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v. t. To catch in a snare. See Insnare. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Insnared p. pr. & vb. n. Insnaring. ] [ Written also ensnare. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To catch in a snare; to entrap; to take by artificial means. “Insnare a gudgeon.” Fenton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To take by wiles, stratagem, or deceit; to involve in difficulties or perplexities; to seduce by artifice; to inveigle; to allure; to entangle. [ 1913 Webster ]

The insnaring charms
Of love's soft queen. Glover. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who insnares. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. minarete, Ar. manārat lamp, lantern, lighthouse, turret, fr. nār to shine. ] (Arch.) A slender, lofty tower attached to a mosque and surrounded by one or more projecting balconies, from which the summon to prayer is cried by the muezzin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. naris. ] A nostril. [ R. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ L., pl. of naris nostril. ] (Anat.) The nostrils or nasal openings, -- the anterior nares being the external or proper nostrils, and the posterior nares, the openings of the nasal cavities into the mouth or pharynx. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Palato-, and Nares. ] (Anat.) The posterior nares. See Nares. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Post-, and Nares. ] (Anat.) The posterior nares. See Nares. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Pre-, Nares. ] (Anat.) The anterior nares. See Nares. B. G. Wilder. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. sneara cord, a string; akin to D. snoer, G. schnur, OHG. snour a cord, snarahha a noose, Dan. snare, Sw. & Icel. snara, Goth. sn&unr_;rj&unr_; a basket; and probably also to E. needle. See Needle, and cf. Snarl to entangle. ] 1. A contrivance, often consisting of a noose of cord, or the like, by which a bird or other animal may be entangled and caught; a trap; a gin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, anything by which one is entangled and brought into trouble. [ 1913 Webster ]

If thou retire, the Dauphin, well appointed,
Stands with the snares of war to tangle thee. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The gut or string stretched across the lower head of a drum. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Med.) An instrument, consisting usually of a wireloop or noose, for removing tumors, etc., by avulsion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Snare drum, the smaller common military drum, as distinguished from the bass drum; -- so called because (in order to render it more resonant) it has stretched across its lower head a catgut string or strings. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Snared p. pr. & vb. n. Snaring. ] To catch with a snare; to insnare; to entangle; hence, to bring into unexpected evil, perplexity, or danger. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lest that too heavenly form . . . snare them. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

The mournful crocodile
With sorrow snares relenting passengers. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who lays snares, or entraps. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. tubus tube + nares the nostrils. ] (Zool.) A tribe of sea birds comprising the petrels, shearwaters, albatrosses, hagdons, and allied birds having tubular horny nostrils. [ 1913 Webster ]

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‖n.; pl. Ulnaria [ NL. See Ulna. ] (Anat.) One of the bones or cartilages of the carpus, which articulates with the ulna and corresponds to the cuneiform in man. [ 1913 Webster ]