1. The long, projecting nose of a beast, as of swine.
2. The nose of a man; — in contempt. Hudibras.
3. The nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.
4. (Zoöl.) (a) The anterior prolongation of the head of a gastropod; — called also rostrum. (b) The anterior prolongation of the head of weevils and allied beetles. Snout beetle (Zoöl.), any one of many species of beetles having an elongated snout and belonging to the tribe Rhynchophora; a weevil. — Snout moth (Zoöl.), any pyralid moth. See Pyralid.
SNOUT
Snout, v. t.
Defn: To furnish with a nozzle or point.
SNOUTY
Snout"y, a.
Defn: Resembling a beast's snout.
The nose was ugly, long, and big, Broad and snouty like a pig. Otway.
SNOW Snow, n. Etym: [LG. snaue, or D. snaauw, from LG. snau a snout, a beak.] (Naut.)
Defn: A square-rigged vessel, differing from a brig only in that she has a trysail mast close abaft the mainmast, on which a large trysail is hoisted.