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Snar
(gcide) | Snar \Snar\, v. i. [Akin to LG. & OD. snarren, G. schnarren, E.
snore. See Snore, and cf. Snarl to growl.]
To snarl. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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snarlup
(mass) | snarl-up
- dopravná zápcha |
ensnare
(encz) | ensnare,polapit v: Zdeněk Brož |
ensnared
(encz) | ensnared,chycen Jaroslav Šedivý |
ensnarement
(encz) | ensnarement, |
ensnaring
(encz) | ensnaring, |
ensnarl
(encz) | ensnarl, v: |
snare
(encz) | snare,chytit do oka v: PetrVsnare,léčka n: [přen.] PetrVsnare,nástraha n: [přen.] PetrVsnare,očko n: PetrVsnare,past n: [přen.] PetrV |
snare drum
(encz) | snare drum,bubínek n: malý buben z kovovým rámem a (většinou) se
struníkem PetrV |
snared
(encz) | snared,lapil v: Zdeněk Brožsnared,ulovil v: Zdeněk Brož |
snarer
(encz) | snarer, n: |
snares
(encz) | snares,nástrahy |
snarf
(encz) | snarf,ukrást v: websnarf,zhltnout v: web |
snaring
(encz) | snaring, |
snark
(encz) | snark, |
snarky
(encz) | snarky,naštvaný adj: Karel Kozlík |
snarl
(encz) | snarl,bručet snarl,vrčet v: Zdeněk Brožsnarl,vrčí např. pes snarl,vzteká se např. člověk |
snarl up
(encz) | snarl up,zamotat v: Zdeněk Brožsnarl up,zašmodrchat v: Zdeněk Brož |
snarl-up
(encz) | snarl-up, |
snarled
(encz) | snarled, adj: |
snarlingly
(encz) | snarlingly, |
snarly
(encz) | snarly, |
unsnarl
(encz) | unsnarl,rozmotat v: Zdeněk Brož |
unsnarled
(encz) | unsnarled, adj: |
unsnarling
(encz) | unsnarling, n: |
Ensnare
(gcide) | Ensnare \En*snare"\, v. t.
To catch in a snare. See Insnare.
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Ensnarl
(gcide) | Ensnarl \En*snarl"\, v. t.
To entangle. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Insnare
(gcide) | Insnare \In*snare"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Insnared; p. pr. &
vb. n. Insnaring.] [Written also ensnare.]
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1. To catch in a snare; to entrap; to take by artificial
means. "Insnare a gudgeon." --Fenton.
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2. To take by wiles, stratagem, or deceit; to involve in
difficulties or perplexities; to seduce by artifice; to
inveigle; to allure; to entangle.
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The insnaring charms
Of love's soft queen. --Glover.
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Insnared
(gcide) | Insnare \In*snare"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Insnared; p. pr. &
vb. n. Insnaring.] [Written also ensnare.]
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1. To catch in a snare; to entrap; to take by artificial
means. "Insnare a gudgeon." --Fenton.
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2. To take by wiles, stratagem, or deceit; to involve in
difficulties or perplexities; to seduce by artifice; to
inveigle; to allure; to entangle.
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The insnaring charms
Of love's soft queen. --Glover.
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Insnarer
(gcide) | Insnarer \In*snar"er\, n.
One who insnares.
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Insnaring
(gcide) | Insnare \In*snare"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Insnared; p. pr. &
vb. n. Insnaring.] [Written also ensnare.]
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1. To catch in a snare; to entrap; to take by artificial
means. "Insnare a gudgeon." --Fenton.
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2. To take by wiles, stratagem, or deceit; to involve in
difficulties or perplexities; to seduce by artifice; to
inveigle; to allure; to entangle.
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The insnaring charms
Of love's soft queen. --Glover.
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Insnarl
(gcide) | Insnarl \In*snarl"\, v. t.
To make into a snarl or knot; to entangle; to snarl. [Obs.]
