SNOTTER

Etymology 1

Noun

snotter (plural snotters)

(nautical) A rope going over a yardarm, used to bend a tripping line to, in sending down topgallant and royal yards in vessels of war; also, the short line supporting the heel of the sprit in a small boat.

Etymology 2

Verb

snotter (third-person singular simple present snotters, present participle snottering, simple past and past participle snottered)

(intransitive) To snivel; to cry or whine.

Noun

snotter (countable and uncountable, plural snotters)

The wattles of a turkey-cock.

(Scotland) Snot; mucus.

Anagrams

• Stentor, stentor

Source: Wiktionary


Snot"ter, v. i. Etym: [From Snot.]

Definition: To snivel; to cry or whine. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.

Snot"ter, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.] (Naut.)

Definition: A rope going over a yardarm, used to bend a tripping line to, in sending down topgallant and royal yards in vessels of war; also, the short line supporting the heel of the sprit in a small boat.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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