Hypertext Webster Gateway: "snout"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Snout \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. sn?ta 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.
2. The nose of a man; -- in contempt. --Hudibras.
3. The nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.
4. (Zo["o]l.)
(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.
{Snout beetle} (Zo["o]l.), any one of many species of beetles
having an elongated snout and belonging to the tribe
Rhynchophora; a weevil.
{Snout moth} (Zo["o]l.), any pyralid moth. See {Pyralid}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Snout \Snout\, v. t.
To furnish with a nozzle or point.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
snout
n 1: a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's
head; especially the nose [syn: {neb}]
2: (US) informal terms for the nose [syn: {beak}, {honker}, {hooter},
{nozzle}, {snoot}, {schnozzle}]
3: beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of
certain insects such as e.g. weevils [syn: {rostrum}]
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