Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SNAP'-DRAG-ON, n.

1. A plant. The popular name of several different plants; as, for example, of a species of Antirrhinum, of Ruellia, of Barleria, &c.
2. A play in which raisins are snatched from burning brandy, and put into the mouth. – Tatler.
3. The thing eaten at snapdragon. – Swift.