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▪ I. snorter1|ˈsnɔːtə(r)|
[f. snort v.]
1. a. One who or that which snorts († or snores); a person who utters a snort in scorn, indignation, etc.; also, a pig.
1601Hakluyt Galvano's Disc. World 85 Besides these there be certaine fishes which make a noyse like vnto hogs, and will snort, for which cause they be named snorters. 1611Cotgr., Ronfleur, a snorer, a snorter. 1662J. Chandler Van Helmont's Oriat. 213 Surely that thing..renders the Snorters of the Schooles unexcusable. 1827in Evans Leic. Gloss. s.v., To labourer Tom I give the swine: Snorters collected with great pains. 1894Westm. Gaz. 25 Aug. 1/3 Suppose, then,..that the Welsh ‘snorters’ had carried their point.
b. dial. The wheatear.
1802Montagu Ornith. s.v. Wheatear. 1863 W. Barnes Dorset Gloss. 87.
2. In various slang or colloq. senses:
a. U.S. ‘A dashing, riotous fellow’ (Bartlett).
b. A stiff or strong wind; a gale.
c. Anything exceptionally remarkable for size, strength, severity, etc.
d. A blow on the nose (Slang Dict. 1874).
e. The nose itself.
a.1846T. B. Thorpe Myst. Backwoods 182, I am a roaring earthquake in a fight,..a real snorter of the universe. 1872Schele de Vere Americanisms 224 If animal spirits are a little too prominent, and assert themselves with vehemence, they procure for the owner the name of snorter.
b.1855H. A. Murray Lands Slave & Free I. vii. 110 My..regret..that I could not see her under the high pressure of a good snorter. a1859in Bartlett Dict. Amer. (ed. 2) 424 The skipper said..we must make all snug, for we're going to have a snorter. 1900F. A. Steel Hosts of the Lord xix, We had a regular black snorter.
c.1859J. Lang Wand. India 399 The Commander-in-Chief..certainly did put forth ‘a snorter of a General Order’. 1886Mrs. E. Kennard Girl in the Brown Habit i, Some of these fences are regular downright snorters. 1888R. H. Mitchell in Steel & Lyttelton Cricket xiii. 380 How different this..from being compelled to play a real ‘snorter’ before the breath is fairly recovered after the effort of running several fourers in succession! 1898G. Giffen With Bat & Ball xi. 189, I know of no bowler whom one has to watch so closely [as T. R. McKibben], for you never know when you are going to get a ‘snorter’ of a break, from one side or the other. 1899Daily News 19 July 5/5 It is a leader of the kind which we used to describe as ‘a regular snorter’. 1929Morning Post 11 Mar. 16/4 When in the next Test, at Lord's, McDonald bowled him [sc. Hendren] for 0 with a ‘snorter’. 1954J. H. Fingleton Ashes crown Year xxiv. 257 May..now hit another ‘snorter’ through the covers.
d.1829P. Egan Boxiana 2nd Ser. II. 119 The latter got a severe snorter, which not only uncorked the claret, but left a stupifying quality behind it.
e.1829P. Egan Boxiana 2nd Ser. II. 353 The snorter of Raines looked red! For why? Jones's mauley had given it a rum tap! 1846Swell's Night Guide 132/2 Snorter, the nose. 1925[see snorer 1 b].
▪ II. ˈsnorter2 Naut.
[Variant or earlier form of snotter n.2]
1. = snotter n.2 1.
1750T. R. Blanckley Naval Expos. 154 Snorters, the Smiths put them on one End of the Beak Iron, to turn any of their Work with. 1886Field 27 Feb. 251/2 The lower end or heel has been known often to part or jump out of the becket or snorter, which supports it and confines it to the mast.
2. = snotter n.2 2.
1950Bown & Dove Port Operation & Admin. iv. 138 The snotter, or snorter, is a length of cordage or S.W.R. with an eye spliced in each end. 1965R. B. Oram Cargo Handling v. 93 Rope snorters are used at Sydney and Brisbane to discharge the pallets and these are left on the cargo at loading.
▪ III. ˈsnorter3 U.S.
(See quot.)
1859Bartlett Dict. Amer. (ed. 2) 424 Snorter, the edge pieces of tortoise-shell, called also toe-nails or nails.
▪ IV. snorter4
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