資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Snout \Snout\ (snout), n. [OE. snoute, probably of Scand, or Low
   German origin; cf. LG. snute, D. snuit, G. schnauze, Sw.
   snut, snyte, Dan. snude, Icel. sn?ta to blow the nose;
   probably akin to E. snuff, v.t. Cf. {Snite}, {Snot},
   {Snuff}.]
   1. The long, projecting nose of a beast, as of swine.

   2. The nose of a man; -- in contempt. --Hudibras.

   3. The nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.

   4. (Zo["o]l.)
      (a) The anterior prolongation of the head of a gastropod;
          -- called also {rostrum}.
      (b) The anterior prolongation of the head of weevils and
          allied beetles.

   {Snout beetle} (Zo["o]l.), any one of many species of beetles
      having an elongated snout and belonging to the tribe
      Rhynchophora; a weevil.

   {Snout moth} (Zo["o]l.), any pyralid moth. See {Pyralid}.