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   Snout (snout), n. [OE. snoute, probably of Scand, or Low German origin; cf. LG. snute, D. snuit, G. schnauze, Sw. snut, snyte, Dan. snude, Icel. snta to blow the nose; probably akin to E. snuff, v.t.  Cf. Snite, Snot, Snuff.]
   1. The long, projecting nose of a beast, as of swine.
   
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   2. The nose of a man; -- in contempt.  Hudibras.
   
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   3. The nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.
   
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   4. (Zool.) (a) The anterior prolongation of the head of a gastropod; -- called also rostrum. (b) The anterior prolongation of the head of weevils and allied beetles.
   
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   Snout beetle (Zool.), any one of many species of beetles having an elongated snout and belonging to the tribe Rhynchophora; a weevil. -- Snout moth (Zool.), any pyralid moth. See Pyralid.
   
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   Snout, v. t. To furnish with a nozzle or point.
   
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