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Webster 1913 Edition
Snub
Snub
,Verb.
I.
[Cf. D.
snuiven
to snort, to pant, G. schnauben
, MHG. snūben
, Prov. G. schnupfen
, to sob, and E. snuff
, v.t.] To sob with convulsions.
[Obs.]
Bailey.
Snub
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Snubbed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Snubbing
.] [Cf. Icel.
ssnubba
to snub, chide, Sw. snubba
, Icel. snubbōttr
snubbed, nipped, and E. snib
.] 1.
To clip or break off the end of; to check or stunt the growth of; to nop.
2.
To check, stop, or rebuke, with a tart, sarcastic reply or remark; to reprimand; to check.
J. Foster.
3.
To treat with contempt or neglect, as a forward or pretentious person; to slight designedly.
To snub a cable
or
To snub a rope
(Naut.)
, to check it suddenly in running out.
Totten.
Snub
,Noun.
1.
A knot; a protuberance; a song.
[Obs.]
[A club] with ragged
snubs
and knotty grain. Spenser.
2.
A check or rebuke; an intended slight.
J. Foster.
Snub nose
, a short or flat nose.
– Snub post
, or
Snubbing post
(Naut.)
, a post on a dock or shore, around which a rope is thrown to check the motion of a vessel.
Webster 1828 Edition
Snub
SNUB
,Noun.
SNUB
,Verb.
T.
1.
To nip; to clip or break off the end. Hence,2.
To check; to reprimand; to check, stop or rebuke with a tart sarcastic reply or remark. [This is the same word radically as sneap, sneb, and is the word chiefly used.]