Snell (?), a. [AS. snell; akin to D. snel, G. schnell, OHG. snel, Icel. snjallr valiant.]
Active; brisk; nimble; quick; sharp.
[Archaic or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
That horny-handed, snell, peremptory little man.
Dr. J. Brown.
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Snell, n.
A short line of horsehair, gut, etc., by which a fishhook is attached to a longer line.
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