snotter 
What signified his bringing n woman here to matter and 
snivel, and bother their Lordships? 
Scott, Heart of -Mid-Lothian, xxiii. 
snotter 1 (snot' er), n. [< snotterl, .] 1. The 
red part of a turkey-cock's head. 2. Snot. 
[Scotch.] 
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tinguished by qualifying terms, as club-homed, Anthribi- 
dtr; leaf-rolling, Attelabidx ; elongate, Brenthidle. 'Iheee 
are collectively known as sirai'jht-horned snout-beetles (Or- 
thocerata), as distinguished from the ttent-horned stiout- 
beetles (Gonatocerata). Among the latter are the true wee- 
vils or curculios, and also the wood-eating snout-beetles, or 
Scotytidx. 
snotter 2 (snot'cr), . [Also corruptly snorter; snout-butterfly (snout'but"er-fli), . Any but- 
perhaps ult. connected 
with tmntl 1 , miooil, n fil- 
let, band, < Icel. smith r, 
a twist, twirl: see snood, 
snod, 1.] Naut.: (a) A 
rope so attached to a 
royal- or topgallant- 
yardarm that in send- 
ing down the yard a 
tripping-line bent to 
the free end of the snot- 
ter pulls off the lift and 
brace. (6) A beeket fit- 
ted round a boat's mast 
with an eye to hold the 
lower end of the sprit 
which is used to extend 
the sail. 
snottery (enot'er-i), n. ; 
pi. snotteries (-iz). [< 
snot + -erg.] Snot; snottiness; hence, figura- 
tively, filthiness. 
To purge the snotteri/ of our slimie time ! 
Marston, Scourge of Villanie, ii. 
snottily (snot'i-li), adv. In a snotty manner. 
Snotter ( 
a, sprit with the lower end in 
the snotter b. 
terfly of Hubner's subfamily Hwati, or Boisdu- 
val's subfamily Libgthides, of the Erycinidse. 
Snouted (snou'ted),fl. [< snout + -ert 2 .] Hav- 
ing a snout of a kind specified by a qualifying 
word: as, long-snouted, pig-snouted. 
Antae, resembling a Mule, but somewhat lesse ; slender 
snouted, the nether cbappe very long, like a Trumpet. 
Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 835. 
snouter (suou'ter), n. A cutting-shears for re- 
moving the cartilage from a pig^s nose, to pre- 
vent the pig from rooting. 
snout-fairt (snout'far), . Good-looking. 
Sir. Not as a suitor to me, Sir? 
Sw. No, you are too great for me. Nor to your Mopsey 
without: though shee be snout-faire, and has some wit, 
shee 's too little for me. Drome, Court Beggar, ii. 1. 
snout-mite (snont'mit), n. A snouted mite; 
any acarid or mite of the family Sdellidse. 
snowbird 
molecular contact, and the snow, losing its white color, 
assumes the form of ice. This change takes place when 
snow is gradually transformed into the ice of a glacier. 
Precipitation takes the form of snow when the tempera- 
ture of the air at the earth's surface is near or below the 
freezing-point, and the flakes are larger the muister the 
air and the higher its temperature. The annual depth of 
snowfall and the number of days on which the ground is 
covered with snow are important elements of climate. In 
a ship's log-book abbreviated 8. 
2. A snowfall; a snow-storm. [Colloq.] 3. 
A winter; hence, in enumeration, a year: as, 
five snows. [North Amer. Indian.] 4. Some- 
tiling that resembles snow, as white blossoms. 
That breast of mow. Dionysim (trans.). 
The lily's snow. Moore, tr. of Anacreon's Odes, Ii. 
5. Iti her., white; argent. 
The feeld of snow, with thegle of blak therinne. 
Chaucer, Monk s i'ale, 1. 383. 
