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SNOUTING
Verb
snouting
present participle of snout
Source: Wiktionary
SNOUT
Snout, n. Etym: [OE. snoute, probably of Scand, or Low German origin; cf. LG. snute, D. snuit, G. schnauze, Sw. snut, snyte, Dan. snude, Icel. sn to blow the nose; probably akin to E. snuff, v.t. Cf. Snite, Snot, Snuff.]
1. The long, projecting nose of a beast, as of swine.
2. The nose of a man; -- in contempt. Hudibras.
3. The nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.
4. (Zoƶl.) (a) The anterior prolongation of the head of a gastropod; -- called also rostrum. (b) The anterior prolongation of the head of weevils and allied beetles. Snout beetle (Zoƶl.), any one of many species of beetles having an elongated snout and belonging to the tribe Rhynchophora; a weevil.
– Snout moth (Zoƶl.), any pyralid moth. See Pyralid.
Snout, v. t.
Definition: To furnish with a nozzle or point.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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