snottern.1
/ˈsnɒtə/, U.S. /ˈsnɑdər/, Scottish English /ˈsnɔtər/ Scottish and northern.attributive.?1772 Young Coalman's Courtship to Creelwife's Daughter (ed. 3) i. 3 His mither..blew her snotter box, primed her nose, kindled her tobacco pipe [etc.].
1. Snot or nasal mucus. Also used figuratively to denote something of little or no value, significance, or importance.Various other dialect senses and attributive uses are recorded in the Eng. Dial. Dict.
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > of little worth
ivy-leafc1000
needle?c1225
sloec1250
peasea1275
strawc1290
bean1297
nutc1300
buttonc1330
leekc1330
trifle1375
cress1377
goose-wing1377
sop1377
niflec1395
vetcha1400
a pin's head (also point)c1450
trump1513
plack1530
toy1530
blue point1532
grey groat1546
cherry-stone1607
jiggalorum1613
candle-enda1625
peppercorn1638
sponge1671
sneeshing1686
snottera1689
catchpenny1705
potato1757
snuff1809
pinhead1828
traneen1837
a hill of beans1863
gubbins1918
the world > life > the body > secretory organs > secretion > mucus > [noun] > of nose
snivel14..
snotc1425
snottery1598
snuffings1598
snotter1787
a1689 W. Cleland Coll. Poems (1697) 109 Hence I inferr..No Help nor Gloss can weigh a snotter.
1720 A. Ramsay Rise & Fall of Stocks 110 Coachmen, grooms, or pasment trotter, Glitter'd a while, then turn'd to snoter.
1787 ‘J. Clinker’ Oration Virtues Old Women 8 A well-blooded hissie..that carefully combs the young things heads,..snites the snotter frae their nose.
1808– in Sc. and north. dial. glossaries.
1836 J. Struthers Dychmont ii, in Wks. (1850) II. 70 Brats in rags, inch thick with snotter.
2. attributive and plural. (See quots.)
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Pinnipedia (seal, sea lion, or walrus) > [noun] > parts of
whalebonec1275
flipper1822
snotter1832
1781 J. Hutton Tour to Caves (ed. 2) Gloss. 96 Snotter~gob, the red part of a turkey's head.
1832 C. M. Goodridge Narr. Voy. South Seas 30 The parts [of the sea-elephant] we made use of for food, were the heart,..the snotters, (a sort of fleshy skin which hangs over the nose,) and the flippers.
3. slang. (See quots.)
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning or cleanliness of the person > [noun] > cleaning the nose > handkerchief
coverchiefc1305
cloutc1380
muckender1420
napkin1436
handkerchief1530
handkercher1531
mocket1537
wiper1587
nose-cloth1589
pocket handkerchief1645
handcloth1676
mouchoira1685
pocket-clotha1704
wipe1708
volet1789
kerchief1814
snotter1823
lachrymatory1825
nose-rag1840
nose-wiper1840
sweat-rag1843
lachrymary1854
sneezer1857
stook1859
snottinger1864
snot-rag1888
hanky1895
penwiper1902
paper handkerchief1907
nose-wipe1919
snitch-rag1940
paper hankie1959
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > pickpocket or cutpurse > [noun] > pickpocket
fig-boyc1555
foister1585
foist1591
pickpocket1591
bung1600
diver1608
pocket-picker1622
pocketeerc1626
bung-nipper1659
file1673
filer1674
shark1707
hoister1708
knuckle1781
knuckler1801
buzzgloak1819
cly-faker1819
fingersmith1819
knuck1819
fogle hunter1821
buzzman1832
nobbler1839
wire1851
gonoph1853
wirer1857
dip1859
moll-tooler1859
buzzer1862
hook1863
snotter1864
tool1865
pocket-cutter1885
dipper1889
pogue-hunter1896
pick1902
finger1925
whizz1925
whizzer1925
prat diggera1931
whizz-boy1931
whizz-man1932
reefer1935
1823 ‘J. Bee’ Slang Snotter, a ragged, dirty kerchief.
