Snout
Snout (snout) , noun
[Old English snoute, probably of Scand, or Low German origin; compare LG. snute, Dutch snuit, German schnauze, Swedish snut, snyte, Danish snude, Icelandic sn{not transcribed}ta to blow the nose; probably akin to English snuff, transitive verb Compare Snite, Snot, Snuff.]
1.
The long, projecting nose of a beast, as of swine.
2.
The nose of a man; -- in contempt. — Hudibras
3.
The nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.
4.
(a) (Zoology) The anterior prolongation of the head of a gastropod; -- called also rostrum.
(b)
(Zoology) The anterior prolongation of the head of weevils and allied beetles.
Collocations (2)
Snout beetle (Zoology) , any one of many species of beetles having an elongated snout and belonging to the tribe Rhynchophora; a weevil.
Snout , transitive verb
To furnish with a nozzle or point.