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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Snout \Snout\, verb (used with an object) To furnish with a nozzle or point.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Snout \Snout\ (snout), noun [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.
2. The nose of a man; -- in contempt. --Hudibras.
3. The nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.
4. (Zo["o]l.) (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} (Zo["o]l.), any one of many species of beetles having an elongated snout and belonging to the tribe Rhynchophora; a weevil.
{Snout moth} (Zo["o]l.), any pyralid moth. See {Pyralid}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
snout
noun
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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