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   Snell (?), a. [AS. snell; akin to D. snel, G. schnell, OHG. snel, Icel. snjallr valiant.] Active; brisk; nimble; quick; sharp. [Archaic or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
   
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   That horny-handed, snell, peremptory little man. Dr. J. Brown.
   
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   Snell, n. A short line of horsehair, gut, etc., by which a fishhook is attached to a longer line.
   
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