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Sprit vs Snotter - What's the difference?

sprit | snotter |

As nouns the difference between sprit and snotter

is that sprit is (lb) petrol, gas (gasoline) while snotter is (nautical) a rope going over a yardarm, used to bend a tripping line to, in sending down topgallant and royal yards in vessels of war; also, the short line supporting the heel of the sprit in a small boat.

As a verb snotter is

to snivel; to cry or whine.

sprit

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) spr?ot

Noun

(en noun)
  • (nautical) A spar between mast and upper outer corner of a spritsail on sailing boats.
  • A shoot; a sprout.
    • (Mortimer)

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To sprout; to bud; to germinate, as barley steeped for malt.

    • Etymology 2

    Akin to (etyl) spritzen.

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To throw out with force from a narrow orifice; to eject; to spurt out.
    • (Sir Thomas Browne)

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    snotter

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) A rope going over a yardarm, used to bend a tripping line to, in sending down topgallant and royal yards in vessels of war; also, the short line supporting the heel of the sprit in a small boat.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To snivel; to cry or whine.
    • (Grose)
    (Webster 1913)