snaren.
/snɛː/, U.S. /snɛ(ə)r/ 1. † c. A noose, a halter. Obsolete. rare.
a. A device for capturing small wild animals or birds, usually consisting of a string with a running noose in which a foot or the head may be caught. Also in figurative context.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > equipment > trap or snare > [noun]
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basket-trap1866
pole trap1879
steel fall1895
tread-trap1952
conibear trap1957
conibear1958
a1100 in A. S. Napier Old Eng. Glosses (1900) 26/2 Tenticulam, .i. decipulam, þelman, snearan, wocie.
a1300 E.E. Psalter ix. 16 In þis snare whilk þai hid swa Gripen es þe fote of þa.
c1325 Metr. Hom. 70 Lorde, what thyng sall passe qwyte, And be noght in this snarres tane.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) v. xxiii Ofte by swete soune þe fouler bringeþ hem to grenes and snares swetlich.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 461/2 Snare, laqueus, pedica.
1483 Cath. Angl. 346/2 A Snare.., vbi A gylder.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Amos iii. A Taketh a man his snare vp from the grounde, afore he catche somwhat?
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Qivv/1 A Snayre, laqueus..pedica.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 61 The proper Time..For stalking Cranes to set the guileful Snare . View more context for this quotation
1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-Hope II. 149 Several Snares, made of Horse-Hairs, twisted together, are hung between the Branches.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth IV. 167 They either catch them in snares, or take them by surprize.
1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess i. 22 The nightingale, Rapt in her song, and careless of the snare.
1885 W. T. Hornaday Two Years in Jungle ix. 99 They..set no snares, dig no pitfalls, nor capture game in any way whatever.
b. In figurative and allusive uses.
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a1300 Cursor Mundi 29532 Þat þou mai lightloker þam here, Ar þou be laght in findes snarr.
a1340 R. Rolle Psalter cxxiii. 6 Þe swetnes of þis life is snare þat þe deuyl gildirs men with.
1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy i. 3648 Blendid with lust,..Til in þe snare þei ben englued faste.
c1450 J. Capgrave Life St. Augustine (1910) 12 Faustus, a grete snare of þe deuele, for þis man was þe moost famous heretik of all þe Manicheis.
a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 103 The daungerys & snarys of the world.
1576 G. Gascoigne Complaynt of Phylomene in Steele Glas sig. L Bewtie was the guileful bayte, Which caught their liues in Snare.
1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 37 Such commands were no commands, but snares.
1710 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 20 July (1965) I. 46 Ignorance..exposes them to the Snares of any who..carry them to tother extream.
1779 J. Moore View Society & Manners France (1789) I. i. 5 He who has the vigour to disentangle himself from the snares of deep play.
1825 W. Scott Betrothed xi, in Tales Crusaders II. 231 Their very virtues became snares to them.
1844 Ld. Denman Judgment O'Connell 1 Trial by jury itself, instead of being a security to persons who are accused, will be a delusion, a mockery, and a snare.
1866 J. Martineau Ess. Philos. & Theol. 1st Ser. 235 Dr. Mansel falls, we think, into the same snare.
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society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] > gallows > parts of > noose or rope
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a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Matt. xxvii. 5 He passide forth, and ȝede, and hongide hym silf with a snare [L. laqueo].
d. Surgery. A device, on the principle of a snare, for removing morbid growths.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > surgical instruments > [noun] > instruments for excising tissue generally
gammot1585
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plough1907
resectoscope1926
1884 M. Mackenzie Man. Dis. Throat & Nose II. 269 Snares have been used for many years for the removal of polypi.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. IV. 690 The larger growths..are best removed by the cold snare. Many advocate the use of the incandescent snare.
2.
a. One of the strings of gut, rawhide, or (more recently) wire, which are stretched across the lower head of a side-drum.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > drum > [noun] > snare-drum > snare-head > snare
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1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xvi. 61/1 The seuerall parts of a drumme... The Snares, which is made of Bowell strings.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Snares, the cords which pass across the diameter of one hoop at the end of a drum.
1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms 396/1 The lower [surface of the side-drum] having catgut strings called snares, stretched across to check the reverberation.
b. elliptical for snare-drum at Compounds b.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > drum > [noun] > snare-drum
snare-drum1873
snare1938
1938 D. Baker Young Man with Horn i. iv. 39 He could, of course, play his snare and..sooner or later he'd have money enough to buy a piano.
