SNUB
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Snub (?), v. i. [Cf. D. snuiven to snort, to pant, G. schnauben, MHG. sn&ū;ben, Prov. G. schnupfen, to sob, and E. snuff, v.t.] To sob with convulsions. [Obs.] Bailey.
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Snub, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snubbed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Snubbing.] [Cf. Icel. ssnubba to snub, chide, Sw. snubba, Icel. snubb&ō;ttr snubbed, nipped, and E. snib.] 1. To clip or break off the end of; to check or stunt the growth of; to nop.
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2. To check, stop, or rebuke, with a tart, sarcastic reply or remark; to reprimand; to check. J. Foster.
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3. To treat with contempt or neglect, as a forward or pretentious person; to slight designedly.
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To snub a cable or To snub a rope (Naut.), to check it suddenly in running out. Totten.
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Snub, n. 1. A knot; a protuberance; a song. [Obs.]
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[A club] with ragged snubs and knotty grain.
Spenser.
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2. A check or rebuke; an intended slight. J. Foster.
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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.
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