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snout noun1. ME.
[Middle Low German, Middle Dutch snut(e (Dutch snuit), whence Middle Swedish snuta, Danish snude, German Schnauze, ult. from Germanic word repr. also by SNITE verb, SNOT noun. Cf. SNOOT noun.]
a. The trunk of an elephant. ME.
b. The projecting part of an animal's face including the nose and mouth; the rostrum of a weevil. Formerly also, a bird's beak. ME.
P. Theroux Pigs..stick their snouts into the coconuts.
A person's nose, esp. when large or badly shaped. Formerly also, the face. Chiefly joc. or derog. ME.
The end of a ship's prow; the beak of a vessel. LME.
A structure, projecting point of land, etc., resembling a snout; a nozzle. LME.
D. Hewett Black snouts of factory chimneys. J. Carroll The snout of a German Luger..pressing against the flesh.
b. The steep terminal part of a glacier. M19.
Any of various noctuid moths that have long palps projecting in front of the head; esp. Hypena proboscidalis. Also snout-moth. E19.
A police informer. slang. E20.
Phrases: have a snout on Austral. slang dislike or bear ill will towards.
Comb.: snout-beetle a weevil; snout-face slang a contemptible person; snout-moth: see sense 5 above.
snouted adjective having a snout (of a specified kind); shaped like a snout: LME.
snoutish adjective L19.
snoutless adjective (rare) M19.
snouty adjective resembling a snout or muzzle; having a prominent snout: L17.