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▪ I. snar, n. rare. Now dial.|snɑː(r)|
[Of doubtful origin: cf. Norw. dial. snar a twist or knot.]
†1. A knot in wood. Obs. (Cf. snarl n.1 4.)
1611Florio, Nocchio, any bosse,..node, snag,..snar, or ruggednesse in any tree or wood.
2. A stump or stub. (Cf. hag-snare hag n.3 2.)
1892M. C. F. Morris Yorks. Folk-talk 154 A ploughing field with old stumps or snars.
▪ II. † snar, v. Obs.
[Corresponds to Du., Flem., (M)LG., MHG. snarren (G. schnarren, Sw. snarra, Da. snærre, † snarre) to rattle, whirr, snarl, etc., prob. of imitative origin.]
intr. Of dogs, etc.: To snarl or growl.
1530Palsgr. 723/2 Take hede of your dogge, alwayes as I come by he snarreth at me. 1553T. Wilson Rhet. 91 b, As uncomely as a dogge dothe when he snarreth. 1596Spenser F.Q. vi. xii. 27 Tygres, that did seeme to gren, And snar at all, that euer passed by.
b. transf. or fig. Of persons.
1553T. Wilson Rhet. 91, I maruaile sir what you meane to be euer snarringe at me. 1576Fleming tr. Caius' Dogs To Rdr. (1880) B 5 b, Such as shall snarr and snatch at the Englishe abrydgement. 1581Rich Farew. (1846) 126, I have written it..not to sette you a snarryng or grudgyng against me.
Hence † ˈsnarring vbl. n. and ppl. a. Obs.
1565Cooper, Litera aspera, snarryng. 1576Fleming tr. Caius' Dogs (1880) 30 This Dogge,..by furious iarring, snarring, and such like meanes, betrayeth the malefactour. |