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4. (Zoöl.) (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 (Zoöl.), any one of many species of beetles having an elongated snout and belonging to
the tribe Rhynchophora; a weevil. — Snout moth (Zoöl.), any pyralid moth. See Pyralid.
Snout
(Snout), v. t. To furnish with a nozzle or point.
Snouty
(Snout"y) a. Resembling a beast's snout.
The nose was ugly, long, and big,
Broad and snouty like a pig. Otway. Snow
(Snow) n. [LG. snaue, or D. snaauw, from LG. snau a snout, a beak.] (Naut.) A square-rigged
vessel, differing from a brig only in that she has a trysail mast close abaft the mainmast, on which a
large trysail is hoisted.
Snow
(Snow), n. [OE. snow, snaw, AS. snaw; akin to D. sneeuw, OS. & OHG. sneo, G. schnee,
Icel. snær, snjor, snajar, Sw. snö, Dan. snee, Goth. snaiws, Lith. snëgas, Russ. snieg', Ir. & Gael.
sneachd, W. nyf, L. nix, nivis, Gr. acc. ni`fa, also AS. sniwan to snow, G. schneien, OHG. sniwan,
Lith. snigti, L. ningit it snows, Gr. ni`fei, Zend snizh to snow; cf. Skr. snih to be wet or sticky. &radic172.]
1. Watery particles congealed into white or transparent crystals or flakes in the air, and falling to the
earth, exhibiting a great variety of very beautiful and perfect forms.
Snow is often used to form compounds, most of which are of obvious meaning; as, snow-capped, snow-
clad, snow-cold, snow-crowned, snow-crust, snow- fed, snow-haired, snowlike, snow-mantled, snow-
nodding, snow-wrought, and the like.
2. Fig.: Something white like snow, as the white color (argent) in heraldry; something which falls in, or as
in, flakes.
The field of snow with eagle of black therein. Chaucer. Red snow. See under Red.
Snow bunting. (Zoöl.) See Snowbird, 1. — Snow cock (Zoöl.), the snow pheasant. — Snow flea
(Zoöl.), a small black leaping poduran (Achorutes nivicola) often found in winter on the snow in vast
numbers. — Snow flood, a flood from melted snow. — Snow flower (Bot.), the fringe tree. —
Snow fly, or Snow insect (Zoöl.), any one of several species of neuropterous insects of the genus
Boreus. The male has rudimentary wings; the female is wingless. These insects sometimes appear
creeping and leaping on the snow in great numbers. — Snow gnat (Zoöl.), any wingless dipterous
insect of the genus Chionea found running on snow in winter. — Snow goose (Zoöl.), any one of
several species of arctic geese of the genus Chen. The common snow goose common in the Western
United States in winter, is white, with the tips of the wings black and legs and bill red. Called also white
brant, wavey, and Texas goose. The blue, or blue-winged, snow goose (C. cœrulescens) is varied with
grayish brown and bluish gray, with the wing quills black and the head and upper part of the neck white.
Called also white head, white-headed goose, and bald brant. — Snow leopard (Zool.), the ounce.
— Snow line, lowest limit of perpetual snow. In the Alps this is at an altitude of 9,000 feet, in the Andes,
at the equator, 16,000 feet. — Snow mouse (Zoöl.), a European vole (Arvicola nivalis) which inhabits
the Alps and other high mountains. — Snow pheasant (Zoöl.), any one of several species of large,
handsome gallinaceous birds of the genus Tetraogallus, native of the lofty mountains of Asia. The Himalayn
snow pheasant (T. Himalayensis) in the best-known species. Called also snow cock, and snow chukor.
— Snow partridge. (Zoöl.) See under Partridge. — Snow pigeon (Zoöl.), a pigeon (Columba leuconota)
native of the Himalaya mountains. Its back, neck, and rump are white, the top of the head and the ear
coverts are black. — Snow plant (Bot.), a fleshy parasitic herb (Sarcodes sanguinea) growing in
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