snobbism 
Snobbism(snob'izin), . [<SMAI +-ISHI.] The 
state of being a snob; the manners of a snob- 
snobbishness. 
The mobbi*,,, would perish forthwith (if for no other 
cause) under public ridicule. Sir W. Hamilton. 
snobby (snob'i), . [< */,! + _ v i.] < >f 01 , re . 
lating to a snob ; partaking of the character of 
a snob; snobbish. 
Our Norwegian travel was now at an end ; and, as a 
rooMy Englishman once said to me of the Nile "it Is a 
good t\nt\g to have gotten over." 
B. Taylor, Xorthern Travel, p. 397. 
snobling (snob'ling), w. [< snobl + -i.] A 
little snob. 
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snotter 
[< ME. 
snorkt (snork), r. i. [< MK. t,,imd 
only as ximrtnn, < I). x,,i>rl;rn = XI LC. smarten, 
LG. xiinrh-ii, XHHfl.,-n, snore, = iMn. snnrkv = 
Sw. niinrkii, xinirl.'i. threaten, = led. xnerkja, 
Kiinrka, sputter, = XI I It i. HHH-I-IH-II. Ij. schnar- 
I'lirn. MI., re, Mn.rt ; with formative -/.-, from 
snore (as Imrkt 'mm lirnrr. xeesHore. Ct. snort.] 
To snore; snort. 
At the mi-ki-i'Miin^ ln-furc dayu thou shall not hear 
You see, dear mobli 
not have been authorise 
for interfering. 
y, that, though the parson would 
, yet he might have been excused 
Thackeray, Book of Snobs, xii. 
snobocracy (snob-ok'ra-si), . [< snob* + -o-cra- 
cy as in aristocracy, democracy.] Snobs collec- 
tively, especially viewed as exercising or try- 
ing to exercise influence or social power. Kings- 
ley. [Humorous.] 
f.* ?,T Yor = gtu > bocra 'y ties its cravats and flirts its 
fans in Madison Square. D. J. Hill, Irving, p. 188. 
snobographer (snob-og'ra-fer), n. A historian 
of snobs. Thackeray, Book of Snobs, xxviii 
[Humorous.] 
snobography (suob-og'ra-fi), . [< SHO bi + .. 
Or. -jpafra. < -ypd^tv, write.] A description 
of snobs. Thackeray, Book of Snobs, xxxi. 
[Humorous.] 
snod 1 , n. An obsolete or dialectal (Scotch) 
form of snood. 
snod 2 (snod), v. t.; pret. and pp. snodded, ppr. 
snoddtng. [Avar, of sneadi.] To trim; make 
trim or tidy; set in order. [Scotch.] 
On stake and ryce he knits the crooked vines 
And snoddes their howes. 
T. Hudson, tr, of Du Bartas's Judith, Iv. 
snod 2 (snod), a. [Appar. a form of the pp. of 
sneadi or of snoeP, v.] Neat; trim; smooth. 
[Scotch.] 
snood (snod), n. [Also dial, (in sense 2) sneed; 
< ME. snod, < AS. snod, a fillet, snood, = Icel. 
snuthr, a twist, twirl, = Sw. snod, snodd, sno, 
a twist, twine ; cf. Icel. snua, turn, twist. = Sw. 
sno = Dan. sno, twist, twine. Cf. stiare, n.] 
1. A fillet formerly worn by young women in 
I must not lose my harmlcsse re. . 
Abroad, to xniiok over my wife at Immr 
/hwne. New* Academy, 11. i. (flares.) ?'!) v as *'.""''"' >, 
2. To smell; search out. [Scotch.] 
Snottk but, and stmuk ben. 
I llnd tlie snu'll of an earthly man 
M In living, in- In- In- <!.:, i| 
His heart this night shall kitchen my bread. 
The Red Ktin (in Lang's Him- Kairy Book). 
snook 2 (snok), n. [< D. siioek, pike, jack.] A . tne cocKe-crov, 
1. ine coma, crab-eater, or sergeant-fish, Kla- 'h'-"- 1 'be servauntes mum. 
cate Canada. See cut under eobia. [Florida.] StapleUm, Fortress of the Falthe, fol. 121 b. (Latham.) 
2. Any fish of the genus Cen ti;i/i mi us ,- a robalo. snorlet, r. i. [Origin uncertain ; perhaps an er- 
e6 fi' ? ' a cut Im der Centi-i'/iomiis. 3. A ror for snort, or snore, or miortle.] To snore (T). 
E?S3b*mt th c * ran ei d fi sh > Thyrsites atnn : DO you mutter? sir, snorle this way, 
so called at the Cape of Good Hope, and also That I may hear, and answer what you say. 
moat (a Dutch form). B. Jonson, Tale of a Tub, 1L 1. 
snool (snol),. [A contraction of snivel, as drool snort (snort;, r. [< ME. rnnri,,,. .--inirten, snore 
isofdnvcl.] I. intrans. 1. To snivel. 2. To put for "snorken (by the occasional change of 
submit tamely. I tot at the end of a syllable, as in &< from 
11. trans, lo keep in subjection by tyranni- back?): see snork.] I. inlrans. It. To snore 
cal means. loudly. 
