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noun

Snout n.

The long, projecting nose of a beast, as of swine.

The nose of a man; in contempt.

The nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.

(Zool.)

(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 (Zool.), any one of many species of beetles having an elongated snout and belonging to the tribe Rhynchophora; a weevil.

Snout moth (Zool.), any pyralid moth. See Pyralid.

verb

Snout v. t. To furnish with a nozzle or point.

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Etymology of 'Snout'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Snout" Quotes from Famous Books

... indeed charming, quite pink, his snout washed clean by the greasy slops placed before him, though incessant routing in his trough had left a ring of dirt about his eyes. He trotted about, hustled the fowls, rushing to gobble up whatever was thrown them, and upsetting the little yard with his ...

— Abbe Mouret's Transgression - La Faute De L'abbe Mouret • Emile Zola

... witness. Another volley from the hunters caused them to make off more rapidly, and wounded the cub severely, so much so that in a few minutes it began to flag. Seeing this, the mother placed it in front of her, and urged it forward with her snout so quickly that it was with the utmost difficulty the men could keep up with them. A well-directed shot, however, from Fred Ellice brought the old bear to the ground; but she rose instantly, and again advanced, pushing her cub before her, while the dogs continued to embarrass her. They now began ...

— The World of Ice • Robert Michael Ballantyne

... caricature him; with little good breeding, they called those answers they so much dreaded, Les coups de boutoir du Roi.—[The literal meaning of the phrase "coup de boutoir," is a thrust from the snout of ...

— Marguerite de Navarre - Memoirs of Marguerite de Valois Queen of Navarre • Marguerite de Navarre

... the others, for the creature was a terrible one. It had the body of a bear, but the feet and legs were those of an alligator, while the tail trailed out behind like a snake, and the head had a long snout, not unlike the trunk of an elephant. The creature was about ten feet long and five ...

— Five Thousand Miles Underground • Roy Rockwood

... beetle Cucumber beetle Chinch bug Bean-leaf beetle Wireworm May beetle Corn billbug Imbricated-snout beetle Plant lice Cabbage butterfly Mosquito Squash beetle Clover leaf beetle Cotton boll weevil Cotton boll worm Striped garden caterpillar Cutworms Grasshoppers Corn-louse ants Rocky Mountain locust Codling moth Canker worm ...

— Our Vanishing Wild Life - Its Extermination and Preservation • William T. Hornaday

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