SNELL
- short piece of nylon, gut, or the like, by which a fishhook is attached to a line
- active; lively
- witty
- severe
- quick acute
- keen (enthusiastic) [adj SNELLER, SNELLEST] / to attach a short line to a fishhook [v SNELLED, SNELLING, SNELLS]
- en piercing a snell wind smote us Scotsman
- to attach a short line to a fishhook [v -ED, -ING, -S] / keen (enthusiastic) [adj SNELLER, SNELLEST]