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▪ I. snug, n.1|snʌg|
[Of obscure origin: cf. snag n.]
1. A rugged projection; a hard knob or knot; a snag. rare.
1665Bunyan Holy City xv. (1669) 107 There shall be a smooth Face upon the whole Earth, all Snugs, and Hubs, and Hills..shall now be took away. a1800Devon Gloss. in Halliw. s.v. Snag, A snagg, vel snugg, a hard wooden ball, commonly some gnurre, knobb, or knott of a tree, which they [boys] make use of at the play of bandy instead of a ball. 1808Jamieson, Snugs, small branches lopped off from a tree.
2. techn. A projection or ridge cast on a plate, bolt, etc., in order to keep something in position, prevent rotation, or for some similar purpose.
1843Civil Eng. & Arch. Jrnl. VI. 138/2 Instead of the flanges there are ‘snugs’ on the tumbler between the chains to keep them on. 1844H. Stephens Bk. Farm II. 214 On the top bar of the frames there are two strong snugs..cast, sufficient to resist the pressure of the rollers. 1887D. A. Low Machine Draw. (1892) 17 The snug fits into a short groove cut in the side of the hole.
attrib.c1850Rudim. Nav. (Weale) 134 Deck nails..have snug heads.
▪ II. snug, n.2|snʌg|
[f. snug a.1]
1. the snug, that which is comfortable, quiet, or private. upon the snug, privately. rare.
1757S. Foote Author i. i. 8 You love the snug, the Chimney-Corner of Life; and retire to this obscure Nook. 1768Woman of Honor I. 187, I escaped from those scenes of tasteless enjoyment..into the snug of life. 1861[Mrs. M. A. Paul] Two Cosmos i. iv, A bye thing [sc. a prize-fight] got up upon the snug at Kilburn Wells.
2. dial. or slang. The bar-parlour of an inn or public-house; = snuggery 1 b. Also snug bar.
1838Actors by Daylight I. 84 Act-drop..the signal for the stage-manager to run in from the snug, and bully everybody. 1864Brierley Layrock xiii, Who would have followed him into the snug. 1890Eastern Morn. News (Hull) 16 Apr. 4/9 Charged with having wilfully broken a window in the snug of the Shepherdess Inn. 1894–in dial. glossaries and texts (Northumbld., Cumbld., Lanc., Warw.). 1903Somerville & ‘Ross’ All on Irish Shore 226 ‘Don't be afraid,’ said our hostess reassuringly, ‘he'll never see ye—sure I have him safe back in the snug!’ 1956J. M. Mogey Family & Neighbourhood 105 Solitary women drinkers prefer the snug in a larger public-house. 1967Punch 17 May 736/3 Old women's gossip in the snug-bar..at ‘The Garibaldi’. 1977Ibid. 31 Aug.–6 Sept. 331/2 Angus Beakley's cart-horse went berserk and crashed into the snug of The Flat Pig And Hat.
b. One of the compartments in the taproom of an old-fashioned inn.
1860Dickens Uncomm. Trav. (1861) v. 63 Across the room, a series of open pews for Jack..at the other end, a larger pew..entitled snug, and reserved for mates. 1891Scottish Leader 18 Sept. 5 He came out of one of the ‘snugs’ or boxes.
▪ III. snug, a.1 and adv.|snʌg|
Also 6–7 snugg.
[Of doubtful origin; first recorded as a nautical term. In later use app. associated with the early senses of snug v., but it is possible that there is no original connexion between the two.
There is resemblance in form, and some correspondence in sense, to LG. snügger (snigger), snögger slender, smooth, clean, dainty, smart, etc., older Du. snuggher, snoggher (Kilian), slender, slim, active (Du. snugger lively, sprightly), but evidence of connexion is wanting. Cf. also Sw. snygg, Da. snyg, neat, tidy, etc., which may be from LG.; but Da. dial. snøg, Sw. dial. snögg (snägg), Norw. dial. snøgg (snegg) represent ON. snǫggr (Icel. snöggur) short, short-haired, sudden, quick, etc., which is app. represented in English by snog a.]
