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1. snǒut(e n.

Additional spellings: snoute
37 quotations in 3 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) The snout of a swine, boar, rhinoceros, dog, dragon, etc.; ?also with pun on sense 2.(a) [2nd quot.]; ?also, the bill or beak of a bird [quot. 1440]; (b) the trunk of an elephant.

2. snīten v.

12 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) To blow one's nose; blow (one's nose); also [1st quot.], with punning ref. to 1st quot. in (b); (b) to snuff (a candle); also, tweak or pull (a person's nose with tongs); sniten oute; (c) hawk. to…