--Cotgrave.
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knotted snarled snarly
(gcide) | entangled \entangled\ adj.
1. in a confused mass. Contrasted with untangled. [Narrower
terms: afoul(postnominal), foul, fouled; {knotted,
snarled, snarly}; matted; rootbound; intertwined]
Syn: tangled.
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2. deeply involved especially in something problematic; as,
entangled in the conflict.
Syn: embroiled.
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3. constrained by or as if by a convoluted rope or net;
ensnared.
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Snare
(gcide) | Snare \Snare\, n. [AS. sneara cord, a string; akin to D. snoer,
G. schnur, OHG. snour a cord, snarahha a noose, Dan. snare,
Sw. & Icel. snara, Goth. sn?rj? a basket; and probably also
to E. needle. See Needle, and cf. Snarl to entangle.]
1. A contrivance, often consisting of a noose of cord, or the
like, by which a bird or other animal may be entangled and
caught; a trap; a gin.
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2. Hence, anything by which one is entangled and brought into
trouble.
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If thou retire, the Dauphin, well appointed,
Stands with the snares of war to tangle thee.
--Shak.
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3. The gut or string stretched across the lower head of a
drum.
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4. (Med.) An instrument, consisting usually of a wireloop or
noose, for removing tumors, etc., by avulsion.
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Snare drum, the smaller common military drum, as
distinguished from the bass drum; -- so called because (in
order to render it more resonant) it has stretched across
its lower head a catgut string or strings.
[1913 Webster]Snare \Snare\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snared; p. pr. & vb. n.
Snaring.]
To catch with a snare; to insnare; to entangle; hence, to
bring into unexpected evil, perplexity, or danger.
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Lest that too heavenly form . . . snare them. --Milton.
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The mournful crocodile
With sorrow snares relenting passengers. --Shak.
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Snare drum
(gcide) | Snare \Snare\, n. [AS. sneara cord, a string; akin to D. snoer,
G. schnur, OHG. snour a cord, snarahha a noose, Dan. snare,
Sw. & Icel. snara, Goth. sn?rj? a basket; and probably also
to E. needle. See Needle, and cf. Snarl to entangle.]
1. A contrivance, often consisting of a noose of cord, or the
like, by which a bird or other animal may be entangled and
caught; a trap; a gin.
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2. Hence, anything by which one is entangled and brought into
trouble.
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If thou retire, the Dauphin, well appointed,
Stands with the snares of war to tangle thee.
--Shak.
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3. The gut or string stretched across the lower head of a
drum.
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4. (Med.) An instrument, consisting usually of a wireloop or
noose, for removing tumors, etc., by avulsion.
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Snare drum, the smaller common military drum, as
distinguished from the bass drum; -- so called because (in
order to render it more resonant) it has stretched across
its lower head a catgut string or strings.
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Snared
(gcide) | Snare \Snare\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snared; p. pr. & vb. n.
Snaring.]
To catch with a snare; to insnare; to entangle; hence, to
bring into unexpected evil, perplexity, or danger.
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Lest that too heavenly form . . . snare them. --Milton.
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The mournful crocodile
With sorrow snares relenting passengers. --Shak.
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Snarer
(gcide) | Snarer \Snar"er\, n.
One who lays snares, or entraps.
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Snaring
(gcide) | Snare \Snare\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snared; p. pr. & vb. n.
Snaring.]
To catch with a snare; to insnare; to entangle; hence, to
bring into unexpected evil, perplexity, or danger.
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Lest that too heavenly form . . . snare them. --Milton.
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The mournful crocodile
With sorrow snares relenting passengers. --Shak.
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Snarl
(gcide) | Snarl \Snarl\, v. t. [From Snare, v. t.]
1. To entangle; to complicate; to involve in knots; as, to
snarl a skein of thread. "Her snarled hair." --Spenser.
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2. To embarrass; to insnare.
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[The] question that they would have snarled him
with. --Latimer.
