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Webster 1913 Edition
Snell
Snell
,Adj.
[AS.
snell
; akin to D. snel
, G. schnell
, OHG. snel
, Icel. snjallr
valiant.] Active; brisk; nimble; quick; sharp.
[Archaic or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
That horny-handed,
snell
, peremptory little man. Dr. J. Brown.
Snell
,Noun.
A short line of horsehair, gut, etc., by which a fishhook is attached to a longer line.
Webster 1828 Edition
Snell
SNELL
,Adj.