Snac"ot (?), n. [Said to be corrupted fr. NL. syngnathus, fr. Gr. sy`n
together + gna`qos jaw, because the jaws can be only slightly
separated.] (Zoöl.) A pipefish of the genus Syngnathus. See Pipefish.
Snaf"fle (?), n. [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.] 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.
Snaf"fle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snaffled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Snaffling
(?).] To put a snaffle in the mouth of; to subject to the snaffle; to
bridle.
Snag (?), n. [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.