A. adj.
1. Naut.
a. Of a ship or her parts: Trim, neat, compact; adequately or properly prepared for, or protected from, bad weather.
c1595Capt. Wyatt R. Dudley's Voy. W. Ind. (Hakluyt Soc.) 58 A verie fine snugg long shipp, having on each side vi. portes open, beside her chase and her sterne peeces. a1642Sir W. Monson Naval Tracts iii. (1704) 358 She will overtop a lower and snug Ship. 1711W. Sutherland Ship-build. Assist. 50 The streighter and snuger the Sheer lies, the less Wind is held to hinder the Motion of the Ship. 1799Naval Chron. II. 304 The stern is..plain, and snug, without much carving. 1840R. H. Dana Bef. Mast ii. 3 Soon all was snug aloft, and we were again allowed to go below. 1882Nares Seamanship (ed. 6) 46 It would not form so snug a lashing. 1883Harper's Mag. Aug. 447/2 She will be..snug for any gale.
fig.1848Dickens Dombey iv, The shop seemed almost to become a snug sea-going, ship-shape concern.
b. In phrase to make snug.
1697W. Dampier Voy. (1699) 380 Captain Read..ordered the Carpenters to cut down our Quarter Deck to make the Ship snug and the fitter for Sailing. 1719De Foe Crusoe i. (Globe) 9 [To] make everything snug and close, that the Ship might ride as easy as possible. 1726G. Shelvocke Voy. round World (1757) 70 To ease our bows, and make everything as snug as possible. 1830Marryat King's Own li, We'll make her all snug... Furl the fore and mizen-topsail. 1851Kitto Daily Bible Illustr. lii. iv. (1867) 445 Their next care was to make the ship ‘snug’, by lowering the sail, and bringing down upon deck her spars and rigging. 1897M. Kingsley W. Africa 385 We let go the anchor, make all snug and go ashore.
c. transf. Of persons or things: Neat, trim. Now Obs. or dial.
1714Steele Lover No. 15, There was seated just before her a pretty snug Academick. 1725Ramsay Gentle Sheph. i. ii, He kames his hair, indeed, and gaes right snug. 1756Connoisseur No. 126 ⁋5 Flowers of rhetoric, injudiciously scattered over a sermon, are as disgusting in his discourse, as the snug wig and scented white handkerchief in his dress. 1789Gouv. Morris in Sparks Life & Writ. (1832) II. 90 Sometimes an orator closes with a good snug resolution which is carried with a huzza.
d. Close-fitting; tight.
1838in Holloway Prov. Dict. 1895Westm. Gaz. 13 Aug. 7/2 The corsage of the gown should not be too snug, but it should be shapely and ‘tailor made’ to the last degree.
2. a. In a state of ease, comfort, or quiet enjoyment. Chiefly pred., and freq. with in (a place).
1630J. Lane Contn. Sqr.'s T. vi. 5 (Ashm. MS.), Now Chaunticleere..the poise of his clockes watch at twoe gann sterr,..Yet snugg binn they in cabins. 1706–[see b]. 1783Cowper Lett. Wks. (1876) 144 There is hardly to be found on Earth I suppose so snug a creature as an Englishman by his fire-side in winter. 1798Southey Pious Painter ii. xi, Released from his prison,..The Painter is snug in his bed. 1812H. & J. Smith Horace in London 173 Tho' all the while my proper self Is snug at home, My pen shall roam. 1859W. Collins Q. of Hearts (1875) 50, I made a blazing fire..and sat down to tea, as snug and comfortable as possible. 1891E. Peacock N. Brendon I. 131 He found..the Colonel's groom making the animals snug for the night.
b. In phrases of comparison (see quots.).
1706E. Ward Wooden World Diss. (1708) 58 He sits as snug as a Bee in a Box, making his Honey. 1769Stratford Jubilee ii. i, If she [a rich widow] has the mopus's, I'll have her, as snug as a bug in a rug. 1809Malkin Gil Blas x. x. ⁋23 You will be as snug there as a bug in a blanket. 1833T. Hook Love & Pride vi, You might sit as snug as a bug in a rug. 1886F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. 691 ‘So snug's a bug in a rug’ is the common superlative expression. 1934J. Buchan Free Fishers xiii. 211 Jem hung up his hat and ever since has been as snug as a flea in a blanket. 1936D. Powell Turn, Magic Wheel i. 93 The fetish of permanency, the snug-as-a-bug-in-a-rug fetish. 1974P. Dickinson Poison Oracle ii. 42 You just wait here, snug as a bug in a rug, learning it all second hand.
c. With lie vb. Also, securely caught or imprisoned. (Cf. 6.)
