milton.
3. Covered with serpents; having serpents; as, a snaky rod or wand. Dryden. That snaky-headed, Gorgon shield. Milton.
SNAP Snap, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snapped; p. pr. & vb. n. Snapping.] Etym: [LG. or D. snappen to snap up, to snatch; akin to G. schnappen, MHG. snaben, Dan. snappe, and to D. snavel beak, bill. Cf. Neb, Snaffle, n.]
1. To break at once; to break short, as substances that are brittle. Breaks the doors open, snaps the locks. Prior.
2. To strike, to hit, or to shut, with a sharp sound.
3. To bite or seize suddenly, especially with the teeth. He, by playing too often at the mouth of death, has been snapped by it at last. South.
4. To break upon suddenly with sharp, angry words; to treat snappishly; — usually with up. Granville.
5. To crack; to cause to make a sharp, cracking noise; as, to snap a whip. MacMorian snapped his fingers repeatedly. Sir W. Scott.
6. To project with a snap. To snap back (Football), to roll the ball back with the foot; — done only by the center rush, who thus delivers the ball to the quarter back on his own side when both sides are ranged in line. — To snap off. (a) To break suddenly. (b) To bite off suddenly.
SNAPSnap, v. i.
1. To break short, or at once; to part asunder suddenly; as, a mast snaps; a needle snaps. But this weapon will snap short, unfaithful to the hand that employs it. Burke.
2. To give forth, or produce, a sharp, cracking noise; to crack; as, blazing firewood snaps.
3. To make an effort to bite; to aim to seize with the teeth; to catch eagerly (at anything); — often with at; as, a dog snapsat a passenger; a fish snaps at the bait.
4. To utter sharp, harsh, angry words; — often with at; as, to snap at a child.
5. To miss fire; as, the gun snapped.
SNAPSnap, n. Etym: [Cf. D. snap a snatching. See Snap, v. t.]
1. A sudden breaking or rupture of any substance.
2. A sudden, eager bite; a sudden seizing, or effort to seize, as with the teeth.
3. A sudden, sharp motion or blow, as with the finger sprung from the thumb, or the thumb from the finger.
4. A sharp, abrupt sound, as that made by the crack of a whip; as, the snap of the trigger of a gun.
5. A greedy fellow. L'Estrange.
6. That which is, or may be, snapped up; something bitten off, seized, or obtained by a single quick movement; hence, a bite, morsel, or fragment; a scrap. He's a nimble fellow, And alike skilled in every liberal science, As having certain snaps of all. B. Jonson.
7. A sudden severe interval or spell; — applied to the weather; as, a cold snap. Lowell.
8. A small catch or fastening held or closed by means of a spring, or one which closes with a snapping sound, as the catch of a bracelet, necklace, clasp of a book, etc.
9. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A snap beetle.
10. A thin, crisp cake, usually small, and flavored with ginger; — used chiefly in the plural.
11. Briskness; vigor; energy; decision. [Colloq.]
12. Any circumstance out of which money may be made or an advantage gained. [Slang] Snap back (Football), the act of snapping back the ball. — Snap beetle, or Snap bug (Zoöl.), any beetle of the family Elateridæ, which, when laid on its back, is able to leap to a considerable height by means of a thoracic spring; — called also snapping beetle. — Snap flask (Molding), a flask for small work, having its sides separable and held together by latches, so that the flask may be removed from around the sand mold. — Snap judgment, a judgment formed on the instant without deliberation. — Snap lock, a lock shutting with a catch or snap. — Snap riveting, riveting in which the rivets have snapheads formed by a die or swaging tool. — Snap shot, a quick offhand shot, without deliberately taking aim.
SNAPDRAGONSnap"drag`on, n.
1. (Bot.) (a) Any plant of the scrrophulariaceous genus Antirrhinum, especially the cultivated A. majus, whose showy flowers are fancifully likened to the face of a dragon. (b) A West Indian herb (Ruellia tuberosa) with curiously shaped blue flowers.
2. A play in which raisins are snatched from a vessel containing burning brandy, and eaten; also, that which is so eaten. See Flapdragon. Swift.
