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n. See Snecket. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Said to be corrupted fr. NL. syngnathus, fr. Gr. sy`n together + gna`qos jaw, because the jaws can be only slightly separated. ] (Zool.) A pipefish of the genus Syngnathus. See Pipefish. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ D. snavel a beak, bill, snout; akin to G. schnabel, OHG. snabul, . sneb, snebbe, OFries. snavel mouth, Dan. & Sw. snabel beak, bill, Lith. snapas, and to E. snap, v. See Snap, and cf. Neb. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Snaffled p. pr. & vb. n. Snaffling ] To put a snaffle in the mouth of; to subject to the snaffle; to bridle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Snagged p. pr. & vb. n. Snagging ] 1. To cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree; to hew roughly. [ Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To injure or destroy, as a steamboat or other vessel, by a snag, or projecting part of a sunken tree. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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n. [ Prov. E., n., a lump on a tree where a branch has been cut off; v., to cut off the twigs and small branches from a tree, of Celtic origin; cf. Gael. snaigh, snaidh, to cut down, to prune, to sharpen, p. p. snaighte, snaidhte, cut off, lopped, Ir. snaigh a hewing, cutting. ] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The coat of arms
Now on a naked snag in triumph borne. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A tooth projecting beyond the rest; contemptuously, a broken or decayed tooth. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Zool.) One of the secondary branches of an antler. [ 1913 Webster ]

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Snag boat, a steamboat fitted with apparatus for removing snags and other obstructions in navigable streams. [ U.S. ] --
Snag tooth. Same as Snag, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

How thy snag teeth stand orderly,
Like stakes which strut by the water side. J. Cotgrave. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of snags; snaggy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Full of snags; full of short, rough branches or sharp points; abounding with knots. “Upon a snaggy oak.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Snappish; cross; ill-tempered. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]