Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A length of fine fishing line that connects a hook to a heavier line; a leader.
- noun The knot used to affix such a length of line to a hook.
- transitive verb To affix a snell to (a hook).
from The Century Dictionary.
- Active; brisk; nimble; spirited.
- Keen; piercing; sharp; severe; hard: as, a snell frost.
- noun A short piece of gut, gimp, or sea-grass on which fishhooks are tied; a snood.
- To tie or fasten to a line or gut, as a hook for angling.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A short line of horsehair, gut, etc., by which a fishhook is attached to a longer line.
- adjective Archaic or Prov. Eng. & Scot. Active; brisk; nimble; quick; sharp.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Active ,brisk or nimble;Lively . - adjective
Quick ,sudden ;Sharp . - adjective
Quick-witted ;Witty . - adjective
Harsh ;Severe . - noun A short
line of horsehair, gut, monofilament, etc., by which afishhook orlure is attached to a longer (and usually heavier) line. - verb To
tie a hook to the end of afishing line with a snell knot.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The Uni knot snell is an easy way to snell your hook without having to cut a leader.
Big Mouth Snelling 2004
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Assuming a woebegone air I told my uncle that 'Auld Reekie' suited me poorly, and that the climate was too 'snell' for my southern constitution.
Border Ghost Stories Howard Pease
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Several days in the mornings, before R.L. Stevenson was able to face the somewhat "snell" air of the hills, I had long walks with the old gentleman, when we also had long talks on many subjects -- the liberalising of the Scottish Church, educational reform, etc.; and, on one occasion, a statement of his reason, because of the subscription, for never having become an elder.
Robert Louis Stevenson: a record, an estimate, and a memorial 1871
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I am planning on just fishing a worm on a snell rig.
Provo River 2009
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I am planning on just fishing a worm on a snell rig.
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Interesting question, think you and other Tory apologists need to waken up and snell the coffee.
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Interesting question, think you and other Tory apologists need to waken up and snell the coffee.
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Let's not forget, Toyota employs around 200,000 Americans in the U.S., and considering our economy, we need Toyota to survive. coventry snell
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Probably the most popular of all trolling rigs involves just a simple spinner, some beads, and various hook riggings on a 3-foot snell.
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Bulluts sped past President Hamid Karzai and black smoke and the snell of gunpowder filled the air when Taliban militants struck Afghanistan's most important military parade on sunday.
bilby commented on the word snell
Scots - sharp, severe.
December 10, 2007
leaden commented on the word snell
The item described by the CD&C is also known as a snood, sneed, or sed. See also snod and cockernonny.
November 9, 2011