[1913 Webster]Snarl \Snarl\, n.
A knot or complication of hair, thread, or the like,
difficult to disentangle; entanglement; hence, intricate
complication; embarrassing difficulty.
[1913 Webster]Snarl \Snarl\, v. i. [From Snar.]
1. To growl, as an angry or surly dog; to gnarl; to utter
grumbling sounds. "An angry cur snarls while he feeds."
--Dryden & Lee.
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2. To speak crossly; to talk in rude, surly terms.
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It is malicious and unmanly to snarl at the little
lapses of a pen, from which Virgil himself stands
not exempted. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]Snarl \Snarl\, n.
The act of snarling; a growl; a surly or peevish expression;
an angry contention.
[1913 Webster]Snarl \Snarl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snarled; p. pr. & vvb. n.
Snarling.] [Etymol. uncertain.]
To form raised work upon the outer surface of (thin metal
ware) by the repercussion of a snarling iron upon the inner
surface.
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Snarled
(gcide) | Snarl \Snarl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snarled; p. pr. & vvb. n.
Snarling.] [Etymol. uncertain.]
To form raised work upon the outer surface of (thin metal
ware) by the repercussion of a snarling iron upon the inner
surface.
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Snarler
(gcide) | Snarler \Snarl"er\, n.
One who snarls; a surly, growling animal; a grumbling,
quarrelsome fellow.
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One who makes use of a snarling iron.
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Snarling
(gcide) | Snarl \Snarl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snarled; p. pr. & vvb. n.
Snarling.] [Etymol. uncertain.]
To form raised work upon the outer surface of (thin metal
ware) by the repercussion of a snarling iron upon the inner
surface.
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a. & n. from Snarl, v.
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Snarling iron, a tool with a long beak, used in the process
of snarling. When one end is held in a vise, and the shank
is struck with a hammer, the repercussion of the other
end, or beak, within the article worked upon gives the
requisite blow for producing raised work. See 1st Snarl.
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Snarling iron
(gcide) | Snarling \Snarl"ing\,
a. & n. from Snarl, v.
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Snarling iron, a tool with a long beak, used in the process
of snarling. When one end is held in a vise, and the shank
is struck with a hammer, the repercussion of the other
end, or beak, within the article worked upon gives the
requisite blow for producing raised work. See 1st Snarl.
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Snary
(gcide) | Snary \Snar"y\, a. [From Snare.]
Resembling, or consisting of, snares; entangling; insidious.
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Spiders in the vault their snary webs have spread.
--Dryden.
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To set a snare
(gcide) | Set \Set\ (s[e^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Set; p. pr. & vb. n.
Setting.] [OE. setten, AS. setton; akin to OS. settian,
OFries. setta, D. zetten, OHG. sezzen, G. setzen, Icel.
setja, Sw. s[aum]tta, Dan. s?tte, Goth. satjan; causative
from the root of E. sit. [root]154. See Sit, and cf.
Seize.]
1. To cause to sit; to make to assume a specified position or
attitude; to give site or place to; to place; to put; to
fix; as, to set a house on a stone foundation; to set a
book on a shelf; to set a dish on a table; to set a chest
or trunk on its bottom or on end.
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I do set my bow in the cloud. --Gen. ix. 13.
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2. Hence, to attach or affix (something) to something else,
or in or upon a certain place.
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Set your affection on things above. --Col. iii. 2.
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The Lord set a mark upon Cain. --Gen. iv. 15.
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3. To make to assume specified place, condition, or
occupation; to put in a certain condition or state
(described by the accompanying words); to cause to be.
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The Lord thy God will set thee on high. --Deut.
xxviii. 1.
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I am come to set a man at variance against his
father, and the daughter against her mother. --Matt.
x. 35.
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Every incident sets him thinking. --Coleridge.
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4. To fix firmly; to make fast, permanent, or stable; to
render motionless; to give an unchanging place, form, or
condition to. Specifically:
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(a) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a
spot; hence, to occasion difficulty to; to embarrass;
as, to set a coach in the mud.
