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Webster 1913 Edition


Snort

Snort

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Snorted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Snorting
.]
[OE.
snorten
; akin to
snoren
.
See
Snore
.]
1.
To force the air with violence through the nose, so as to make a noise, as do high-spirited horsed in prancing and play.
Fairfax.
2.
To snore.
[R.]
“The snorting citizens.”
Shak.
3.
To laugh out loudly.
[Colloq.]
Halliwell.

Snort

,
Noun.
The act of snorting; the sound produced in snorting.

Snort

,
Verb.
T.
To expel throught the nostrils with a snort; to utter with a snort.
Keats.

Webster 1828 Edition


Snort

SNORT

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To force the air with violence through the nose, so as to make a noise, as high spirited horses in prancing and play.
2.
To snore. [Not common.]

SNORT

,
Verb.
T.
To turn up in anger, scorn or derision, as the nose. [Unusual.]