Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SNOW-DEEP, n. [snow and deep.]

A plant.

SNOW-DRIFT, n. [snow and drift.]

A bank of snow driven together by the wind.

SNOW'-DROP, n. [snow and drop.]

A plant bearing a white flower, cultivated in gardens for its beauty; the Galanthus nivalis.

SNOW-FED, a.

Fed with snow. – Shelly.

SNOW-FLOOD, n.

A flood from melted snow. – Moore.

SNOW'LESS, a.

Destitute of snow. – Tooke.

SNOW-LIKE, a.

Resembling snow.

SNOW'-PLOW, n.

An instrument or machine to be driven before a locomotive, for throwing snow from a railway and clearing the rails.

SNOW'-SHOE, n. [snow and shoe.]

A shoe or racket worn by men traveling on snow, to prevent their feet from sinking into this snow.

SNOW-SLIP, n. [snow and slip.]

A large mass of snow which slips down the side of a mountain, and sometimes buries houses. – Goldsmith.

SNOW-STORM, n.

A storm with falling snow.

SNOW-WHITE, a. [snow and white.]

White as snow; very white.

SNOW-WREATH, n.

A wreath of snow. – Wilson.

SNOW'Y, a.

1. White like snow.
2. Abounding with snow; covered with snow. The snowy top of cold Olympus. – Milton.
3. White; pure; unblemished. – Hall.

SNUB, n. [D. sneb; a different orthography of snip, sneap, neb, nib, nip.]

A knot or protuberance in wood; a snag. [Not in use.] – Spenser.

SNUB, v.i. [G. schnauben, to snub, to snort, to pant for; to puff.]

To sob with convulsions. [Not used.]

SNUB, v.t. [supra.]

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.]

SNUB'-NOSE, n.

A short or flat nose.

SNUB'-NOS-ED, a.

Having a short, flat nose.

SNUDGE, n.

A miser, or a sneaking fellow. [Not in use.]

SNUDGE, v.i. [Dan. sniger. See Snug.]

To lie close; to snug. [Not in use or vulgar.]

SNUFF, n. [D. snuf, whence snuffen, to snuff, to scent; G. schnuppe; allied to snub, neb, nib.]

1. The burning part of a candle wick, or that which has been charred by the flame, whether burning or not. Addison.
2. A candle almost burnt out. – Shak.
3. Pulverized tobacco and various other powders, taken or prepared to be taken into the nose.
4. Resentment; huff, expressed by a snuffing of the nose. – Bacon.

SNUFF, v.i.

1. To snort; to inhale air with violence or with noise; as dogs and horses. – Dryden.
2. To turn up the nose and inhale air in contempt. – Mal. ii.
3. To take offense.

SNUFF, v.t. [D. snuffen; G. schnupfen, to take snuff; schnuppen, to snuff a candle.]

1. To draw in with the breath; to inhale; as, to snuff the wind. – Dryden.
2. To scent; to smell; to perceive by the nose. – Dryden.
3. To crop the snuff, as of a candle; to take off the end of the snuff. – Swift.

SNUFF'BOX, n.

A box for carrying snuff about the person.