[Scotch in both uses.] 
snool (snol), n. [A contraction of snivel; cf. 
*woo/, .] One who meanly subjects himself to 
the authority of another: as. "v aillv *,,.,/ 
, . 
the authority of another: as, 
Ramsay. [Scotch.] 
snoop (sn6p), v. i. [Prob. a var. of snoofc 1 .] 
ye silly snoot,' 1 
To 
As an hors he snorteth In his slepe. 
Chaucer, Reeve's Tale, L 243. 
Awake the snortiny citizens with the belL 
Shak., mhello, L 1. BO. 
2. To force the air with violence through the 
nose, so as to make a noise : said of persons 
r , r ,,.... L .-... o.nvo/e'.j To ' 
pry about ; go about in a prying or sneaking un der excitement, and especially of high-spirit- 
[Colloq.] ' ed horses. 
snoop (snop), n. [< snoop, v.] One who snoops, 
or pries or sneaks about; a snooper. [Colloq.] 
snooper (sno'per), n. One who pries about; a 
sneak. [Colloq.] 
snooze (sn8z), v. i. ; pret. and pp. snoozed, ppr. 
snoozing. [Prob. imitative, ult. identical with 
snore (cf. clioose, AS. pp. coren; lose, AS. pp. lore 
or lorn), perhaps affected by the form of sneeze.] 
To slumber; take a short nap. [Colloq.] 
Snooze gently in thy arm-chair, thou easy bald-head ! 
Thackeray, Newcomes, xlix. 
Another who should have led the same snooang conn- 
trifled existence for these years, another had become rust- 
ed, become stereotype ; but I, I praise my happy constitu- 
tion, retain the spring unbroken. 
Jt. L. Stea 
mnuon, Treasure of Franchard 
snooze (snoz), n. [< snooze, v.] A short nap. 
That he might enjoy his short snooze in comfort. 
Quarterly Rev. 
snoozer (sno'zer), K. One who snoozes. 
snoozle (sno'zl), v. t.; pret. and pp. snoozled 
ppr. snoozling. [A var. " 
snuggle. 
He chafes, he stamps, careers, and turns about ; 
He foams, snorts, neighs, and lire and smoke breathes out 
Fairfax, tr. of Tasso's Godfrey of Boulogne, xx. 28. 
Duncan . . . conceived the speaker was drawing a par- 
allel between the Duke and Sir Donald Oorme ofSleat: 
and, being of opinion that such comparison was odious, 
snorted thrice, and prepared himself to be in a passion. 
Scott, Heart of Mid- Lothian, xlvt 
3. To laugh outright or boisterously; burst 
into a horse-laugh. [Vulgar.] 4t. To turn 
up: said of the nose. 
Hlr nose snorted up for tene. Rom. of the Base, 1. 157. 
II. trans. 1. To express by a snort; say with 
a snort : as, to snort defiance. 
"Such airs!" he snorted; "the likes of them drinking 
ta. " The Century, XII. S40. 
2. To expel or force out as by a snort. 
Snortiny a cataract 
Of rage-froth from every cranny and ledge. 
Lowell, Appledore. 
n. [< snort, v.] A loud abrupt 
_ its, ill. 
snore (snor), v. ; pret. and pp. snored, ppr 
ing. [< ME. snoren, < AS. "snorian, snore (> 
snora, a snoring ; cf . fnora, a snoring), = MD. 
snorren = MLG. snorren, LG. snoren, grumble, 
mutter; cf. snork, snort, and mar.] I. intrans 
Snoods. 
Scotland to confine the hair. It was held to be 
emblematic of maidenhood or virginity. 
The snood, or riband, with which a Scottish lass braided 
her hair had an emblematical signification, and applied 
to her maiden character. It was exchanged for the curch, 
toy, or coif when she passed, by marriage, into the matron 
state. Scott, L. of the L., Hi. 5, note. 
2. In angling, a hair-line, gut, or silk cord by 
which a fish-hook is fastened to the line; a snell; 
a leader or trace. Also sneed. [Prov. Eng. and 
Scotch.] 3. One of the short lines of a bul- 
tow to which the hooks are attached: also called 
by fishermen ganging. The snoods are 6 feet 
long, and placed at intervals of 12 feet. 
snood (sndd), v. t. [< snood, n.~\ 1. To bind 
up with a snood, as a maiden's hair. 
Hae ye brought me a braid o' lace, 
To snood up my gowden hair? 
Sweet WilliamandMayMargaret(Chl\d'sBMA,n. 153). 
2. To tie, fasten, or affix, as an anglers' hook 
when the end of the line or gut-loop is seized 
on to the shank of the hook. 
snooded (sno'ded), a. [< snood + -e<J2.] Wear- 
ing or having a snood. 
And the snooded daughter . . . 
Smiled on him. Whittier, Barclay of Ury. 
snooding (sno'ding), n. [Verbal n. of snood, 
.] That which makes a snood ; a snood. 
