From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Snag \Snag\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Snagged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Snagging}.]
1. To cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree;
to hew roughly. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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2. To injure or destroy, as a steamboat or other vessel, by a
snag, or projecting part of a sunken tree. [U. S.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Snag \Snag\, n. [Prov. E., n., a lump on a tree where a branch
has been cut off; v., to cut off the twigs and small branches
from a tree, of Celtic origin; cf. Gael. snaigh, snaidh, to
cut down, to prune, to sharpen, p. p. snaighte, snaidhte, cut
off, lopped, Ir. snaigh a hewing, cutting.]
1. A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a
short branch, or a sharp or rough branch; a knot; a
protuberance.
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The coat of arms
Now on a naked snag in triumph borne. --Dryden.
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2. A tooth projecting beyond the rest; contemptuously, a
broken or decayed tooth. --Prior.
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3. A tree, or a branch of a tree, fixed in the bottom of a
river or other navigable water, and rising nearly or quite
to the surface, by which boats are sometimes pierced and
sunk.
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4. (Zool.) One of the secondary branches of an antler.
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{Snag boat}, a steamboat fitted with apparatus for removing
snags and other obstructions in navigable streams. [U.S.]
{Snag tooth}. Same as {Snag}, 2.
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How thy snag teeth stand orderly,
Like stakes which strut by the water side. --J.
Cotgrave.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
snag
n 1: a sharp protuberance
2: a dead tree that is still standing, usually in an undisturbed
forest; "a snag can provide food and a habitat for insects
and birds"
3: an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a
rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings" [syn:
{rip}, {rent}, {snag}, {split}, {tear}]
4: an unforeseen obstacle [syn: {hang-up}, {hitch}, {rub},
{snag}]
v 1: catch on a snag; "I snagged my stocking"
2: get by acting quickly and smartly; "snag a bargain"
3: hew jaggedly
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