SNAPESnape, v. t. (Shipbuilding)
Defn: To bevel the end of a timber to fit against an inclined surface.
SNAPHANCE Snap"hance`, n. Etym: [D. snaphaan a gun, originally, the snapping cock of a gun. See Snap, and Hen.]
1. A spring lock for discharging a firearm; also, the firearm to which it is attached. [Obs.]
2. A trifling or second-rate thing or person. [Obs.]
SNAPHEADSnap"head`, n.
Defn: 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.
SNAPPERSnap"per, n.
1. One who, or that which, snaps; as, a snapper up of trifles; the snapper of a whip.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of several species of large sparoid food fishes of the genus Lutjanus, abundant on the southern coasts of the United States and on both coasts of tropical America.
Note: The red snapper (Lutjanus aya, or Blackfordi) and the gray, or mangrove, snapper (L. griseus) are large and abundant species. The name is loosely applied to various other fishes, as the bluefish, the rosefish, the red grouper, etc. See Rosefish.
3. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A snapping turtle; as, the alligator snapper.
4. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The green woodpecker, or yaffle.
5. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A snap beetle.
SNAPPINGSnap"ping,
Defn: a. & n. from Snap, v. Snapping beetle. (Zoöl.) See Snap beetle,under Snap.— Snapping turtle. (Zoöl.) (a) A large and voracious aquatic turtle(Chelydra serpentina) common in the fresh waters of the UnitedStates; — so called from its habit of seizing its prey by a snap ofits jaws. Called also mud turtle. (b) See Alligator snapper, underAlligator.
SNAPPISHSnap"pish, a.
1. Apt to snap at persons or things; eager to bite; as, a snapping cur.
2. Sharp in reply; apt to speak angrily or testily; easily provoked;tart; peevish.The taunting address of a snappish missanthrope. Jeffrey.— Snap"pish*ly, adv.— Snap"pish*ness, n.
SNAPPYSnap"py, a.
Defn: Snappish. [Colloq.]
SNAPSACKSnap"sack`, n. Etym: [Cf. Sw. snappsäck, G. schnappsack.]
Defn: A knapsack. [Obs.] South.
SNAPSHOT; SNAP SHOTSnap"shot`, n.
1. Commonly Snap shot.(a) A quick offhand shot, made without deliberately taking aim overthe sights.(b) (Photog.) Act of taking a snapshot (in sense 2).
2. An instantaneous photograph made, usually with a hand camera, without formal posing of, and often without the foreknowledge of, the subject.
SNAPWEEDSnap"weed`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: See Impatiens.
SNARSnar, v. i. Etym: [Akin to LG. & OD. snarren, G. schnarren, E. snore.See Snore, and cf. Snarl to growl.]
Defn: To snarl. [Obs.] Spenser.
SNARE Snare, n. Etym: [AS. sneara cord, a string; akin to D. snoer, G. schnur, OHG. snour a cord, snarahha a noose, Dan. snare, Sw. & Icel. snara, Goth. sn a basket; and probably also to E. needle. See Needle, and cf. Snarl to entangle.]
1. 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.
2. Hence, anything by which one is entangled and brought into trouble. If thou retire, the Dauphin, well appointed, Stands with the snares of war to tangle thee. Shak.
3. The gut or string stretched across the lower head of a drum.
4. (Med.)
Defn: An instrument, consisting usually of a wireloop or noose, for removing tumors, etc., by avulsion. Snare drum, the smaller common military drum, as distinguished from the bass drum; — so called because (in order to render it more resonant) it has stretched across its lower head a catgut string or strings.
SNARESnare, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snared; p. pr. & vb. n. Snaring.]
Defn: To catch with a snare; to insnare; to entangle; hence, to bringinto unexpected evil, perplexity, or danger.Lest that too heavenly form . . . snare them. Milton.The mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers. Shak.
SNARERSnar"er, n.
Defn: One who lays snares, or entraps.
SNARLSnarl, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snarled; p. pr. & vvb. n. Snarling.] Etym:[Etymol. uncertain.]