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They show how hard they are set in this
particular. --Addison.
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(b) To fix beforehand; to determine; hence, to make
unyielding or obstinate; to render stiff, unpliant, or
rigid; as, to set one's countenance.
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His eyes were set by reason of his age. --1
Kings xiv. 4.
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On these three objects his heart was set.
--Macaulay.
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Make my heart as a millstone, set my face as a
flint. --Tennyson.
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(c) To fix in the ground, as a post or a tree; to plant;
as, to set pear trees in an orchard.
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(d) To fix, as a precious stone, in a border of metal; to
place in a setting; hence, to place in or amid
something which serves as a setting; as, to set glass
in a sash.
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And him too rich a jewel to be set
In vulgar metal for a vulgar use. --Dryden.
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(e) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into
curd; to curdle; as, to set milk for cheese.
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5. To put into a desired position or condition; to adjust; to
regulate; to adapt. Specifically:
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(a) To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare;
as, to set (that is, to hone) a razor; to set a saw.
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Tables for to sette, and beddes make. --Chaucer.
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(b) To extend and bring into position; to spread; as, to
set the sails of a ship.
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(c) To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the
keynote; as, to set a psalm. --Fielding.
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(d) To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state; to
replace; as, to set a broken bone.
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(e) To make to agree with some standard; as, to set a
watch or a clock.
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(f) (Masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the
blocks of cut stone in a structure.
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6. To stake at play; to wager; to risk.
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I have set my life upon a cast,
And I will stand the hazard of the die. --Shak.
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7. To fit with music; to adapt, as words to notes; to prepare
for singing.
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Set thy own songs, and sing them to thy lute.
--Dryden.
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8. To determine; to appoint; to assign; to fix; as, to set a
time for a meeting; to set a price on a horse.
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9. To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to
variegate with objects placed here and there.
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High on their heads, with jewels richly set,
Each lady wore a radiant coronet. --Dryden.
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Pastoral dales thin set with modern farms.
--Wordsworth.
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10. To value; to rate; -- with at.
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Be you contented, wearing now the garland,
To have a son set your decrees at naught. --Shak.
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I do not set my life at a pin's fee. --Shak.
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11. To point out the seat or position of, as birds, or other
game; -- said of hunting dogs.
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12. To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to
assign; as, to set an example; to set lessons to be
learned.
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13. To suit; to become; as, it sets him ill. [Scot.]
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14. (Print.) To compose; to arrange in words, lines, etc.;
as, to set type; to set a page.
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To set abroach. See Abroach. [Obs.] --Shak.
To set against, to oppose; to set in comparison with, or to
oppose to, as an equivalent in exchange; as, to set one
thing against another.
To set agoing, to cause to move.
To set apart, to separate to a particular use; to separate
from the rest; to reserve.
To set a saw, to bend each tooth a little, every alternate
one being bent to one side, and the intermediate ones to
the other side, so that the opening made by the saw may be
a little wider than the thickness of the back, to prevent
the saw from sticking.
To set aside.
(a) To leave out of account; to pass by; to omit; to
neglect; to reject; to annul.
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Setting aside all other considerations, I will
endeavor to know the truth, and yield to that.
--Tillotson.
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(b) To set apart; to reserve; as, to set aside part of
one's income.
(c) (Law) See under Aside.
To set at defiance, to defy.
To set at ease, to quiet; to tranquilize; as, to set the
heart at ease.
To set at naught, to undervalue; to contemn; to despise.
"Ye have set at naught all my counsel." --Prov. i. 25.
To set a trap To set a snare, or To set a gin, to put
it in a proper condition or position to catch prey; hence,
to lay a plan to deceive and draw another into one's
power.
To set at work, or To set to work.
(a) To cause to enter on work or action, or to direct how
tu enter on work.
(b) To apply one's self; -- used reflexively.
To set before.