1687Miége Gt. Fr. Dict. ii. s.v., To lie snug in a Bed. 1781Cowper Anti-Thelyphth. 79 On southern banks the ruminating sheep Lay snug and warm. 1796Nelson 1 Aug. in Nicolas Disp. (1845) II. 224 This blockade is complete, and we lay very snug in the North Road. 1848Thackeray Van. Fair xii, While Becky Sharp was on her own wing in the country..Amelia lay snug in her home of Russell Square. 1879Browning Martin Relph 51 Safe in the trap would they now lie snug, had treachery made no sign.
3. a. Of places, buildings, etc.: Comfortable and warm, cosy; esp. combining comfort with neatness and compactness.
c1718Prior The Ladle 68 A Country Farm, Where all was snug, and clean, and warm. 1784Cowper Task i. 513 Then snug enclosures in the shelter'd vale..Delight us. 1806Beresford Miseries Hum. Life iii. vii, Your snug warm bed. 1841Dickens Barn. Rudge ii, Those inside had risen from their snug seats, and were making room in the snuggest corner for the honest locksmith. 1885M. E. Braddon Wyllard's Weird i, Heathcote inherited a snug little estate near Bodmin. 1898J. A. Gibbs Cotswold Village 141, I know no..snugger hostelry than the Swan.
b. Comb., as snug-box, snug-chair, snug-parlour.
1702Farquhar Twin-Rivals iv. i, Presently enters Mr. Moabite, followed by a snug-chair, the windows close drawn. 1768Woman of Honor III. 76 That neat snug-box of mine in Surry. 1817Keatinge Trav. II. 5 The snug-parlour travellers of the critic.
c. Of climate: Agreeable, pleasant, genial.
1888Harper's Mag. Mar. 562/1 Duluth has a cool, salubrious summer and a snug winter climate.
4. a. Enabling one to live in comfort and comparative ease.
1735Fielding Mod. Husb. ii. v, Have you no friend that could favor you with some comfortable snug employment, of a thousand or fifteen hundred per annum? 1780Mirror No. 78, Looking out for some snug office, or reversion, to which my interest with several powerful friends might recommend me. 1822Hazlitt Table-t. Ser. ii. iv. (1869) 97 A few hundreds a year are something snug and comfortable. 1867Routledge's Ev. Boy's Ann. 79 A good snug business they've got.
transf.1807Syd. Smith Lett. Catholics (1808) 130 An endless series of snug expectations and cruel disappointments. 1814Scott Wav. v, The snug probability of succeeding to his father's office.
b. Moderately well-to-do; comfortably off; ‘warm’. Chiefly Irish dial.
1802M. Edgeworth Moral T. (1816) I. xv. 121 He was a very cautious snug man, and he did not choose to interfere. 1828Croker Leg. S. Irel. II. 222 Tim himself would have been snug enough sometimes but that he loved the drop. 1842S. Lover Handy Andy viii, You're a snug man, Mat; you ought to be able to give a husband a trifle with them. 1900E. Phillpotts Sons of Morning iii. iii, ‘Twenty pounds ban't much.’.. ‘Not to your faither, as he be a snug man enough by accounts.’
c. Fairly large or substantial.
1833H. Martineau Vanderput & S. iv. 65, I shipped a snug package of velvets, which certain great folks are at this moment wearing. 1848Thackeray Van. Fair xl, Having a snug legacy from Miss Crawley. 1873B. Harte Fiddletown 40 This gentleman had made a snug fortune during the felicitous prevalence of a severe epidemic.
5. a. Marked or characterized by ease or comfort; comfortable, cosy.
(a)1766[Anstey] Bath Guide xiii. 16 No Lady in London is half so expert At a snug private Party, her Friends to divert. 1781H. More in Roberts Mem. (1835) I. 210, I was on Monday night at a very snug little party... We had a snug day. 1824Irving Tales Trav. I. 185 They did occasionally give snug dinners to three or four literary men at a time. 1827Scott Chron. Canongate i, The club-room, and the snug hand at whist. 1849Thackeray Pendennis xxxvii, He liked snug dinners of all things in the world.
(b)1813Examiner 15 Feb. 102/2 Denmark and Sweden..had kept themselves in a very snug neutrality. 1844Dickens Mart. Chuz. xlvi, A sort of snug and comfortable penitence.
†b. Cant. (See quot.) Obs.
1725New Cant. Dict. s.v., All's snug, all's quiet; used by Villains, when every thing is silent, and they hear no body stir to oppose their intended Rogueries.
c. Of a borough: Close. (See borough 3 c.) rare.
1844P. Harwood Hist. Irish Rebell. 41 note, The other boroughs, which were close or snug, sent the remainder.
