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Snag Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Snag?
[n] an unforeseen obstacle
[v] hew jaggedly [v] catch on a snag [v] get by acting quickly and smartly Synonyms | Synonyms for Snag: hang-up | hitch | rub Related Terms | Find terms related to Snag: See Also | catch | hew | hitch | obstacle | obstruction | obtain Snag In Webster's Dictionary \Snag\, 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.
The coat of arms Now on a naked snag in triumph
borne. --Dryden.
2. A tooth projecting beyond the rest; contemptuously, a
broken or decayed tooth. --Prior.
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.
4. (Zo["o]l.) One of the secondary branches of an antler.
{Snag boat}, a steamboat fitted with apparatus for removing
snags and other obstructions in navigable streams. [U.S.]
{Snag tooth}. Same as {Snag}, 2.
How thy snag teeth stand orderly, Like stakes which
strut by the water side. --J. Cotgrave.
\Snag\, 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. 2. To injure or destroy, as a steamboat or other vessel, by a snag, or projecting part of a sunken tree. [U. S.] |
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