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Snottery vs Snotter - What's the difference?

snottery | snotter |

As nouns the difference between snottery and snotter

is that snottery is (obsolete) filth; abomination 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.

snottery

English

Noun

(snotteries)
  • (obsolete) filth; abomination
    • To purge the snottery of our slimy time. — Marston.
    (Webster 1913)

    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)