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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: To snub a rope (0.00932 detik)
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Definition: To snub a rope
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.
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2. To check, stop, or rebuke, with a tart, sarcastic reply or
remark; to reprimand; to check. --J. Foster.
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3. To treat with contempt or neglect, as a forward or
pretentious person; to slight designedly.
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To snub a cable or
To snub a rope (Naut.), to check it
suddenly in running out. --Totten.
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