(a) To bring out to view before; to exhibit.
(b) To propose for choice to; to offer to.
To set by.
(a) To set apart or on one side; to reject.
(b) To attach the value of (anything) to. "I set not a
straw by thy dreamings." --Chaucer.
To set by the compass, to observe and note the bearing or
situation of by the compass.
To set case, to suppose; to assume. Cf. Put case, under
Put, v. t. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
To set down.
(a) To enter in writing; to register.
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Some rules were to be set down for the
government of the army. --Clarendon.
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(b) To fix; to establish; to ordain.
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This law we may name eternal, being that order
which God . . . hath set down with himself, for
himself to do all things by. --Hooker.
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(c) To humiliate.
To set eyes on, to see; to behold; to fasten the eyes on.
To set fire to, or To set on fire, to communicate fire
to; fig., to inflame; to enkindle the passions of; to
irritate.
To set flying (Naut.), to hook to halyards, sheets, etc.,
instead of extending with rings or the like on a stay; --
said of a sail.
To set forth.
(a) To manifest; to offer or present to view; to exhibt;
to display.
(b) To publish; to promulgate; to make appear. --Waller.
(c) To send out; to prepare and send. [Obs.]
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The Venetian admiral had a fleet of sixty
galleys, set forth by the Venetians. --Knolles.
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To set forward.
(a) To cause to advance.
(b) To promote.
To set free, to release from confinement, imprisonment, or
bondage; to liberate; to emancipate.
To set in, to put in the way; to begin; to give a start to.
[Obs.]
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If you please to assist and set me in, I will
recollect myself. --Collier.
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To set in order, to adjust or arrange; to reduce to method.
"The rest will I set in order when I come." --1 Cor. xi.
34.
To set milk.
(a) To expose it in open dishes in order that the cream
may rise to the surface.
(b) To cause it to become curdled as by the action of
rennet. See 4
(e) .
To set much by or To set little by, to care much, or
little, for.
To set of, to value; to set by. [Obs.] "I set not an haw of
his proverbs." --Chaucer.
To set off.
(a) To separate from a whole; to assign to a particular
purpose; to portion off; as, to set off a portion of
an estate.
(b) To adorn; to decorate; to embellish.
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They . . . set off the worst faces with the
best airs. --Addison.
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(c) To give a flattering description of.
To set off against, to place against as an equivalent; as,
to set off one man's services against another's.
To set on or To set upon.
(a) To incite; to instigate. "Thou, traitor, hast set on
thy wife to this." --Shak.
(b) To employ, as in a task. " Set on thy wife to
observe." --Shak.
(c) To fix upon; to attach strongly to; as, to set one's
heart or affections on some object. See definition 2,
above.
To set one's cap for. See under Cap, n.
To set one's self against, to place one's self in a state
of enmity or opposition to.
To set one's teeth, to press them together tightly.
To set on foot, to set going; to put in motion; to start.
To set out.
(a) To assign; to allot; to mark off; to limit; as, to
set out the share of each proprietor or heir of an
estate; to set out the widow's thirds.
(b) To publish, as a proclamation. [Obs.]
(c) To adorn; to embellish.
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An ugly woman, in rich habit set out with
jewels, nothing can become. --Dryden.
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(d) To raise, equip, and send forth; to furnish. [R.]
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The Venetians pretend they could set out, in
case of great necessity, thirty men-of-war.
--Addison.
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(e) To show; to display; to recommend; to set off.
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I could set out that best side of Luther.
--Atterbury.
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(f) To show; to prove. [R.] "Those very reasons set out
how heinous his sin was." --Atterbury.
(g) (Law) To recite; to state at large.
To set over.
(a) To appoint or constitute as supervisor, inspector,
ruler, or commander.
(b) To assign; to transfer; to convey.
To set right, to correct; to put in order.
To set sail. (Naut.) See under Sail, n.
To set store by, to consider valuable.
To set the fashion, to determine what shall be the fashion;
to establish the mode.
