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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Snub  \Snub\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Snubbed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Snubbing}.]  [Cf.  Icel.  ssnubba  to  snub,  chide,  Sw  snubba 
  Icel.  snubb[=o]ttr  snubbed,  nipped,  and  E.  snib.] 
  1.  To  clip  or  break  off  the  end  of  to  check  or  stunt  the 
  growth  of  to  nop. 
 
  2.  To  check,  stop,  or  rebuke,  with  a  tart,  sarcastic  reply  or 
  remark;  to  reprimand;  to  check.  --J.  Foster. 
 
  3.  To  treat  with  contempt  or  neglect,  as  a  forward  or 
  pretentious  person;  to  slight  designedly. 
 
  {To  snub  a  cable}  or  {rope}  (Naut.),  to  check  it  suddenly  in 
  running  out  --Totten. 




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