6. a. In concealment or hiding; out of sight or observation. Chiefly with lie vb. (Cf. 2 c.)
1687tr. Sallust (1692) 185 The Numidians kept themselves and their Horses snug within the Trees and Bushes. 1697Dryden Virg. Past. iii. 24 Did I not see you, Rascal, did I not? Where you lay snug to snap young Damon's Goats? 1733Swift On Poetry Wks. 1755 IV. i. 187 Be sure at Will's, the following day, [To] Lie snug, and hear what criticks say. 1797F. Reynolds The Will iii. i, When a man is in debt, the Capital is the place to lie snug in! 1809Malkin Gil Blas v. i. ⁋4 A hue and cry was raised.., but I lay snug, and they missed me. 1815Scott Guy M. xxxiii, But you must remain snug at the Point of Warroch till I come to see you. 1862Borrow Wales lxxxii, Lying snug in cave by day and going out at night to rob.
†b. Marked or characterized by privacy, secrecy, or concealment; private, secret. Obs.
1710Swift Lett. (1767) III. 37 Methinks when I write plain..all the world can see us. A bad scrawl is so snug. 1766Life of Quin i. 7 James had..carried on what he thought a very snug intrigue with Mrs. L.
c. to keep (..) snug, to keep quiet, to refrain from talking about or alluding to (something). Now dial.
1778F. Burney Diary 26 Aug., My conduct has been as uniform in trying to keep snug as my words. 1796― Lett. 10 July, He,..laughingly, said, ‘So you keep it quite snug’. 1856Lever Martins of Cro' M. 508, I take it for granted that he'll be as glad of a settlement that keeps all ‘snug’, as ourselves. 1877N.W. Linc. Gloss. 231/2 Doctors an' lawyers is beholden to keep things snug, folks tells 'em.
7. Used as an interjection asking for or commanding secrecy, esp. in phrase snug's the word.
1700Congreve Way of World i. ii, If throats are to be cut, let swords clash! snug's the word, I shrug and am silent. 1748Foote Knights i. Wks. 1799 I. 65 You could give us a little news if you would; come now!—snug!—nobody by! 1809–12M. Edgeworth Vivian viii, There's a man who could tell you more than any of us, if he would; but snug's the word with Wicksted. 1842S. Lover Handy Andy xxi, Whisht,..not a word... Good-bye, you'll hear more about it to-morrow—snug's the word.
B. adv. Snugly.
1674N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. 128, I take the seed..to be a cluster of bubbles wryed up snug. 1766[Anstey] Bath Guide vi. 27 So they hoisted her down just as safe..And as snug as a Hod'mandod rides in his shell. 1768Goldsm. Good-n. Man Epil., He eyes the centre, where his friends sit snug. 1831Lincoln Herald 9 Sept. 3/6 It is calculated to button across snug up to the neck. 1853Kane Grinnell Exped. xxix. (1856) 252 The provisions and stores of all sorts are packed snug. 1884Pae Eustace 34 To see you succeed in getting your son and my nephew put snug into the estate.
▪ IV. † snug, a.2 Obs.
[Cf. snug n.1]
? Snub.
1626B. Jonson Staple of News iii. ii, It is an Automa,..With a snug nose, and has a nimble taile.
▪ V. snug, v.|snʌg|
[Of obscure origin: in later use associated with, and partly f., snug a.1]
1. a. intr. Of persons (or animals): To lie or nestle closely or comfortably, esp. in bed; to snuggle. Now rare or dial. (Cf. snudge v.2)
1583Golding Calvin on Deut. lxvii. 411 In stead of setting forward we retire backe, or els sit snugging stil in our owne slothfulnesse. a1586Sidney Arcadia i. (1622) 84 Betwixt them two the peeper tooke his nest, Where snuging well he well appear'd content. 1616J. Lane Contn. Sqr.'s T. vi. 5 While snugginge they in cabbins lay each one. 1692R. L'Estrange Fables (1694) 61 The loving couple lay snugging together. 1824Lamb Lett. (1888) II. 118 Let 'em all snug together, Hebrews and Proselytes of the gate.
transf. and fig.1648J. Beaumont Psyche ii. vi, The Summer Clouds, snugging in laps of Flowers. 1648Herrick Hesper., Upon Roses, Under a Lawne..Some ruffled Roses nestling were: And snugging there, they seem'd to lye As in a flowrie Nunnery. 1674N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. 86 The pieces of a body..are only clapt together at their little smoothnesses as close as they can snug. 1978T. L. Smith Money War (1979) i. 74 Folding bipod which snugs under the barrel when not in use; large winter trigger.
b. With to or into.
