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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Snout \Snout\ (snout), n. [OE. snoute, probably of Scand, or Low
     German origin; cf. LG. snute, D. snuit, G. schnauze, Sw.
     snut, snyte, Dan. snude, Icel. sn?ta to blow the nose;
     probably akin to E. snuff, v.t. Cf. {Snite}, {Snot},
     {Snuff}.]
     1. The long, projecting nose of a beast, as of swine.


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     2. The nose of a man; -- in contempt. --Hudibras.
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     3. The nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.
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     4. (Zool.)
        (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.
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     {Snout beetle} (Zool.), any one of many species of beetles
        having an elongated snout and belonging to the tribe
        Rhynchophora; a weevil.
  
     {Snout moth} (Zool.), any pyralid moth. See {Pyralid}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Snout \Snout\, v. t.
     To furnish with a nozzle or point.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  snout
       n 1: a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's
            head; especially the nose [syn: {neb}]
       2: informal terms for the nose [syn: {beak}, {honker}, {hooter},
           {nozzle}, {snoot}, {schnozzle}, {schnoz}]
       3: beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of
          certain insects such as e.g. weevils [syn: {rostrum}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  31 Moby Thesaurus words for "snout":
     antlia, beak, beezer, bib nozzle, bill, bugle, conk, muffle,
     muzzle, nares, neb, nib, nose, nostrils, nozzle, olfactory organ,
     pecker, pressure nozzle, proboscis, rhinarium, rose, rosehead,
     rostrum, schnozzle, shower head, smeller, snitch, snoot,
     spray nozzle, sprinkler head, trunk
  
  

















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