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_Statist. Acc._
_To_ SNOOK, _v. n._
V. ~Snoke~.
_To_ SNOOL, _v. a._ To subjugate by tyrannical means, p.r.o.n. _snule_, S.
Dan. _snovl-er_, to snub.
_Ramsay._
_To_ ~Snool~, _v. n._ To submit tamely, S.
_Burns._
~Snool~, _s._ One who meanly subjects himself to the authority of another.
_Ramsay._
_To_ SNOOVE, (p.r.o.n. _snuve_), _v. n._
1. To move smoothly and constantly, S.
2. To walk with an equal and steady pace, S.
_Burns._
3. _To snuve awa'_, to sneak off, S.
Ir. _snoimh-am_, nere, torquere.
SNORL, _s._ A difficulty, a sc.r.a.pe, S. B.
Su. G. _snoere_, Teut. _snoer_, funis.
SNOTTER, _s._
1. Snot at a child's nose, S.
2. Any thing that has no value.
_Cleland._
Fland. _snotter_, rheuma, catarrhus.
_To_ ~Snotter~, _v. n._ To breathe hard through the nostrils.
_Ramsay._
SNOW-FLAKE, SNOW-FLIGHT, SNOW-FOWL, _s._ Snow-bunting, S.
_Statist. Acc._
SNUDE, _s._
V. ~Snood~, _s._ 2.
SNUFFE, _s._ A disorder in the nostrils.
_Watson._
Teut. _snuf_, defluxio capitis ad nares.
_To_ SNUG, _v. a._
1. To push with the head or horn, Ang.
2. To reprimand with severity, Ang.
Isl. _snaegg-ia_, duris et asperis verbis excipere.
~Snug~, _s._ A stroke, a push, Ang.
SNUGS, _s. pl._ Small branches lopped off from a tree, S. B.
V. ~Sneck~.
SNUK, SNUKE, _s._ A small promontory.
Teut. _snoecks_, nasutulus.
_Wallace._
_To_ SNURL, _v. a._ To ruffle or wrinkle.
Dan. _snurd-a_, ruga.
