4. A workman who accepts lower than the usual wages, or who refuses to
strike when his fellows do; a rat; a knobstick.
Those who work for lower wages during a strike are called snobs,
the men who stand out being "nobs"
De Quincey.
Snob"ber*y (?), n. The quality of being snobbish; snobbishness.
Snob"bish (?), a. Of or pertaining to a snob; characteristic of, or
befitting, a snob; vulgarly pretentious. -- Snob"bish*ly, adv.
Snob"bish*ness, n. Vulgar affectation or ostentation; mean admiration
of mean things; conduct or manners of a snob.
Snob"bism (?), n. Snobbery.
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Snob"by (snb"b), a. Snobbish. [R.] E. B. Ramsay.
Snob"ling, n. A little snob. [Jocose] Thackeray.
Snob*oc"ra*cy (snb*k"r*s), n. [Snob + -cracy, as in aristocracy,
mobocracy.] Snobs, collectively. [Hybrid & Recent] C. Kingsley.
Snod (snd), n. [See Snood.] A fillet; a headband; a snood. [Obs. or
Prov. Eng.]
Snod, a. [Scot. snod to prune, put in order.] Trimmed; smooth; neat;
trim; sly; cunning; demure. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Snoff (snf; 115), n. [Cf. Snuff.] (Mining) A short candle end used for
igniting a fuse. Raymond.
Snood (?), n. [AS. snd. Cf. Snare.] 1. The fillet which binds the hair
of a young unmarried woman, and is emblematic of her maiden character.
[Scot.]
And seldom was a snood amid Such wild, luxuriant ringlets hid.
Sir W. Scott.
2. A short line (often of horsehair) connecting a fishing line with the
hook; a snell; a leader.