snell [
snel]
Snell \Snell\, a. [AS. snell; akin to D. snel, G. schnell, OHG.
snel, Icel. snjallr valiant.]
Active; brisk; nimble; quick; sharp. [Archaic or Prov. Eng. &
Scot.]
That horny-handed, snell, peremptory little man. --Dr.
J. Brown.
Snell \Snell\, n.
A short line of horsehair, gut, etc., by which a fishhook is
attached to a longer line.