snarer

[Eng. snar(e), v.; -er.] One who lays snares or traps. "Never prate on 't; nor, like a cunning snarer, Make thy clipped name the bird to call it others." Middle ton: Witch. *snark, v. i. [Sw. snark a = to snore loudly.] To make a grating noise. "I will not quite compare it to a certain kind of snark ing or gnashing."- Notes & Queries, Sept. 29, 1866, p. 248. snarl-er, s. [Eng. snarl (1), v.; -er.] One who snarls or growls; a growling, surly, quarrelsome person. "Lie down obscure, like other folks, Below the lash of snarlers ' jokes." Swift: To Dr. Delaney. snarl-Ing, a. & 8. [SNARL (1), v.] A. As adj.: Growling, surly, snappish, quarrel some. B. As subst.: The act of one who snarls; a snarl, a growl. "I was startled by a furious snarling and yapping behind."- Anstey : Black Poodle.