Each baited hook hanging from its short length of 
snooding. Field, Oct. 17, 1885. (Encyc. Diet.) 
snook 1 (snok), r. i. [Also Sc. snouk ; < ME. 
siioken,< iiG.snoken, snoken = Sw. snoka, search, 
hunt for, lurk, dog (a person) ; cf. Icel. snaka. 
Dan. snaf/e, rummage, snuff about, Sw. dial. 
snok, a snout, G. scJiiiitkcrn, snuff.] 1. To lurk ; 
lie in ambush ; pry about. 
. diiort i. snort;, n. |> snort, v.\ A loud abrupt 
< sound produced by forcing air through the nos- 
trils. 
snorter 1 (sndr'ter), n. [< snort + -er 1 .] l.One 
who snores loudly. 2. One who or that which 
snorts, as under excitement. 3. Something 
fierce or furious, especially a gale ; something 
large of its kind. [Slang.] 4. The wheatear 
or stonechat, Saxicola cenantne. See cut under 
stonechat. [Pi-ov. Eng.] 
Ai'fAi\ 41 V T . 
~-~ -,-*. ...,..,, , ,j x. "i ins. swnecnat. \ frov. ring.J 
To breathe with a rough hoarse noise in sleep ; snorter 2 (sndr'ter), n. Naut,, same as snotter*. 
breathe noisily through the nose and open snorting (snor'ting), n. [Verbal n. of snort 
moutn wnile sleein. The noise is sometimes made > 1 i JrV- -* ^r*. *i i ---- iv n ______ i- 
moutn wnile sleeping. The noise is sometimes made 
at the glottis, the vocal chords being approximated, but 
somewhat loose ; while the very loud and rattling inspira- 
tory noise often developed is due to the vibrations of the 
soft palate. 
Weariness 
Can more upon the flint, when resty sloth 
Finds the down-pillow hard. 
Shalt., Cymbeline, ill. 6. 34. 
Cicely, brisk maid, steps forth before the rout, 
And kiss'd with smacking lip the snoring lout. 
Gay, Shepherd s Week, Saturday, 1. 38. 
II, trans. To spend in snoring, or otherwise 
'.] 1. The act of forcing the breath through 
the nose with violence and noise; the sound 
thus made. 
The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan. 
Jer. vllt 18. 
2f. The act of snoring; the noise thus made, 
snortlet (sndr'tl), . . [Preq. of snort, .] To 
snort; grunt. 
To wallow almost like a beare, 
And snortle like a hog. 
Breton, Floorish upon Fancle, p. 7. 
A-I. ft ouuniig, ur utnerwioe XJTCWH, r loorisii upon f ancie, p. j. 
affect by snoring, the particular effect or influ- snortyt (sndr'ti), a. [< snort + -w 1 .] Snoring- 
ence being defined by a word or words follow- broken by snorts or snores. 
g e His nodil in crossewise wresting downe droups to the 
Snores out the watch, of night. !n blTche^^'vometing with dead sleape snortye the 
Shak., 2 Hen. IV., Iv. 5. 28. collops. Stanihurst, .Kneid, iii. 645. (Dane*.) 
snore (snor"), n. [< snore, v.] A breathing with 
a harsh noise through the nose and mouth in 
sleep ; especially, a single respiration of this 
kind. See snore, v. i. 
There 's meaning in thy more*. 
Shak., Tempest, II. 1. 218. 
snore-hole (snor'hol), n. One of the holes in 
the snore-piece or lowest piece in a pump-set, 
through which the water enters. See snore- 
piece. 
(snor'pes), n. In mining, the sue 
1. 
snot = MLG. LG. snotte = MHG. snuz, a , 
fling cold, = Dan. snot, snot : see stiite^.] 
Nasal mucus. [Low.] 
Pieces of Linen Rags, a great many of them retaining 
still the Marks of the Snot. 
If. Bailey, tr. of Colloquies of Erasmus, II. 32. 
2. A low, mean fellow; a sneak; a snivel: 
used as a vague term of reproach. [Low.] 
.uuic-yickc v"" i f"v, n. j.u m,n,i,,j, wo BUC- 3. The snuff of a candle. Halliicell. fProv 
tion-pipe of the bottom lift or drawing-lift of Eng.] 
a pump, or that piece which dips into the sump snot (snot), r. t. ; pret. and pp. snotted, ppr. 
r , i .v," I . 9 , clo8ed at the bottom, but provided with snotting. [< snot, n.] To free from snot ; blow 
holes in the sides, jiear^ the bottom, through which the or w jpg (tg e noge ) [Low 1 
motter 1 (snot'er), r. . [Freq. of smil. r. 
D. snottcrig = G. dial, sclinoddrig. snotty.] ' To 
breathe through an obstruction in the nostrils; 
blubber; sob; cry. [Scotch.] 
, , or wn p p nnsp 
water enters, and which are small enough to keep out !e '' L 
chips or stones which might otherwise be sucked in. Also Snotter 1 (snot er), r. I. [Freq. of snot, v.; cf. 
called wind-bore and tail-piece. 
snorer (suor'er), . [< ME. snorare; < snore, v. 
+ -er 1 .] One who snores. 
