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battler (medicine)


battler


A student at Oxford who is supplied with provisions from the buttery; formerly, one who paid for nothing but what he called for, answering nearly to a sizar at Cambridge.

See: Battel.

Source: Websters Dictionary


snag(1) (iou)



snag noun1. [snag] L16.
[Prob. of Scandinavian origin: cf. Old Norse snaghyrndr sharp-pointed (axe), Norwegian dial. snag(e) sharp point, spike, Old Norse (Icelandic) snagi peg. See also SNUG noun1.]
A sharp, angular, or jagged projection. L16.
b. A short tine or branch of an antler. L16.
c. A broken stump of a tooth; a large or unshapely tooth. E17.
P. S. Buck Her teeth were yellow snags loose in her jaws.
A short stump (left) standing out from a tree-trunk or branch; N. Amer. a standing dead tree. L16.
b. A tree-trunk or branch embedded under water, forming an obstruction to navigation etc. Orig. US. E19.
(Now the predominant sense.) An unexpected or hidden obstacle or drawback. Also, a disadvantage, a hitch; a defect. E19.
P. G. Wodehouse At this point the scenario struck another snag. B. Emecheta The only snag was that on Monday mornings she seldom got very hot water. L. Grant-Adamson His plan, concocted in the night, did have snags. It might fail.
A rent or tear such as is made by a sharp projection. M19.
Comb.: snag-tooth a snaggle-tooth.