snub-comb. form
/ˈsnʌblʌɪn/, U.S. /ˈsnəbˌlaɪn/. the stem of snub v.1 used in a few combinations, as † snub-devil n. a clergyman (obsolete slang). snub-line n. = snub-post n. snub-post n. U.S. a snubbing-line or -post.
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > [noun]
God's maneOE
priestOE
clerkc1050
secularc1290
vicary1303
minister1340
divinec1380
man of Godc1384
kirkmana1400
man of the churchc1400
cockc1405
Ecclesiastc1405
spiritual1441
ministrator1450
abbé1530
reverend1547
churchman1549
tippet-captain?1550
tippet knight1551
tippet man1551
public minister1564
reading minister1572
clergyman1577
clerk1577
padre1584
minstrel1586
spiritual1600
cleric1623
cassock1628
Levite1640
gownsman1641
teaching elder1642
ecclesiastic1651
religionist1651
crape1682
crape-gown-man1682
man in black1692
soul driver1699
secularist1716
autem jet1737
liturge1737
officiant1740
snub-devil1785
soul doctor1785
officiator1801
umfundisi1825
crape-man1826
clerical1837
God-man1842
Pfarrer1844
liturgist1848
white-choker1851
rook1859
shovel hat1859
sky pilot1865
ecclesiastical1883
joss-pidgin-man1886
josser1887
sin-shiftera1912
sin-buster1931
parch1944
society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > [noun] > action of mooring > object to which ship is moored
moorings1600
pawl1717
mooring post1779
mooring1809
mooring block1809
mooring anchor1820
ryepeck1834
snub-post1875
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > bitts or Samson post
bitta1614
Samson's post1769
riding bitt1794
loggerhead1840
strongback1867
snubbing-post1875
snub-post1875
Samson bar1889
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > ropes or chains other than rigging or cable > [noun] > for securing vessel > at bow > on canal boat
snubbing-line1875
snub-line1908
1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Snub devil, a parson.
1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2231/2 Snub-post, a form of bitt or mooring-post on a raft or canal-boat.
1908 H. Day King Spruce xxvi The snub-line down the steep quarter-mile..made a cut-off that doubled the efficiency of the teams.
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