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▪ I. snaggy, a.1|ˈsnægɪ|
[f. snag n.1 + -y.]
1. Having snags or sharp protuberances; jagged, knotty; snag-like.
1581J. Studley Seneca, Medea 134 Cause yee the snaggy wheele to pawse that rentes the carkas bound. 1590Spenser F.Q. i. vii. 10 His stalking steps are stayde Vpon a snaggy Oke. 1621G. Sandys Ovid's Met. ii. (1632) 62 Envie..a snaggy staffe..tooke Wreathed with thornes. 1888Harper's Mag. Apr. 735 A multitude of blackened snaggy shapes protruding above the water. 1895J. Barlow Lisconnel ix. 212 His snaggy stick lay at a little distance.
fig.1857Fraser's Mag. LVI. 358 We do not think that your genuine snaggy fellow belongs to any class in particular.
2. Of teeth: Suggestive of snags.
1703Motteux Quix. (1733) III 210 Her Teeth..seem'd to be thin and snaggy.
3. Abounding in, full of, snags.
1806W. Clark in Lewis & Clark Orig. Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Expedition (1905) V. 380 The Sand bars..confined the [river] to a narrow Snagey Chanel. 1843‘R. Carlton’ New Purchase ix. 58 To learn the nature of ‘mash land’—‘rooty and snaggy land’ [etc.]. 1864J. K. Hosmer Color-Guard xii, We passed into snaggy lakes at last. 1891Pall Mall G. 22 Oct. 2/1 The river is..a turbulent, snaggy stream to navigate.
▪ II. ˈsnaggy, a.2 Sc. and dial.
[Cf. snag v.1]
Ill-tempered, peevish, snappish, cross.
1781J. Hutton Tour to Caves (ed. 2) Gloss. 96 Snaggy, tetchy, peevish. 1806A. Douglas Poems 130 Quo' Maggy fell snaggy, ‘Ye lie, you loun, an' joke’. 1823–in dial. glossaries (Suffolk, E. Anglia, Lincs.). 1898B. Gregory Side Lights 405 The stalwart President..had become spasmodic, snatchy, and at times snaggy. |