Hypertext Webster Gateway: "snare"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Snare
The expression (Amos 3:5), "Shall one take up a snare from the
earth?" etc. (Authorized Version), ought to be, as in the
Revised Version, "Shall a snare spring up from the ground?" etc.
(See {GIN}.)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Snare \Snare\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Snared}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Snaring}.]
To catch with a snare; to insnare; to entangle; hence, to
bring into unexpected evil, perplexity, or danger.
Lest that too heavenly form . . . snare them. --Milton.
The mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting
passengers. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Snare \Snare\, n. [AS. sneara cord, a string; akin to D. snoer,
G. schnur, OHG. snour a cord, snarahha a noose, Dan. snare,
Sw. & Icel. snara, Goth. sn?rj? a basket; and probably also
to E. needle. See {Needle}, and cf. {Snarl} to entangle.]
1. A contrivance, often consisting of a noose of cord, or the
like, by which a bird or other animal may be entangled and
caught; a trap; a gin.
2. Hence, anything by which one is entangled and brought into
trouble.
If thou retire, the Dauphin, well appointed, Stands
with the snares of war to tangle thee. --Shak.
3. The gut or string stretched across the lower head of a
drum.
4. (Med.) An instrument, consisting usually of a wireloop or
noose, for removing tumors, etc., by avulsion.
{Snare drum}, the smaller common military drum, as
distinguished from the bass drum; -- so called because (in
order to render it more resonant) it has stretched across
its lower head a catgut string or strings.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
snare
n 1: something (often something deceptively attractive) that
catches you unawares; "the exam was full of trap
questions"; "it was all a snare and delusion" [syn: {trap}]
2: a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the
lower head [syn: {snare drum}, {side drum}]
3: a surgical instrument consisting of wire hoop that can be
drawn tight around the base of polyps or small tumors to
sever them; used especially in body cavities
4: strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum;
they make a rattling sound when the drum is hit
5: a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a noose [syn: {gin},
{noose}]
v : catch in or as if in a trap; "The men trap foxes" [syn: {trap},
{entrap}, {ensnare}, {trammel}]
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