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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Snub \Snub\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snubbed; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Snubbing.] [Cf. Icel. ssnubba to snub, chide, Sw. snubba,
     Icel. snubb[=o]ttr snubbed, nipped, and E. snib.]
     1. To clip or break off the end of; to check or stunt the
        growth of; to nop.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To check, stop, or rebuke, with a tart, sarcastic reply or
        remark; to reprimand; to check. --J. Foster.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To treat with contempt or neglect, as a forward or
        pretentious person; to slight designedly.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     To snub a cable or To snub a rope (Naut.), to check it
        suddenly in running out. --Totten.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Snub \Snub\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snubbed; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Snubbing.] [Cf. Icel. ssnubba to snub, chide, Sw. snubba,
     Icel. snubb[=o]ttr snubbed, nipped, and E. snib.]
     1. To clip or break off the end of; to check or stunt the
        growth of; to nop.
  
     2. To check, stop, or rebuke, with a tart, sarcastic reply or
        remark; to reprimand; to check. --J. Foster.
  
     3. To treat with contempt or neglect, as a forward or
        pretentious person; to slight designedly.
  
     To snub a cable or rope (Naut.), to check it suddenly in
        running out. --Totten.

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