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Webster 1913 Edition

Snare

Snare

,
Noun.
[AS.
snear
a cord, a string; akin to D.
snoer
, G.
schnur
, OHG.
snour
a cord,
snarahha
a noose, Dan.
snare
, Sw. & Icel.
snara
, Goth.
sn[GREEK]rj[GREEK]
a basket; and probably also to E.
needle
. See
Needle
, and cf.
Snarl
to entangle.]
1.
A contrivance, often consisting of a noose of cord, or the like, by which a bird or other animal may be entangled and caught; a trap; a gin.
2.
Hence, anything by which one is entangled and brought into trouble.
If thou retire, the Dauphin, well appointed,
Stands with the
snares
of war to tangle thee.
Shakespeare
3.
The gut or string stretched across the lower head of a drum.
4.
(Med.)
An instrument, consisting usually of a wireloop or noose, for removing tumors, etc., by avulsion.
Snare drum
,
the smaller common military drum, as distinguished from the bass drum; – so called because (in order to render it more resonant) it has stretched across its lower head a catgut string or strings.

Snare

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Snared
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Snaring
.]
To catch with a snare; to insnare; to entangle; hence, to bring into unexpected evil, perplexity, or danger.
Lest that too heavenly form . . .
snare
them.
Milton.
The mournful crocodile
With sorrow
snares
relenting passengers.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition

Snare

SNARE

, n.
1.
An instrument for catching animals, particularly fowls, by the leg. It consists of a cord or string with slip-knots, in which the leg is entangled. A snare is not a net.
2.
Any thing by which one is entangled and brought into troble. I Cor. 7. A fool's lip are the snare of his soul. Prov. 18.

SNARE

,
Verb.
T.
To catch with a snare; to ensnare; to entangle; to bring into unexpected evil, perplexity or danger. The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Ps. 9.

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