Red snow. See Protococcus. 
snow 1 (sno), v. [< ME. snoiceu, snaiceii = D. 
sneeuwcn = Icel. snjofa, snjoi'ii, xiyacti = Sw. 
snoa, snoga = Dan. sne (cf. It. nericarc, iierigare 
= Sp. Pg. nevar = F. nciger\ snow ; from the 
noun. The older verb was ME. siicwen, smiroi, 
< AS. sniwian, snow: see snow 1 , .] I. intrans. 
snout-moth (snout'moth), M. 1. Anymothof To fall as snow: used chiefly impersonally: as, 
the noetuid or deltoid family Hypenidse: so it snows ; it snowed yesterday, 
named from the long, compressed, obliquely 
ascending palpi. See cut under Hypena. 2. 
A pyralid moth, as of the family Crambidee : so 
called because the palpi are large, erect, and 
hairy, together forming a process like a snout 
in front of the head. See cut under Crambidie. 
H. trans. 1. To scatter or cause to fall like 
snow. 
Let it thunder to the tune of Oreen Sleeves, hail kissing- 
comflts, and SHOW eringoes. Shak., M. W. of \V., v. 5. 21. 
snottiness (snot'i-nes), . The state of being ' iea ,'. b ? e cut u er . tramlnda,. with in, up, under, or otv 
snotty. snout-ring (snout'ring), . A ring passed lively. See snow-bound. 
t.Vii*rtnwVi Q Tvi<'a it/tea i~f\ rti>AUAnf i*s\/\+irtrv 
2. To surround, cover, or imprison with snow: 
with in, up, under, or over: often used figura- 
snot. [Low.] 
Better a snotty child than his nose wiped off. 
0. Herbert, Jacula Prudentum. 
2. Mean; dirty; sneering; sarcastic. [Low.] 
Snotty-nosed (snot'i-nozd), a. Same as snotty. 
[Low.] 
snouk (snouk), v. i. A Scotch form of snook*. 
snouty (snou'ti), a. Resembling a beast's snout ; 
long-nosed. 
The nose was ugly, long, and big, 
Broad and sittnttif like a pig. 
Otway, Poet's Complaint of his Muse. 
The lower race had long snouty noses, prognathous 
mouths, and retreating foreheads. 
Harper's Mag., LXXVII. 299. 
v /; iw VK -. 
snout (snout),"?;. [< METso<e"MOKiI(e',"te snow 1 (sno), . [Sc. snaw; < ME. snow, snou, 
I was snowed up at a friend's house once for a week. . 
I went for only one night, and could not get away till 
that very day se'nnight. Jane Austen, Emma, xiii. 
snow 2 (sno), . [< MD. snauw, sunn, D. snaauw, 
a kind of boat ; prob. < LG. snait, G. dial, sclinau, 
a snout, beak, = G. dial, schnuff, a snout: see 
snout.'} A vessel equipped with two masts, re- 
sembling the mainmast and foremast of a ship, 
and a third small mast just abaft and close to 
(not found in AS.) = MD. stiuite, D. s'nuit = *?*. sjtoug, snau, snaw, < AS. snwo = OS. the mainmast, carrying a trysail. It is identical 
snow-a 
Scott, Kedgauntlet, ch. xiv. 
Sp. niece = PR. -ppe (sno ap'l), n. A variety of apple 
> > . a, F. ne.ige ; W. WBM has very white flesh. 
or nose and jaws, when protrusive ; a probos- n tf) = Gr - vi ^ ( acc - ) snow, vi$6f, a snowflake, snowball (sno'bal), n. [< ME. *mtawel>a1Ie, snay- 
ing in of breath through the nose.] 1. Apart ***, & sncachd, Gael, snec.chd, snow; L. nix 
of the head which projects forward- the fur- ('" l ''> ori S- **</#-) (>It. neve = Sp. niece = P 
thest part or fore end of the head; the nose neve > also > through LL. *nivea, 
, - - - , , , . , 
cis; amuzzle; a beak, or beak-like part; aros- ^end snizli, snow; all from the verb represent- bal ' e ; <o' 1 + ftflW 1 .] 1. A ball of snow; a 
trum. ed by OHG. sniwan, MHG. snien, G. sclineien, L. roun d mass of snow pressed or rolled together. 
Thou art like thy name, ningere, impers. ningit (V snighv-), Gr. viQeiv, The nobleman would have dealt with her like a noble- 
A cruel Boar, whose mout hath rooted up impers. vid>et, snow, Lith. sniati, sninnti Zend man > an<1 8he 8e nt him away as cold as a mowtarn. 
