Meaning & use
Snell
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A short length of line used to attach a fishing hook to the main line or leader.
See it in a sentence
He tied a new snell before casting his line into the river.
Pre-tied snells make it faster to switch hooks while fishing.
A note on using this word
As a separate Scots dialect adjective, 'snell' also means bitterly cold or sharp, as in 'a snell wind.'
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Another way to use it
2. adjective
(Scots dialect) Bitingly cold, sharp, or keen, especially of wind or weather.
A snell wind blew off the loch that morning.
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