Snell vs Stell - What's the difference?
snell | stell |
Active, brisk or nimble; lively.
Quick, sudden; sharp.
Quick-witted; witty.
Harsh; severe.
A short line of horsehair, gut, monofilament, etc., by which a fishhook or lure is attached to a longer (and usually heavier) line.
* 1979 , Cormac McCarthy, Suttree , Random House, p.194:
To tie a hook to the end of a fishing line with a snell knot.
(transitive, dialectal, or, obsolete) To set; place; fix.
* 1609 , Shakespeare, Shakespeare's Sonnets :
To place in position; set up, fix, plant; prop, mount.
(archaic) A place; station.
A stall; a fold for cattle.
(Scotland) A prop; a support, as for the feet in standing or climbing.
As a proper noun snell
is .As an adjective stell is
quiet, silent, calm.As a verb stell is
.snell
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) ).Adjective
(er) (chiefly Scottish)- He is a remarkably snell young lad.
- That horny-handed, snell , peremptory little man. --Dr. J. Brown.
Etymology 2
Origin Unknown.Noun
(en noun)- He tied on new baited snells and recovered the current with the oars.
Verb
(en verb)- Can you show me how to snell a hook?
stell
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) stellen, from (etyl) . More at (l).Verb
- Mine eye hath play'd the painter and hath stell'd Thy beauty's form in table of my heart; [...]