▪ I. snar, n. rare. Now dial.
(snɑː(r))
[Of doubtful origin: cf. Norw. dial. snar a twist or knot.]
† 1. A knot in wood. Obs. (Cf. snarl n.1 4.)
| 1611 Florio, Nocchio, any bosse,..node, snag,..snar, or ruggednesse in any tree or wood. |
2. A stump or stub. (Cf. hag-snare hag n.3 2.)
| 1892 M. C. F. Morris Yorks. Folk-talk 154 A ploughing field with old stumps or snars. |
▪ II. † snar, v. Obs.
[Corresponds to Du., Flem., (M)LG., MHG. snarren (G. schnarren, Sw. snarra, Da. snærre, † snarre) to rattle, whirr, snarl, etc., prob. of imitative origin.]
intr. Of dogs, etc.: To snarl or growl.
| 1530 Palsgr. 723/2 Take hede of your dogge, alwayes as I come by he snarreth at me. 1553 T. Wilson Rhet. 91 b, As uncomely as a dogge dothe when he snarreth. 1596 Spenser F.Q. vi. xii. 27 Tygres, that did seeme to gren, And snar at all, that euer passed by. |
b. transf. or fig. Of persons.
| 1553 T. Wilson Rhet. 91, I maruaile sir what you meane to be euer snarringe at me. 1576 Fleming tr. Caius' Dogs To Rdr. (1880) B 5 b, Such as shall snarr and snatch at the Englishe abrydgement. 1581 Rich Farew. (1846) 126, I have written it..not to sette you a snarryng or grudgyng against me. |
Hence † ˈsnarring vbl. n. and ppl. a. Obs.
| 1565 Cooper, Litera aspera, snarryng. 1576 Fleming tr. Caius' Dogs (1880) 30 This Dogge,..by furious iarring, snarring, and such like meanes, betrayeth the malefactour. |