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   Snub (?), v. i. [Cf. D. snuiven to snort, to pant, G. schnauben, MHG. snūben, Prov. G. schnupfen, to sob, and E. snuff, v.t.] To sob with convulsions. [Obs.]  Bailey.
   
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   Snub, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snubbed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Snubbing.] [Cf. Icel. ssnubba to snub, chide, Sw. snubba, Icel. snubbōttr snubbed, nipped, and E. snib.]
   1. To clip or break off the end of; to check or stunt the growth of; to nop.
   
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   2. To check, stop, or rebuke, with a tart, sarcastic reply or remark; to reprimand; to check.  J. Foster.
   
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   3. To treat with contempt or neglect, as a forward or pretentious person; to slight designedly.
   
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   To snub a cable or To snub a rope (Naut.), to check it suddenly in running out.  Totten.
   
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   Snub, n.
   1. A knot; a protuberance; a song. [Obs.]
   
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   [A club] with ragged snubs and knotty grain. Spenser.
   
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   2. A check or rebuke; an intended slight.  J. Foster.
   
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   Snub nose, a short or flat nose. -- Snub post, or Snubbing post (Naut.), a post on a dock or shore, around which a rope is thrown to check the motion of a vessel.
   
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