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Meaning of SNOTTER

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Snot"ter\, v. i. [From {Snot}.]
    To snivel; to cry or whine. [Prov. Eng.] --Grose.
    
  2. \Snot"ter\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Naut.)
    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.
    
 

 

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