different between topgallant vs snotter

English

Adjective

topgallant (comparative more topgallant, superlative most topgallant)

1. (nautical) Situated above the topmast and below the royal mast.

   the topgallant yards, braces, etc.

2. Of the most superior quality; the best of its kind.
   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 9

     Delight, — top-gallant delight is to him, who acknowledges no law or lord, but the Lord his God, and is only a patriot to heaven.

Noun

topgallant (plural topgallants)

1. (nautical) The sail suspended from the topmost section of a mast.
2. (nautical) The topmost section of a mast; topgallant mast.
3. Anything elevated or splendid.

Translations

References

• topgallant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?t?(r)

Etymology 1

Noun

snotter (plural snotters)

1. (nautical) 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.

Etymology 2

Verb

snotter (third-person singular simple present snotters, present participle snottering, simple past and past participle snottered)

1. (intransitive) To snivel; to cry or whine.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Grose to this entry?)

Noun

snotter (countable and uncountable, plural snotters)

1. The wattles of a turkey-cock.
2. (Scotland) Snot; mucus.

Anagrams

• Stentor, stentor