snub

Definitions

1. 1.To clip or break off the end of; to check or stunt the growth of; to nop.
2. 2.To check, stop, or rebuke, with a tart, sarcastic reply or remark; to reprimand; to check. J. Foster.
3. 3.To treat with contempt or neglect, as a forward or pretentious person; to slight designedly. To snub a cable or rope (Naut.), to check it suddenly in running out. Totten.
4. 4.A knot; a protuberance; a song. [Obs.] [A club] with ragged snubs and knotty grain. Spenser.
5. 5.A check or rebuke; an intended slight. J. Foster. 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.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is to clip or break off the end of; to check or stunt the growth of; to nop called?
• What is to check, stop, or rebuke, with a tart, sarcastic reply or remark; to reprimand; to check. J. Foster called?
• What is to treat with contempt or neglect, as a forward or pretentious person; to slight designedly. To snub a cable or rope (Naut.), to check it suddenly in running out. Totten called?
• What is a knot; a protuberance; a song. [Obs.] [A club] with ragged snubs and knotty grain. Spenser called?