snub

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Snubbed p. pr. & vb. n. Snubbing. ] [ Cf. Icel. ssnubba to snub, chide, Sw. snubba, Icel. snubbōttr snubbed, nipped, and E. snib. ] 1. To clip or break off the end of; to check or stunt the growth of; to nop. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To check, stop, or rebuke, with a tart, sarcastic reply or remark; to reprimand; to check. J. Foster. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To treat with contempt or neglect, as a forward or pretentious person; to slight designedly. [ 1913 Webster ]

To snub a cable or
To snub a rope (Naut.), to check it suddenly in running out. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A knot; a protuberance; a song. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

[ A club ] with ragged snubs and knotty grain. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A check or rebuke; an intended slight. J. Foster. [ 1913 Webster ]

Snub nose, a short or flat nose. --
Snub post, or
Snubbing post (Naut.), a post on a dock or shore, around which a rope is thrown to check the motion of a vessel. [ 1913 Webster ]