1950 A. Lomax Mister Jelly Roll 64 I had a drummer that hit his snares so loud that one night I gave him a couple of fly swatters for a gag.
1960 ‘E. McBain’ Give Boys Great Big Hand xii. 137 The big one is the bass drum, and that round black case is what they call the snare.
1973 J. Wainwright Pride of Pigs 31 The drummer giving his snare a series of flicks with the wire brushes.
Compounds
attributive and in other combinations.
a. In sense 1, as snare-cord, snare-trap, snare wire; snare-wise adv.
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c1480 (a1400) St. Matthias 288 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 230 Resone wald þat his throt ware vith a snar cord hangyt ful sare.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Anses.., th' ends of ropes tyed snare-wise, or made into nooses.
?1804 in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1987) III. 497 The followg. Bales intended for foreign nations... No. 18, a Bag Containing..3 Rolls Ear Wire, 3 Do Snare Wire.
1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 30 Sept. 6/3 They manufacture a clever snare-trap for the wild geese.
1953 P. Provancher I live in Woods iv. 36 I am in no danger because I have my axe, matches, fishing lines and snare~wire.
1964 C. Willock Enormous Zoo iv. 56 Snare wire began to make its appearance most frequently... Catching animals with wire snares attached to large logs is understandably popular.
b. In sense 2, as snare-drum, snare-head, snare pin, etc.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > drum > [noun] > snare-drum > snare-head
snare-head1688
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > drum > [noun] > snare-drum
snare-drum1873
snare1938
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xvi. 61/1 The seuerall parts of a drumme... The Snare head.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xvi. 61/1 The Snare pin, or Screw.
1704 Athenian Oracle III. 423 Their drums..received several small shot in the batter heads, which they went through, but immediately struck out again by the Rims, and touch'd not the snare heads.
1873 T. B. Aldrich Marjorie Daw 130 Morning and evening we heard the spiteful roll of their snare-drums.
1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms 138/2 The lower head has occasionally strings of catgut stretched over its surface, and then it is called a snare drum.
1884 Harper's Mag. Sept. 513/2 The little snare-drum trotted bravely along.
1926 E. Ferber Show Boat v. 96 A snare drummer who was always called a ‘sticks’, and the bass drum, known as the bull.
1941 W. C. Handy Father of Blues i. 5 The youngster would..beat on the strings in the manner of a snare drummer.
1961 A. C. Baines Musical Instruments through Ages xiv. 335 ‘Snares’..consist of a number of gut or wire strings stretched across the lower skin or ‘snare head’.
1966 Crescendo Apr. 30/3 Complete with snare drumming that would make the Dagenham Girl Pipers turn green with envy.
1976 New Yorker 8 Mar. 108/3 He would hit the snare directly, or hit the snarehead and the rim.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
snarev.
/snɛː/, U.S. /snɛ(ə)r/ 1. absolute.1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. i, in Poems 66 He poach'd the Wood and on the Warren snar'd.1863 H. W. Wheelwright Spring & Summer in Lapland 144 Where every one shoots and snares just as he pleases.reflexive.a1569 M. Coverdale Fruitful Lessons (1593) sig. O3 Who so goeth about to bind the truth, dooth knitte and snare himselfe with vnlowsable bands.1642 D. Rogers Naaman 26 Adore it, but snare not thyselfe with it.a1657 W. Mure Wks. (1898) I. iv. 50 Alace!.. To snair myselfe in hope to be reliued.
a. transitive. To capture (small wild animals, birds, etc.) in a snare; to catch by entangling.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > hunt [verb (intransitive)] > hunt by trapping
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the world > food and drink > hunting > hunt [verb (transitive)] > trap
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the world > food and drink > hunting > equipment > trap or snare > [verb (transitive)] > to catch or entrap
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trapa1500
entrap1531
halter1574
snitch1900
a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Isa. xxviii. 13 That thei..falle backward, and be al to-brokun, and be snarid, and be takun.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 461/2 Snaryn, or snarlyn, illaqueo.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 723/2 I snare, I catche in a snare, je prens au las.