1674N. Fairfax Bulk & Selvedge of the World 110 [An atom] so snugs to another, as not to be in another. 1687Miége Gt. Fr. Dict. ii, To snug to his Bed-fellow. 1828–32Webster s.v., A child snugs to its mother or nurse. 1888Edmondston & Saxby Home Naturalist 85 After she and Wildie had snugged into bed.
c. U.S. With up.
1868M. M. Pomeroy Nonsense xxvi. 248 She ‘snugged up’ toward us as gently as a juvenile dove. 1873J. H. Beadle Undeveloped West v. 106 He used to complain that I ‘snugged up’ altogether too much.
2. With down: To nestle, settle down; to make oneself snug or comfortable.
1603Dekker & Chettle Grissill 100 Then this eye lookes vp, yet downe I snug againe. 1898Westm. Gaz. 4 Mar. 3/1 They turn into the Home for Asiatics, and snug down till Mr. Johnston..gets them a ship. 1904‘E. Nesbit’ Phœnix & Carpet ii. 26 ‘I'm a baby bear!’ said the Lamb, snugging down.
3. trans.
a. To place or put snugly, neatly, or comfortably.
1754Goldsm. in Forster Life (1871) I. 437 Every woman carries in her hand a stove with coals in it, which, when she sits, she snugs under her petticoats.
b. U.S. slang. ‘To conceal from the owner, to purloin’ (Bartlett).
a1859in Bartlett Dict. Amer. (ed. 2) 424 I'd stuff watches, drop pocket-books,..but I'd never condescend to snug dogs.
4. refl. To make (oneself) comfortable, secure, or safe (cf. quots.); to bring (oneself) into something comfortable.
1795Gazette of the U.S. (Phila.) 7 March (Thornton), [He will] keep up his credit and character, till he has snugged himself into a good estate. 1822E. Nathan Langreath I. 5 His steward, who has snugged himself pretty well by robbing his master and oppressing the poor. 1856Leisure Hour 28 Aug. 559/1 We hear voices and steps just outside, but snug ourselves in the security of our retreat.
5. a. To make snug, comfortable, or tidy; to set nicely in order. Freq. with up or down.
(a)1787Burns Brigs of Ayr 27 Potatoe-bings are snugged up frae skaith Of coming Winter's biting, frosty breath. 1836Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. xxxv, What the dickens was them two great rolls o' canvass for, I seed snugg'd up and tied to your crupper? Ibid. xxxvii, Whenever you see a place all snugged up.., depend on it the folks are of the right kind. 1888Cent. Mag. Aug. 617/2 The tent was shut, and everything snugged up. 1892Lowndes Camping Sketches I. 44 We snugged things down quite elegantly, in expectation of visitors.
absol.1885Field 19 Dec. 870/3 We snugged up for the night.
(b)1890Clark Russell Marriage at Sea iv, I snugged her in rugs. 1897Advance (Chicago) 18 Mar. 342/1 They have become an ‘Army of Occupation’, with huts snugged for winter.
b. To put or stow away snugly.
1859H. W. Beecher Life Thoughts Ser. ii. 55 He knows very well where it is snugged away. 1880L. Wallace Ben-Hur 516 He beheld Esther,..a small figure snugged away under her father's lap-robe. 1897Daily News 21 June 4/5 You are comfortably snugged away under a wide⁓spreading arch.
6. Naut.
a. To make (a ship, etc.) snug or trim, esp. by lashing or stowing movables, furling or reducing sails, lowering topmasts, etc., in preparation for bad weather; to furl (a sail).
1881Daily Telegr. 28 Jan., Bit by bit the canvas was snugged until the brig had nothing on her but her lower maintopsail [etc.]. 1881Clark Russell Ocean Free Lance II. 177 The men were employed in snugging the decks. 1890― Ocean Trag. I. ix. 189 They had snugged the ‘Bride’ to very small canvas.
b. Similarly with down. Also absol. and transf.
1893Westm. Gaz. 28 Feb. 10/3 Having hove in their trawl they were all forward..snugging the vessel down, as they were threatened with more wind. 1899‘Q.’ (Quiller Couch) Ship of Stars xxiv, [Taffy] gave the order to snug down and man the cradle for shore. 1918Kipling Land & Sea Tales (1923) 116 They snugged her down. I don't know how one snugs down an aeroplane. |