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snortle, v.|ˈsnɔːrt(ə)l|
[f. snort v. + -le.]
1. intr. To snort. Now dial.
1577–82Breton Flourish upon Fancie Wks. (Grosart) I. 6/2 To wallow almost like a Beare, and snortle like a Hog. 1635Swan Spec. Mundi viii. §1 (1643) 370 It is supposed that these monsters [i.e. mermen] are very devils..by their howling and snortling under the waters. 1807Beresford Miseries Hum. Life xx. II. 244 Where long she lies tumbling,..And snortling, and grumbling. 1876Robinson Whitby Gloss., Snortle, to puff through the nostrils as a person with a cold.
2. refl. To bring (oneself) into a certain condition by snorting.
1806Beresford Miseries Hum. Life vi. (ed. 3) I. 120 The Monster—when..he has finally pumped, and panted, and snortled himself into tranquillity. |