1864 J. C. Hotten Slang Dict. (new ed.) 239 Snotter, or wipe-hauler, a pick~pocket who commits great depredations upon gentlemen's pocket-handkerchiefs.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
snottern.2
Nautical.
1. (See quots.)
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > mast > collar on mast for fastening sprit
snorter1750
snotter1769
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > ropes or chains other than rigging or cable > [noun] > types of short ropes
leg1611
snorter1750
snotter1815
pigtail1894
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > rigging > [noun] > running rigging > for raising, lowering, topping, or tripping yard
martnet1582
tripping-line1841
snotter1846
yard-rope1850
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Sprit The lower end of the sprit rests in a sort of wreath or collar called the snotter, which encircles the mast.
1815 W. Burney Falconer's New Universal Dict. Marine (rev. ed.) 487/2 Snotter, a short rope spliced together at the ends, and served with spun-yarn, or covered with hide.
1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. 288 Snotter, a rope going over a yard-arm with an eye forming a becket to bend a tripping-line to, in sending down topgallant and royal yards.
1894 Outing 24 149/2 The upper end fits into a cringle or eye in the peak of the sail and the lower end into a snotter on the mast.
2. A length of rope with an eye spliced in each end.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > rope, cord, or line > types of
warp1296
sewing-rope1336
viring-rope1336
wardrope1338
bast1357
breast rope1412
balk-line1506
waterline1626
shank1706
selvage1711
shroud hawser1744
white line1747
selvagee1750
cringle1787
staple-rope1794
bracing-rope1827
selvage-stropc1860
soga1860
four-cant1867
toggle-lanyard1874
maguey1908
snorter1950
snotter1950
1950 Bown & 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.
1956 C. L. Sauerbier Marine Cargo Operations vii. 416 The sling is constructed in the same manner as the fiber rope snotter.
1961 Course & Oram Gloss. Cargo-Handling Terms 72 The snotter is stretched out to its full length and the package placed on it centrally. The ends of the snotter are brought over it and one eye rove through the other and placed on the lifting hook.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
snotterv.
Scottish and northern dialect.
1. intransitive. To breathe heavily; to snuffle, snore, or snort.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > other vocal sounds > [verb (intransitive)] > snort
sneeze1493
snur1523
snurt1549
snortle1577
snot1662
snotter1710
snort1818
woofle1902
the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > inhalation > inhale [verb (intransitive)] > through nose
sniffc1340
snifterc1340
snavelc1480
snuff1530
snuffle1611
snufter1632
whiff1635
snot1662
snift1703
snotter1710
snuff1714
sniffle1819
snoach1844
the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > audible breathing > [verb (intransitive)] > snore
routeOE
snortc1386
snorec1440
snork?1537
snotter1710
snortle1807
blurta1825
to drive pigs (to market)1828
1710 T. Ruddiman in G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneis (new ed.) Gloss. at Snokis Perhaps it may signifie smels or snuffs by sucking in the breath at the nose; which..also we call Snottering, or Snokering, or Sniftering.
1724 A. Ramsay Health 288 All day he snotters, nods, and yawns.
1776 D. Herd Anc. & Mod. Sc. Songs (ed. 2) II. 98 Thou turns sleepy and blind, And snoters and snores far frae me.
1849– in dial. glossaries and texts.
2. To snivel or snuffle in weeping.
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the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > excretion of mucus > excrete mucus [verb (intransitive)] > from nose
snivelc1325
sniffc1340
snotter1781
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > weep [verb (intransitive)] > snivel
snivel1691
snotter1781
1781 J. Hutton Tour to Caves (ed. 2) Gloss. 96 Snotter, to sob or cry.
1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xi, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 262 What signified his bringing a woman here to snotter and snivel, and bather their Lordships?
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