snell

snell englanniksi

1. Quick, smart; sharp, active, brisk or nimble; lively.

2. 1720 - Allan Ramsay, ''Edinburgh's Salutation to Lord Carnarvon''.

That in ilk action, wise and snell / You may shaw Manly fire.

3. 1852 - John Brown, "Rab and his Friends".

That horny-handed, snell, peremptory little man.

4. 1889 - James Robertson, ''The Early Religion of Israel''.

Amos is a lithe, keen, snell man.

5. Quick-witted; witty.

6. Harsh; severe.

7. A short line of horsehair, gut, monofilament, etc., by which a fishhook or lure is attached to a longer (and usually heavier) line.

8. 1979, Cormac McCarthy, ''Suttree'', Random House, p.194:

He tied on new baited snells and recovered the current with the oars.

9. To tie a hook to the end of a line with a knot.

''Can you show me how to snell a hook?''

10. Spindle, where the spun thread collects.

11. Tadpole.