Smutty (superl.) Soiled with smut; smutted.
Smutty (superl.) Tainted with mildew; as, smutty corn.
Smutty (superl.) Obscene; not modest or pure; as, a smutty saying.
Smyrniot (a.) Of or pertaining to Smyrna.
Smyrniot (n.) A native or inhabitant of Smyrna.
Snack (v. t.) A share; a part or portion; -- obsolete, except in the colloquial phrase, to go snacks, i. e., to share.
Snack (v. t.) A slight, hasty repast.
Snacket (n.) See Snecket.
Snacot (n.) A pipefish of the genus Syngnathus. See Pipefish.
Snaffle (n.) 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.
Snaffled (imp. & p. p.) of Snaffle
Snaffling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Snaffle
Snaffle (v. t.) To put a snaffle in the mouth of; to subject to the snaffle; to bridle.
Snag (n.) 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.
Snag (n.) A tooth projecting beyond the rest; contemptuously, a broken or decayed tooth.
Snag (n.) 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.
Snag (n.) One of the secondary branches of an antler.
Snagged (imp. & p. p.) of Snag
Snagging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Snag
Snag (v. t.) To cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree; to hew roughly.
Snag (v. t.) To injure or destroy, as a steamboat or other vessel, by a snag, or projecting part of a sunken tree.
Snagged (a.) Full of snags; snaggy.
Snaggy (a.) Full of snags; full of short, rough branches or sharp points; abounding with knots.
Snaggy (a.) Snappish; cross; ill-tempered.
Snail (n.) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial air-breathing gastropods belonging to the genus Helix and many allied genera of the family Helicidae. They are abundant in nearly all parts of the world except the arctic regions, and feed almost entirely on vegetation; a land snail.
Snail (n.) Any gastropod having a general resemblance to the true snails, including fresh-water and marine species. See Pond snail, under Pond, and Sea snail.
Snail (n.) Hence, a drone; a slow-moving person or thing.
Snail (n.) 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.
Snail (n.) A tortoise; in ancient warfare, a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers; a testudo.
Snail (n.) The pod of the sanil clover.
Snailfish (n.) See Sea snail (a).
Snail-like (a.) Like or suiting a snail; as, snail-like progress.
Snail-like (adv.) In the manner of a snail; slowly.
Snail-paced (a.) Slow-moving, like a snail.
'Snails (interj.) 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).
Snake (n.) Any species of the order Ophidia; an ophidian; a serpent, whether harmless or venomous. See Ophidia, and Serpent.
Snaked (imp. & p. p.) of Snake
Snaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Snake
Snake (v. t.) To drag or draw, as a snake from a hole; -- often with out.
Snake (v. t.) 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.
Snake (v. i.) To crawl like a snake.
Snakebird (n.) 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.
Snakebird (n.) The wryneck.
Snakefish (n.) The band fish.
Snakefish (n.) The lizard fish.
Snakehead (n.) 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.
Snakehead (n.) The turtlehead.
Snakehead (n.) The Guinea-hen flower. See Snake's-head, and under Guinea.
Snakeneck (n.) The snakebird, 1.
Snakeroot (n.) 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.
Snake's-head (n.) The Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.
Snakestone (n.) A kind of hone slate or whetstone obtained in Scotland.
Snakestone (n.) An ammonite; -- so called from its form, which resembles that of a coiled snake.
Snake's-tongue (n.) Same as Adder's-tongue.
Snakeweed (n.) A kind of knotweed (Polygonum Bistorta).
Snakeweed (n.) The Virginia snakeroot. See Snakeroot.
Snakewood (n.) An East Indian climbing plant (Strychnos colubrina) having a bitter taste, and supposed to be a remedy for the bite of the hooded serpent.
Snakewood (n.) An East Indian climbing shrub (Ophioxylon serpentinum) which has the roots and stems twisted so as to resemble serpents.
Snakewood (n.) Same as Trumpetwood.
Snakewood (n.) A tropical American shrub (Plumieria rubra) which has very fragrant red blossoms.
Snakewood (n.) Same as Letterwood.
Snakish (a.) Having the qualities or characteristics of a snake; snaky.
Snaky (a.) Of or pertaining to a snake or snakes; resembling a snake; serpentine; winding.
Snaky (a.) Sly; cunning; insinuating; deceitful.
Snaky (a.) Covered with serpents; having serpents; as, a snaky rod or wand.
Snapped (imp. & p. p.) of Snap
Snapping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Snap
Snap (n.) To break at once; to break short, as substances that are brittle.
Snap (n.) To strike, to hit, or to shut, with a sharp sound.
Snap (n.) To bite or seize suddenly, especially with the teeth.
Snap (n.) To break upon suddenly with sharp, angry words; to treat snappishly; -- usually with up.
Snap (n.) To crack; to cause to make a sharp, cracking noise; as, to snap a whip.
Snap (n.) To project with a snap.
Snap (v. i.) To break short, or at once; to part asunder suddenly; as, a mast snaps; a needle snaps.
Snap (v. i.) To give forth, or produce, a sharp, cracking noise; to crack; as, blazing firewood snaps.
Snap (v. i.) 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.
Snap (v. i.) To utter sharp, harsh, angry words; -- often with at; as, to snap at a child.
Snap (v. i.) To miss fire; as, the gun snapped.
Snap (v. t.) A sudden breaking or rupture of any substance.
Snap (v. t.) A sudden, eager bite; a sudden seizing, or effort to seize, as with the teeth.
Snap (v. t.) A sudden, sharp motion or blow, as with the finger sprung from the thumb, or the thumb from the finger.
Snap (v. t.) A sharp, abrupt sound, as that made by the crack of a whip; as, the snap of the trigger of a gun.
Snap (v. t.) A greedy fellow.
Snap (v. t.) 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.
Snap (v. t.) A sudden severe interval or spell; -- applied to the weather; as, a cold snap.
Snap (v. t.) 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.
Snap (v. t.) A snap beetle.
Snap (v. t.) A thin, crisp cake, usually small, and flavored with ginger; -- used chiefly in the plural.
Snap (v. t.) Briskness; vigor; energy; decision.
Snap (v. t.) Any circumstance out of which money may be made or an advantage gained.
Snapdragon (n.) Any plant of the scrrophulariaceous genus Antirrhinum, especially the cultivated A. majus, whose showy flowers are fancifully likened to the face of a dragon.
Snapdragon (n.) A West Indian herb (Ruellia tuberosa) with curiously shaped blue flowers.
Snapdragon (n.) A play in which raisins are snatched from a vessel containing burning brandy, and eaten; also, that which is so eaten. See Flapdragon.
Snape (v. t.) To bevel the end of a timber to fit against an inclined surface.
Snaphance (n.) A spring lock for discharging a firearm; also, the firearm to which it is attached.
Snaphance (n.) A trifling or second-rate thing or person.
Snaphead (n.) 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.
Snapper (n.) One who, or that which, snaps; as, a snapper up of trifles; the snapper of a whip.
Snapper (n.) 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.
Snapper (n.) A snapping turtle; as, the alligator snapper.