It is malicious and unmanly to snarl at the little lapses of a pen,
from which Virgil himself stands not exempted.
Dryden.
Snarl, n. The act of snarling; a growl; a surly or peevish expression;
an angry contention.
Snarl"er (?), n. One who snarls; a surly, growling animal; a grumbling,
quarrelsome fellow.
Snarl"er, n. One who makes use of a snarling iron.
Snarl"ing, a. & n. 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.
Snar"y (?), a. [From Snare.] Resembling, or consisting of, snares;
entangling; insidious.
Spiders in the vault their snary webs have spread.
Dryden.
Snast (?), n. [Cf. Snite, v. t.] The snuff, or burnt wick, of a candle.
[Obs.] Bacon.
Snatch (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snatched (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Snatching.] [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.