Snell
[snel] or [snɛl]
Definition
(a.) Active; brisk; nimble; quick; sharp.
(n.) A short line of horsehair, gut, etc., by which a fishhook is attached to a longer line.
Typist: Sanford
Definition
adj. (Scot.) keen sharp severe.
Editor: Pedro
Examples
- Higg, the son of Snell, at length replied, I am but a maimed man, but that I can at all stir or move was owing to her charitable assistance. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Higg, the son of Snell, answered the peasant. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- But Higg, the son of Snell, felt most deeply the effect produced by the sight of the countenance of his benefactress. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
Editor: Pedro