Defn: To form raised work upon the outer surface of (thin metal ware) by the repercussion of a snarling iron upon the inner surface.
SNARLSnarl, v. t. Etym: [From Snare, v. t.]
1. To entangle; to complicate; to involve in knots; as, to snarl a skein of thread. "Her snarled hair." Spenser.
2. To embarrass; to insnare. [The] question that they would have snarled him with. Latimer.
SNARLSnarl, n.
Defn: A knot or complication of hair, thread, or the like, difficult to disentangle; entanglement; hence, intricate complication; embarrassing difficulty.
SNARLSnarl, v. i. Etym: [From Snar.]
1. To growl, as an angry or surly dog; to gnarl; to utter grumbling sounds. "An angry cur snarls while he feeds." Dryden & Lee.
2. To speak crossly; to talk in rude, surly terms. It is malicious and unmanly to snarl at the little lapses of a pen, from which Virgil himself stands not exempted. Dryden.
SNARLSnarl, n.
Defn: The act of snarling; a growl; a surly or peevish expression; an angry contention.
SNARLERSnarl"er, n.
Defn: One who snarls; a surly, growling animal; a grumbling, quarrelsome fellow.
SNARLERSnarl"er, n.
Defn: One who makes use of a snarling iron.
SNARLINGSnarl"ing, a. & n.
Defn: from Snarl, v. Snarling iron, a tool with a long beak, used in the process of snarling. When one end is held in a vise, and the shank is struck with a hammer, the repercussion of the other end, or beak, within the article worked upon gives the requisite blow for producing raised work. See 1st Snarl.
SNARYSnar"y, a. Etym: [From Snare.]
Defn: Resembling, or consisting of, snares; entangling; insidious.Spiders in the vault their snary webs have spread. Dryden.
SNASTSnast, n. Etym: [Cf. Snite, v. t.]
Defn: The snuff, or burnt wick, of a candle. [Obs.] Bacon.
SNATCHSnatch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snatched; p. pr. & vb. n. Snatching.]Etym: [OE. snachen, snechen; akin to D. snakken to gasp, to long(for), to desire. Cf. Snack, n., Sneck.]
1. To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony; as, to snatch a loaf or a kiss. When half our knowledge we must snatch, not take. Pope.
2. To seize and transport away; to rap. "Snatch me to heaven." Thomson.
Syn.— To twitch; pluck; grab; catch; grasp; gripe.
SNATCHSnatch, v. i.
Defn: To attempt to seize something suddenly; to catch; — often with at; as, to snatch at a rope.
SNATCHSnatch, n.
1. A hasty catching or seizing; a grab; a catching at, or attempt to seize, suddenly.
2. A short period of vigorous action; as, a snatch at weeding after a shower. Tusser. They move by fits and snatches. Bp. Wilkins.
3. A small piece, fragment, or quantity; a broken part; a scrap. We have often little snatches of sunshine. Spectator. Leave me your snatches, and yield me a direct answer. Shak.
SNATCH BLOCKSnatch block (Naut.),
Defn: a kind of block with an opening in one side to receive the bight of a rope.
SNATCHERSnatch"er, n.
Defn: One who snatches, or takes abruptly.
SNATCHINGLYSnatch"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: By snatching; abruptly.
SNATHSnath, n. Etym: [Cf. AS. sni to cut, to mow, sn a bite, bit snip.]
Defn: The handle of a scythe; a snead. [Variously written in England snead, sneed, sneath, sneeth, snathe, etc.; in Scotland written sned.]
SNATH Snath (snath), n. [Cf. AS. sniðan to cut, to mow, snaed a bite, bit, snip.]
Defn: The handle of a scythe; a snead. [Variously written in England snead, sneed, sneath, sneeth, snathe, etc.; in Scotland written sned.]
SNATHE Snathe, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Icel. snei to cut into alices, sni to cut; akin to AS. besn, sni, G. schneiden, OHG. snidan, Goth. snei to cut, to reap, and E. snath, snithe.]