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Webster 1913 Edition


Snell

Snell

,
Adj.
[AS.
snell
; akin to D.
snel
, G.
schnell
, OHG.
snel
, Icel.
snjallr
valiant.]
Active; brisk; nimble; quick; sharp.
[Archaic or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
That horny-handed,
snell
, peremptory little man.
Dr. J. Brown.

Snell

,
Noun.
A short line of horsehair, gut, etc., by which a fishhook is attached to a longer line.

Webster 1828 Edition


Snell

SNELL

,
Adj.
Active; brisk; nimble. [Not in use.]