SNIB, snib, _n._ (_Scot._) the bolt of a door.--_v.t._ to bolt.
SNICK, snik, _v.t._ to cut, snip, nick.--_n._ a small cut: a knot in yarn
when too tightly twisted.--_n._ SNICK'ERSNEE, a knife.--SNICK AND SNEE, a
fight with knives, also a knife. [Ice. _snikka_, to nick, cut.]
SNICKER, snik'[.e]r, _v.i._ to laugh, to giggle in a half-suppressed
way.--_v.t._ to say gigglingly.--_n._ a giggle, a half-smothered laugh.
[Low Ger. _snukken_, to sob, Dut. _snikken_, to gasp; cf. _Neigh_ and Scot.
_nicker_; all imit.]
SNIDE, sn[=i]d, _adj._ (_slang_) sharp, dishonest.--_n._ a sharper, a
cheat.
SNIFF, snif, _v.t._ to draw in with the breath through the nose.--_v.i._ to
snuff or draw in air sharply through the nose: to snuff.--_n._ perception
of smell: a short sharp inhalation, or the sound made by such.--_v.i._
SNIF'FLE, to snuffle.--_n._ SNIF'FLER, a slight breeze.--_adj._ SNIF'FY,
inclined to be disdainful.--_vs.i._ SNIFT, to sniff, snivel; SNIFT'ER, to
sniff.--_n._ a sniff: (_pl._) stoppage of the nasal passages in catarrh:
(_slang_) a dram: (_U.S._) a severe storm.--_n._ SNIFT'ING-VALVE, an
air-valve connecting with a steam-cylinder, as in a condensing engine--also
_Tail-valve_, _Blow-valve_.--_adj._ SNIFT'Y (_slang_), having a tempting
smell. [Scand.; Dan. _snive_, snuff; Ger. _schnieben_.]
SNIG, snig, _v.t._ (_prov._) to cut.
SNIGGER, snig'[.e]r, _v.i._ to laugh in a half-suppressed, broken
manner.--_n._ a half-suppressed laugh. [Imit.]
SNIGGLE, snig'l, _v.i._ to fish for eels by thrusting the bait into their
hiding-places.--_v.t._ to catch by this means: to ensnare.--_n._ SNIG
(_prov._), an eel.
SNIP, snip, _v.t._ to cut off at once with scissors: to cut off the nib of:
to cut off: to make signs with, as the fingers:--_pr.p._ snip'ping; _pa.t._
and _pa.p._ snipped.--_n._ a single cut with scissors: a clip or small
shred: a share, snack: a tailor.--_ns._ SNIP'PER, one who snips, a tailor;
SNIP'PER-SNAP'PER, a little trifling fellow; SNIP'PET, a little piece
snipped off.--_adj._ SNIP'PETY, trivial, fragmentary.--_n._ SNIP'PING, a
clipping.--_adj._ SNIP'PY, fragmentary: stingy.--_n.pl._ SNIPS, a pair of
strong hand-shears for sheet-metal.--_n._ SNIP'-SNAP, tart dialogue with
quick replies.--_adj._ (_Shak._) quick, short. [Dut. _snippen_; Ger.
_schnippen_; closely conn. with _snap_.]
SNIPE, sn[=i]p, _n._ the name of a genus (_Gallinago_) and of a family
(_Scolopacidæ_) of birds, order _Grallæ_, having a long straight flexible
bill, frequenting marshy places all over Europe: a fool: a simpleton:
(_U.S._) a half-smoked cigar picked up on the street: a long bill or
account. [Scand., Ice. _snípa_; Dut. _snip_, _snep_, Ger. _schnepfe_.]
SNIPE, sn[=i]p, _v.i._ to pick off stealthily by a long rifle-shot, as from
the surrounding hills into a camp, &c.--_n._ SN[=I]P'ING, the foregoing
practice.
SNIRT, snirt, _n._ a smothered laugh.--_v.i._ SNIRT'LE, to snicker. [A
variant of _snortle_.]
SNITCHER, snich'[.e]r, _n._ (_slang_) an informer: a handcuff.
SNIVEL, sniv'l, _v.i._ to run at the nose: to cry, as a child:--_pr.p._
sniv'elling; _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ sniv'elled.--_n._ snot: cant, an affected
tearful state.--_n._ SNIV'ELLER, one prone to snivelling: one who cries for
slight causes.--_adjs._ SNIV'ELLING, snotty: weakly tearful; SNIV'ELLY,
snotty, whining. [A.S. _snofel_, mucus from the nose; akin to _sniff_,
_snuff_.]
SNOB, snob, _n._ a vulgar person, esp. one who apes gentility, a
tuft-hunter: a shoemaker: a workman who works for lower wages than his
fellows, a rat, one who will not join a strike: a townsman, as opposed to a
gownsman, in Cambridge slang.--_n._ SNOB'BERY, the quality of being
snobbish.--_adj._ SNOB'BISH.--_adv._ SNOB'BISHLY.--_ns._ SNOB'BISHNESS;
SNOB'BISM.--_adj._ SNOB'BY.--_ns._ SNOB'LING, a little snob; SNOBOC'RACY,
snobs as a powerful class; SNOBOG'RAPHER; SNOBOG'RAPHY, the description of
snobs and snobbery. [Prob. prov. _snap_, a boy, from Ice. _snápr_, a dolt;
Sw. dial. _snopp_, a boy.]
SNOD, snod, _adj._ (_Scot._) neat, trim.--_v.t._ to trim, set in order
(with up). [Conn. with A.S. _sn['æ]dan_, to cut, prune.]
SNOOD, sn[=oo]d, _n._ the fillet which binds a maiden's hair: the
hair-line, gut, &c. by which a fish-hook is fixed to the line.--_adj._
SNOOD'ED, having, or wearing, a snood. [A.S. _snód_; cf. Ice. _snúa_, Sw.
_sno_, to twist.]
SNOOK, sn[=oo]k, _v.i._ to lurk, prowl about: to smell out--(_Scot._)
SNOUK. [Low Ger. _snoken_, to search for; Ice. _snaka_, to snuff about.]
SNOOK, sn[=oo]k, _n._ one of several fishes--the cobia, a robalo, a
garfish, a Cape carangoid fish. [Dut. _snoek_, a pike.]