S/iak., Pericles, iv. 6. 149. 
2. The cultivated form of the shrub Viburnum 
Opulug; the guelder-rose. The name is from its 
large white balls of flowers, which in cultivation have be- 
L Tlip flnnpnn vnr.. nf S me 8te . rile and consist merely of an enlarged corolla. 
'-i. j aqueous vapor ot See cranberry tree, and cut under neutral. 
Th'. 
deformity, 
a clear sp 
waters to drink in. 
.uwuv lul H1UUIMVW MIIU 111UUIIV . ' - ' 
Rev. T. Adams, Works, 1. 439. ls from the noun.] 
2. Specifically, in ichth., that part of the head t be atmosphere precipitated in a crystalline 
3. In cookery : (a) A pudding made by putting 
ffKasHiS^rfl 
and variously served.-Wild snowball. Same as 
redroot, 1. 
snowball (sno'bal), r. [< snowball, .] I. trans. 
To pelt with snowballs. 
II. intrans. To throw snowballs. 
Be the knave never so stoute 
I shall rappe him on the snoute. 
Playe of Jtobyn Hade (Child's Ballads, V. 
Her subtle mout 
Did quickly wind his meaning out. 
428). 
. 
S. Butler, Hudibras, I. iii. 357. 
(6) In entom. : (1) The rostrum or beak of a rhynchophorous 
beetle or weevil. See snout-beetle and rost.rum, and cuts 
under Balanmus and dtamond-teetle. (2) A snout-like 
prolongation of, or formation on, the head of various other 
insects See snout-butterfly, snout-mite, snout-moth. (" 
The Merrlmac's snout was knocked askew by a ball 
New York Tribune, March 15, 1882. 
(e) The front of a glacier. 
At the end, or snout, of the glacier this water issues forth 
Huxley, Physiography, p. 161. 
Tynda.ll, Forms of Water, p. 58. 
lusk 1 " MnCh '' th<J rostrum of a gastropod or similar mol- 
snout (snout), v. t. [< snout, .] To furnish 
1th a snout or nozle; point. Howell 
snout-beetle (snout'be'tl), . Any beetle of 
Crystals of Snow, after Scoresby. 
, all they present uncounted varieties of very beautiful fig 
^S , u / e8 - The whiteness of snow is due prlmSSy to th g e 
, e mrcae snout- I KSJS2?S reflecting surfaces arising from the 
'tie, EjxcxrusinMcatus. several kinds are dis- 
There are grave professors who cannot draw the dis- 
tinction between the immorality of drinking and snoic- 
Jv". A. Rev., CXXVI. 433. 
snowball-tree (sno'bal-tre), . Same as snow- 
ball, 2. 
snowbank (sno'bangk), n. A bank or drift of 
snow. 
The whiteness of sea sands may simulate the tint of 
old snowbanks. The Atlantic, LXVI. 597. 
snowberry (sud'her^i), . ; pi. snotcben-ies (-iz). 
1. A shrub of the genus Symplioricarpi/s, chief- 
ly S. raccmosus, native northward in North 
America. It is commonly cultivated for its ornamental 
but not edible, white berries, which are ripe in autumn. 
1 he flowers are not showy, and the habit is not neat. 
2. A low erect or trailing rubiaceous shrub, 
Chiococca racemosa, of tropical and subtropi- 
calAmerica, entering Florida.- Creeplnjc snow- 
berry, an encaceous plant. Chiogenes serpylli folia of 
112. '.IP. 6 . A ort , h America. It is a slender creeping and 
H * v head more 
ged into a beak: as, the imbricated snout- 
Excxr 
... > - o u oiruuoi uicrpnrx ium 
ling scarcely woody evergreen, with thyme-like leaves 
and small bright-white berries. It has the aromatic flavor 
.,- =-- -.- ,.. c ' the American wintergreen. 
crystals When sufficient pressure is snowbird (sno'berd), n. 
y adhering crystals are brought into some way with snow < 