To set the teeth on edge, to affect the teeth with a
disagreeable sensation, as when acids are brought in
contact with them.
To set the watch (Naut.), to place the starboard or port
watch on duty.
To set to, to attach to; to affix to. "He . . . hath set to
his seal that God is true." --John iii. 33.
To set up. (a) To erect; to raise; to elevate; as, to set
up a building, or a machine; to set up a post, a wall, a
pillar.
(b) Hence, to exalt; to put in power. "I will . . . set
up the throne of David over Israel." --2 Sam. iii.
10.
(c) To begin, as a new institution; to institute; to
establish; to found; as, to set up a manufactory; to
set up a school.
(d) To enable to commence a new business; as, to set up a
son in trade.
(e) To place in view; as, to set up a mark.
(f) To raise; to utter loudly; as, to set up the voice.
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I'll set up such a note as she shall hear.
--Dryden.
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(g) To advance; to propose as truth or for reception; as,
to set up a new opinion or doctrine. --T. Burnet.
(h) To raise from depression, or to a sufficient fortune;
as, this good fortune quite set him up.
(i) To intoxicate. [Slang]
(j) (Print.) To put in type; as, to set up copy; to
arrange in words, lines, etc., ready for printing;
as, to set up type.
To set up the rigging (Naut.), to make it taut by means of
tackles. --R. H. Dana, Jr.
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Syn: See Put.
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ensnare
(wn) | ensnare
v 1: take or catch as if in a snare or trap; "I was set up!";
"The innocent man was framed by the police" [syn:
ensnare, entrap, frame, set up]
2: catch in or as if in a trap; "The men trap foxes" [syn:
trap, entrap, snare, ensnare, trammel] |
ensnarl
(wn) | ensnarl
v 1: entangle or catch in (or as if in) a mesh [syn: enmesh,
mesh, ensnarl] |
snare
(wn) | snare
n 1: something (often something deceptively attractive) that
catches you unawares; "the exam was full of trap
questions"; "it was all a snare and delusion" [syn: trap,
snare]
2: a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the
lower head [syn: snare drum, snare, side drum]
3: a surgical instrument consisting of wire hoop that can be
drawn tight around the base of polyps or small tumors to
sever them; used especially in body cavities
4: strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum; they
make a rattling sound when the drum is hit
5: a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose
[syn: snare, gin, noose]
v 1: catch in or as if in a trap; "The men trap foxes" [syn:
trap, entrap, snare, ensnare, trammel]
2: entice and trap; "The car salesman had snared three potential
customers" [syn: hook, snare] |
snare drum
(wn) | snare drum
n 1: a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across
the lower head [syn: snare drum, snare, side drum] |
snarer
(wn) | snarer
n 1: someone who sets snares for birds or small animals |
snarf
(wn) | snarf
v 1: make off with belongings of others [syn: pilfer,
cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf,
swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift] |
snarl
(wn) | snarl
n 1: a vicious angry growl
2: an angry vicious expression
3: something jumbled or confused; "a tangle of government
regulations" [syn: tangle, snarl, maze]
v 1: utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone; "The sales clerk
snapped a reply at the angry customer"; "The guard snarled
at us" [syn: snap, snarl]
2: make a snarling noise or move with a snarling noise; "Bullets
snarled past us"
3: twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; "The child
entangled the cord" [syn: entangle, tangle, mat,
snarl] [ant: disentangle, straighten out, unsnarl]
4: make more complicated or confused through entanglements [syn:
snarl, snarl up, embrangle] |
snarl up
(wn) | snarl up
v 1: make more complicated or confused through entanglements
[syn: snarl, snarl up, embrangle] |
snarl-up
(wn) | snarl-up
n 1: a number of vehicles blocking one another until they can
scarcely move [syn: traffic jam, snarl-up] |
snarled
(wn) | snarled
adj 1: tangled in knots or snarls; "a mass of knotted string";
"snarled thread" [syn: knotty, snarled, snarly] |
snarly
(wn) | snarly
adj 1: tangled in knots or snarls; "a mass of knotted string";
"snarled thread" [syn: knotty, snarled, snarly] |
unsnarl
(wn) | unsnarl
v 1: extricate from entanglement; "Can you disentangle the
cord?" [syn: disentangle, unsnarl, straighten out]
[ant: entangle, mat, snarl, tangle] |
unsnarled
(wn) | unsnarled
adj 1: straightened out [syn: disentangled, loosened,
unsnarled] |
unsnarling
(wn) | unsnarling
n 1: the act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition
[syn: unsnarling, untangling, disentanglement,
extrication] |
snarf
(foldoc) | snarf
/snarf/ 1. To grab, especially to grab a large document or
file for the purpose of using it with or without the author's
permission.
