The Wordsmith Dictionary

Exact matches only Allow stemming Match all embedded

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SNOTTER

v.i.To snivel; to sob.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SNOTTER

Snot "ter, v. i. Etym: [From Snot. ]

Defn: To snivel; to cry or whine. [Prov. Eng. ] Grose.

SNOTTER

Snot "ter, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain. ] (Naut. )

Defn: A rope going over a yardarm, used to bend a tripping line to, in sending down topgallant and royal yards in vessels of war; also, the short line supporting the heel of the sprit in a small boat.

SNOTTERY

SNOTTERY Snot "ter *y, n.

Defn: Filth; abomination. [Obs. ] To purge the snottery of our slimy time. Marston.

New American Oxford Dictionary

snotter

snot ter |ˈsnätər ˈsnɑtər | ▶noun Nautical a fitting that holds the heel of a sprit close to the mast. • a length of rope with an eye spliced in each end. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: of unknown origin.

snotter

snotter 1 |ˈsnɒtə | ▶noun (usu. snotters ) informal, chiefly Scottish a piece or drop of nasal mucus.

Oxford Dictionary

snotter

snotter 1 |ˈsnɒtə | ▶noun (usu. snotters ) informal, chiefly Scottish a piece or drop of nasal mucus.

snotter

snotter 2 |ˈsnɒtə | ▶noun Nautical a fitting which holds the heel of a sprit close to the mast. • a length of rope with an eye spliced in each end. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: of unknown origin.