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▪ I. † ˈsnarler1 Obs.—1
[app. f. snarl v.1]
A species of pedlar or hawker.
1398in A. F. Leach Beverley Town Doc. (Selden Soc.) 42 Homines mercenarii forinseci, vocati Snarlers et haukers, vagantes per stratas ville.
▪ II. snarler2|ˈsnɑːlə(r)|
[f. snarl v.2]
1. One who snarls; an ill-tempered, grumbling, or fault-finding person.
1634Carew Cœlum Brit. 7, I shun in vaine the importunity With which this Snarler vexeth all the gods. 1703Rowe Ulysses i. i, 'Tis the Snarler æthon, A priviledg'd Talker. 1779Ann. Reg. ii. 52 The snarlers against Mr. Garrick's management of the theatre. 1821Blackw. Mag. X. 555 A plain good woman, neither blue-stocking nor snarler. 1884Contemp. Rev. Aug. 253 Shakespeare..was much too great to take vengeance or damn the ill-natured snarlers to immortal disgrace.
2. A dog or other animal addicted to snarling.
1797Monthly Mag. III. 536 Their doors guarded by large and very surly dogs. The women were no great admirers of those snarlers.
▪ III. snarler3|ˈsnɑːlə(r)|
[f. snarl v.3]
1. One who works with a snarling-iron.
1864in Webster. 1900Daily Mail 31 Oct., A snarler..is a worker in teapots, and may..be compared with the leaf bumper who bumps up the leaves commonly seen in metal work.
2. A snarling-iron.
1903H. Wilson Silverwork & Jewellery 59 This causes the point of the snarler to strike against the inner side of the cup. |