snare
noun
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
snarer
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a word derived from
snare.
Example Sentences
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But the bluff was extensive, the night dark, and the movements of the snarer as silent as those of the man hunting him.
From The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country by Ridgwell Cullum
He realized that the snarer must have heard his approach, and, believing it to be a jack-rabbit, had waited to make sure.
From The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country by Ridgwell Cullum
For a while she talked to Breton over its pages, then the light of excitement stole into her eyes, her soul was netted by the snarer, Breton was forgotten as though he had never been.
From The Duchess of Wrexe Her Decline and Death; A Romantic Commentary by Sir Hugh Walpole
And suppose one told her that if she lured it down to earth from the glorious safety of the skies, she would bring it to captivity or death at the hand of the snarer.
From Moon of Israel by Henry Rider Haggard
It required skill and nice handling, and the split-sleeved boy was the most accomplished snarer of all.
From Old Caravan Days by Mary Hartwell Catherwood