1548 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) Laqueus, an halter, any thynge that one is snared or intangled in.
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Qivv/1 To Snayre, illaqueare.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. ii. 169 I..will..show thee a Iayes nest, and instruct thee how to snare the nimble Marmazet.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 60 To Fire the Brambles, snare the Birds. View more context for this quotation
1781 W. Cowper Retirem. 401 To carve his rustic name upon a tree, To snare the mole.
1832 E. Bulwer-Lytton Eugene Aram II. iii. xi. 103 I should not be surprised if you snare one of Squire Nixon's hares by the way.
1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 422 The cultivated portions..swarm with quails, vast numbers of which are snared in nets by the natives.
b. figurative. To entangle, entrap.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > snare, trap, entanglement > entrap, ensnare [verb (transitive)]
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > snare, trap, entanglement > ensnare oneself [verb (reflexive)]
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1401 Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 55 Cauteles and sleiȝtes, ech intrikid in other, to snarre symple soules.
c1430 Life St. Katherine (Roxb.) 31 I se wel þat þou woldest wyth þy venoms sotyltees snare vs.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Exod. x. 7 How longe shall we be snared after this maner?
1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 216 Be thow not snairde in Venus snair.
c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) iii. 1134 Cast downe thy looke, Least prides bait snare thee on the devils hooke.
1642 D. Rogers Naaman 16 Those ten tribes were justly snared by Jeroboams calves.
1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake ii. 81 Themselves in bloody toils were snared.
1864 Ld. Tennyson Aylmer's Field in Enoch Arden, etc. 91 Who wove coarse webs to snare her purity.
c. U.S. To catch, to win by a small margin.
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the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > hold [verb (transitive)] > catch something moving or falling
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snare1942
society > leisure > sport > winning, losing, or scoring > win, lose, or score [verb (transitive)] > win
to pull off1860
snare1942
to sew up1953
sweep1960
the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > make a success of [verb (transitive)] > win (any contest or prize) > win by narrow margin
snare1942
squeak1961
1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §650/6 Win…snare a win.
1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §679/5 Field a ball; catch…snare a hit.
1948 Sun (Baltimore) 26 Nov. 17/1 Double Brandy..came from next to last to snare the second money about a half length in front of Brookmeade Stable's Gnu.
2. Surgery and Pathology. To catch in a loop, esp. in order to remove; to cut off with a snare.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > removal by surgical means > remove by surgical means [verb (transitive)] > by snare
snare1884
1884 M. Mackenzie Man. Dis. Throat & Nose II. 355 An instrument for snaring nasal polypi.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 794 A peritoneal adhesion by which a loop of bowel is snared and acutely strangulated.
Derivatives
snared adj. /snɛəd/
/snɛəd/ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > binding or fettering > [adjective] > bound, fettered, or shackled > trapped or ensnared
snarledc1440
trappedc1440
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caught1670
snared1837
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. iii. v. 122 Driven mad like the snared lion.
ˈsnaring n. and adj.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > [noun] > trapping or snaring
telding?c1225
snaringc1440
snarlingc1440
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tolling1838
trapping1867
noosing1878
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > snare, trap, entanglement > [adjective]
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > removal by surgical means > [noun] > by snare
snaring1899
the world > food and drink > hunting > equipment > trap or snare > [adjective]
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noosy1694
snaring1923
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 461/2 Snarynge, or snarlynge, illaqueacio.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney tr. Psalmes David (1823) xviii. ii To my snaring grave to goe.
1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Enlazamiento Intangling, snaring.
1605 W. Alexander Alexandræan Trag. ii. Chor. Then snaring laws did not extend The bounds of Reason.
1640 T. Carew Poems 62 Her murdring glances, snaring haires,..so please me.
1845 B. Disraeli Sybil II. iii. x. 136 Meditating the snaring of a hare.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 899 The artificial snaring of tumours.
1923 Beaver Mar. 236/1 Having some snaring twine she killed sufficient rabbits to keep herself and child alive.
1971 A. Fry Long Journey ix. 52 Three or four men could work together, driving animals..toward a snaring fence.
1971 A. Fry Long Journey iv. 18 The snaring wing, a long brush fence with a few ‘escapes’,..each set with a snare.
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