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The shell or covering of a snail. snail-slow, a. Slow, lazy. " Snail - slow in profit." Shakesp.: Merchant of Venice , ii. 5. snail-trefoil, 8. [SNAIL-PLANT (1).] snail-wheel, s. Horol.: A wheel having an edge formed in twelve steps, arranged spirally, the positions of which determine the number of strokes of the hammer on the bell. The snail is placed on the arbor of the twelve-hour wheel.