n. [ See Snatch, v. t. ] 1. A share; a part or portion; -- obsolete, except in the colloquial phrase, to go snacks, i. e., to share. [ 1913 Webster ]

At last he whispers, “Do, and we go snacks.” Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A slight, hasty repast. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

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 ]

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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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 ]

n. [ OE. snaile, AS. snægel, snegel, snægl; akin to G. schnecke, OHG. snecko, Dan. snegl, Icel. snigill. ] 1. (Zool.) (a) 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. (b) Any gastropod having a general resemblance to the true snails, including fresh-water and marine species. See Pond snail, under Pond, and Sea snail. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, a drone; a slow-moving person or thing. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mech.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A tortoise; in ancient warfare, a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers; a testudo. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They had also all manner of gynes [ engines ] . . . that needful is [ in ] taking or sieging of castle or of city, as snails, that was naught else but hollow pavises and targets, under the which men, when they fought, were heled [ protected ], . . . as the snail is in his house; therefore they cleped them snails. Vegetius (Trans.). [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Bot.) The pod of the sanil clover. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ear snail,
Edible snail,
Pond snail, etc. See under Ear, Edible, etc. --
Snail borer (Zool.), a boring univalve mollusk; a drill. --
Snail clover (Bot.), a cloverlike plant (Medicago scuttellata, also, Medicago Helix); -- so named from its pods, which resemble the shells of snails; -- called also snail trefoil, snail medic, and beehive. --
Snail flower (Bot.), a leguminous plant (Phaseolus Caracalla) having the keel of the carolla spirally coiled like a snail shell. --
Snail shell (Zool.), the shell of snail. --
Snail trefoil. (Bot.) See Snail clover, above. [ 1913 Webster ]