| Snag (snag) |
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| Snag |
| [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 |
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.
A tooth projecting beyond the rest;
contemptuously, a broken or decayed tooth.
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.
One of the secondary
branches of an antler.
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To cut the snags or
branches from, as the stem of a tree] to hew roughly.
To injure or destroy, as a steamboat or
other vessel, by a snag, or projecting part of a sunken tree.
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