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[ The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan. Jer. viii. 16. 21. The act of snoring; the noise thus made. Shak., Cymbeline, iii. 6. 34. snortlet (snôr'tl), v. i. [Freq. of snort , v.] To snort; grunt. Cicely, brisk maid, steps forth before the rout, And ki 'd with smacking lip the snoring lout. Gay, Shepherd's Week, Saturday, 1. 36. II. trans. To spend in snoring, or otherwise affect by snoring, the particular effect or influence being defined by a word or words following. IMG:content-1419.png:[blocks in formation] snore-hole (snōr'hōl), n. the snore-piece or lowest piece in a pump-set, through which the water enters. See snore piece. snore-piece (snor'pēs), n. In mining, the suction-pipe of the bottom lift or drawing-lift of a pump, or that piece which dips into the sump or fork. It is closed at the bottom, but provided with holes in the sides, near the bottom, through which the water enters, and which are small enough to keep out chips or stones which might otherwise be sucked in. Also called wind - bore and tail - piece. snorer (suōr'èr), n. [ To wallow almost like a beare, And snortle like a hog. Breton, Floorish upon Fancie, p. 7. snortył (snor'ti), a. [ snort + -y1.] Snoring; broken by snorts or snores. His nodil in cro e wise wresting downe droups to the growndward, In belche galp vometing with dead sleape snort ye the collops. Stan i hurst, Eneid, iii. 645. ( Davies.)