''snails :: 'Snails (interj.) God's nails, or His nails, that is, the nails with which the Savior was fastened to the cross; -- an ancient form of oath, corresponding to 'Od's bodikins (dim. of body, i.e., God's dear body)..

Beadsnake :: Beadsnake (n.) A small poisonous snake of North America (Elaps fulvius), banded with yellow, red, and black..

Black Snake :: Black snake (n.) Alt. of Blacksnak.

Blacksnake :: Blacksnake (n.) A snake of a black color, of which two species are common in the United States, the Bascanium constrictor, or racer, sometimes six feet long, and the Scotophis Alleghaniensis, seven or eight feet long..

Coachwhip Snake :: Coachwhip snake () A large, slender, harmless snake of the southern United States (Masticophis flagelliformis)..

Congo Snake :: Congo snake () An amphibian (Amphiuma means) of the order Urodela, found in the southern United States. See Amphiuma..

Crossnath :: Crossnath (v. t.) To shade by means of crosshatching.

Disnaturalize :: Disnaturalize (v. t.) To make alien; to deprive of the privileges of birth.

Disnatured :: Disnatured (a.) Deprived or destitute of natural feelings; unnatural.

Ensnare :: Ensnare (v. t.) To catch in a snare. See Insnare.

Ensnarl :: Ensnarl (v. t.) To entangle.

Glass-snail :: Glass-snail (n.) A small, transparent, land snail, of the genus Vitrina..

Glass-snake :: Glass-snake (n.) A long, footless lizard (Ophiosaurus ventralis), of the Southern United States; -- so called from its fragility, the tail easily breaking into small pieces. It grows to the length of three feet. The name is applied also to similar species found in the Old World..

Hognosesnake :: Hognosesnake () A harmless North American snake of the genus Heterodon, esp. H. platyrhynos; -- called also puffing adder, blowing adder, and sand viper..

Hornsnake :: Hornsnake (n.) A harmless snake (Farancia abacura), found in the Southern United States. The color is bluish black above, red below..

Insnare :: Insnare (v. t.) To catch in a snare; to entrap; to take by artificial means.

Insnare :: Insnare (v. t.) To take by wiles, stratagem, or deceit; to involve in difficulties or perplexities; to seduce by artifice; to inveigle; to allure; to entangle..

Insnared :: Insnared (imp. & p. p.) of Insnar.

Insnarer :: Insnarer (n.) One who insnares.

Insnaring :: Insnaring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Insnar.

Insnarl :: Insnarl (v. t.) To make into a snarl or knot; to entangle; to snarl.

Misname :: Misname (v. t.) To call by the wrong name; to give a wrong or inappropriate name to.

Osnaburg :: Osnaburg (n.) A species of coarse linen, originally made in Osnaburg, Germany..

Rattlesnake :: Rattlesnake (n.) Any one of several species of venomous American snakes belonging to the genera Crotalus and Caudisona, or Sistrurus. They have a series of horny interlocking joints at the end of the tail which make a sharp rattling sound when shaken. The common rattlesnake of the Northern United States (Crotalus horridus), and the diamond rattlesnake of the South (C. adamanteus), are the best known. See Illust. of Fang..

Sea Snail :: Sea snail () A small fish of the genus Liparis, having a ventral sucker. It lives among stones and seaweeds..

Sea Snail :: Sea snail () Any small creeping marine gastropod, as the species of Littorina, Natica, etc..

Sea Snake :: Sea snake () Any one of many species of venomous aquatic snakes of the family Hydrophidae, having a flattened tail and living entirely in the sea, especially in the warmer parts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. They feed upon fishes, and are mostly of moderate size, but some species become eight or ten feet long and four inches broad..

Snack :: Snack (v. t.) A share; a part or portion; -- obsolete, except in the colloquial phrase, to go snacks, i. e., to share..

Snack :: Snack (v. t.) A slight, hasty repast..

Snacket :: Snacket (n.) See Snecket.

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