snotter
Britishnoun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012verb
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to breathe through obstructed nostrils
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to snivel or blubber
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A small boom which crosses the sail of a boat diagonally from the mast to the upper aftmost corner: the lower end of the sprit rests in a sort of becket called the snotter, which encircles the mast at that place.
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The snotter was a short piece of rope with a loop at each end.
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When raising the sail it was first partly hoisted, then the sprit was hooked in the loop and the snotter, after which the throat halyard was drawn taut.
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Then the snotter was pulled up the mast as far as it would go, flattening out the sail.
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The Snotter. up by a spar called a sprit.
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