See also BLT.
2. (Unix) To fetch a file or set of files across a network.
See also blast.
3. To acquire, with little concern for legal forms or
politesse (but not quite by stealing). "They were giving away
samples, so I snarfed a bunch of them."
4. Synonym for slurp. "This program starts by snarfing the
entire database into core."
5. (GEnie) To spray food or programming fluids due to
laughing at the wrong moment. This sense appears to be
widespread among mundane teenagers - ESR.
6. This term was mainstream in the late 1960s, meaning "to eat
piggishly". It may still have this connotation in context.
7. A creature on the Thundercats, fond of eating, usually
covertly.
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(1995-02-21)
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snarf & barf
(foldoc) | snarf & barf
/snarf'n-barf`/ Under a WIMP environment, the act of
grabbing a region of text and then stuffing the contents of
that region into another region (or the same one) to avoid
retyping a command line. In the late 1960s, this was a
mainstream expression for an "eat now, regret it later" cheap
restaurant expedition.
[Jargon File]
(1994-11-04)
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snarf down
(foldoc) | snarf down
To snarf, with the connotation of absorbing, processing, or
understanding. "I'll snarf down the latest version of the
nethack user's guide - it's been a while since I last
played."
[Jargon File]
(1994-11-04)
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snark
(foldoc) | snark
[Lewis Carroll, via the Michigan Terminal System] 1. A system
failure. When a user's process bombed, the operator would get
the message "Help, Help, Snark in MTS!"
2. More generally, any kind of unexplained or threatening
event on a computer (especially if it might be a boojum).
Often used to refer to an event or a log file entry that might
indicate an attempted security violation. See snivitz.
3. UUCP name of snark.thyrsus.com, home site of the Hacker
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snarf
(jargon) | snarf
/snarf/, vt.
1. To grab, esp. to grab a large document or file for the purpose of using
it with or without the author's permission. See also BLT.
2. [in the Unix community] To fetch a file or set of files across a
network. See also blast. This term was mainstream in the late 1960s,
meaning ‘to eat piggishly’. It may still have this connotation in context.
“He's in the snarfing phase of hacking — FTPing megs of stuff a day.”
3. To acquire, with little concern for legal forms or politesse (but not
quite by stealing). “They were giving away samples, so I snarfed a bunch of
them.”
4. Syn. for slurp. “This program starts by snarfing the entire database
into core, then....”
5. [GEnie] To spray food or programming fluids due to laughing at the
wrong moment. “I was drinking coffee, and when I read your post I snarfed
all over my desk.” “If I keep reading this topic, I think I'll have to
snarf-proof my computer with a keyboard condom.” [This sense appears to
be widespread among mundane teenagers —ESR] The sound of snarfing is {
splork!}.
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snarf & barf
(jargon) | snarf & barf
/snarf'n·barf`/, n.
Under a WIMP environment, the act of grabbing a region of text and then
stuffing the contents of that region into another region (or the same one)
to avoid retyping a command line. In the late 1960s, this was a mainstream
expression for an ‘eat now, regret it later’ cheap-restaurant expedition.
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