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] blasting. snood, s. [SNOD.] 1. Ord . Lang .: (See extract.) "The snood, or riband, with which a Scottish la braided her hair, had an emblematical signification, and applied to her maiden character. It was exchanged for the curch, toy, or coif, when she pa ed, by marriage, into the matron state. But if the damsel was so unfortunate as to lose pretensions to the name of maiden, without gaining a right to that of matron, she was neither permitted to use the snood nor advanced to the graver dignity of the curch."-Scott: Lady of the Lake . (Note.) 2. Angling: A hair-line, gut, or silk cord by which a fish-hook is fastened to the line. "Letting the snoods hang over the sides."- Field , Oct. 17, 1885. snood, v . t . [SNOOD, 8.] To braid up, as the hair, with a snood. snood-ěd, a . [Eng.snood, s.; -ed.] Wearing or having a snood. "And plaided youth, with jest and jeer, Which snooued maiden would not hear!" Scott : Lady of the Lake , iii. 20. snood-ing, s. [Eng.snood, s.; -ing.] Angling: The same as SNOOD, 8. , 2. "Each baited hook, hanging from its short length of snooding."- Field , Oct. 17, 1885. *snook, *snoke, v . i . [Cf. Sw.snoka =to lurk, to dog a person.] To lurk; to lie in ambush. To cut snooks : To make derisive grimaces; to take a sight. [SIGHT, 8., (4).] snoôl, s. [Etym. doubtful.] One whose spirit is broken with oppre ive slavery. ( Scotch.) snoôl, v. i. & t. [SNOOL, 8.] A. In trans.: To submit tamely; to sneak. "Owre blate to seek, owre proud to snool." Burns: A Bard's Epitaph. B. Trans.: To subjugate or govern by authority; to keep under by tyrannical means. ( Scotch .) snoôp, v. i. [Dut. snæpen=to sneak.] To pilfer in a crafty, sneaking manner; to mauraud with cunning. snooze, s . [SNOOZE, v.] A nap; a short sleep. "The last surreptitious snooze in which he was wont to revel."-London Daily Telegraph. snooze, v . i . [Prob. imitative of the sound made in drawing the breath while asleep.] To take a nap or short sleep; to sleep, to slumber. snooz-er, s. [Eng. snooz (e); -er.] 1. One who snoozes. 2. A cant name for a hotel thief, or swindler. ( U.S. Colloq .) snöre, v . i . [A. S. snora=a snoring; cogn. with O. Dut. snorren to grumble, to mutter; snarren = to brawl, to snarl; Ger. schnarren to rattle, to snarl; cf. Dut.snorken ; Low Ger. snorken , snurken ; Dan. snorke ; Sw. snorka =to snort with rage, to threaten.] To breathe with a rough, hoarse noise in sleep; to breathe hard through the nose and open mouth while sleeping. "And the stretched rustic snores beneath the hedge." Cowper: Death of Damon. snöre, s. [SNORE, v.] 1. A breathing with a rough, hoarse noise in sleep. "The surfeited grooms Do mock their charge with snores: I've drugged their po ets." Shakesp.: Macbeth, ii. 2. 2. A cord for spinning a top. ( U.S. Colloq.) snore-hole, s. Mining : The hole in the wind-bore or lower stock of a mining-pump, to admit the water. snör-er, s. [Eng.snor(e); -er.] One who snores. *snorke, s. [SNORE, SNORT.] A snore. "At the cocke-crowing before daye thou shalt not hear there the servauntes snorke."- Stap let on : Fortre of the Faithe , fol. 121 b. snort, v . i . & t . [For snork , from Dan. snorke = to snort; Swedish snorka =to snort with rage, to threaten; Dutch snorken =to snore, to snort; Ger. schnarchen=to snore, to snort.] IMG:content-1660.png:[blocks in formation] *1. To turn up, as in anger, scorn, or derision, as Remaines. the nose. 2. To utter with a snort. *3. To expel or force out, as with a snort.