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Webster 1913 Edition


Snotter

Snot′ter

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Verb.
I.
[From
Snot
.]
To snivel; to cry or whine.
[Prov. Eng.]
Grose.

Snot′ter

,
Noun.
[Etymol. uncertain.]
(Naut.)
A rope going over a yardarm, used to bend a tripping line to, in sending down topgallant and royal yards in vessels of war; also, the short line supporting the heel of the sprit in a small boat.

Webster 1828 Edition


Snotter

SNOT'TER

,
Verb.
I.
To snivel; to sob.

Definition 2024


snotter

snotter

English

Noun

snotter (plural snotters)

  1. (nautical) A rope going over a yardarm, used to bend a tripping line to, in sending down topgallant and royal yards in vessels of war; also, the short line supporting the heel of the sprit in a small boat.

Verb

snotter (third-person singular simple present snotters, present participle snottering, simple past and past participle snottered)

  1. To snivel; to cry or whine.
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