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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Snag  \Snag\,  n.  [Prov.  E.,  n.,  a  lump  on  a  tree  where  a  branch 
  has  been  cut  off  v.,  to  cut  off  the  twigs  and  small  branches 
  from  a  tree,  of  Celtic  origin;  cf  Gael.  snaigh  snaidh  to 
  cut  down  to  prune,  to  sharpen,  p.  p.  snaighte  snaidhte  cut 
  off  lopped,  Ir  snaigh  a  hewing,  cutting.] 
  1.  A  stump  or  base  of  a  branch  that  has  been  lopped  off  a 
  short  branch,  or  a  sharp  or  rough  branch;  a  knot;  a 
  protuberance. 
 
  The  coat  of  arms  Now  on  a  naked  snag  in  triumph 
  borne.  --Dryden. 
 
  2.  A  tooth  projecting  beyond  the  rest;  contemptuously,  a 
  broken  or  decayed  tooth.  --Prior. 
 
  3.  A  tree,  or  a  branch  of  a  tree,  fixed  in  the  bottom  of  a 
  river  or  other  navigable  water,  and  rising  nearly  or  quite 
  to  the  surface,  by  which  boats  are  sometimes  pierced  and 
  sunk. 
 
  4.  (Zo["o]l.)  One  of  the  secondary  branches  of  an  antler. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Snag  \Snag\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Snagged};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Snagging}.] 
  1.  To  cut  the  snags  or  branches  from  as  the  stem  of  a  tree; 
  to  hew  roughly.  [Prov.  Eng.]  --Halliwell. 
 
  2.  To  injure  or  destroy,  as  a  steamboat  or  other  vessel,  by  a 
  snag,  or  projecting  part  of  a  sunken  tree.  [U.  S.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  snag 
  n  :  an  unforeseen  obstacle  [syn:  {hang-up},  {hitch},  {rub}] 
  v  1:  catch  on  a  snag 
  2:  get  by  acting  quickly  and  smartly 
  3:  hew  jaggedly




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