Snatch

·noun The handle of a scythe; a snead.

II. Snatch ·noun To seize and transport away; to Rap.

III. Snatch ·noun A small piece, fragment, or quantity; a broken part; a scrap.

IV. Snatch ·noun A short period of vigorous action; as, a snatch at weeding after a shower.

V. Snatch ·noun A hasty catching or seizing; a grab; a catching at, or attempt to seize, suddenly.

VI. Snatch ·noun To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony; as, to snatch a loaf or a kiss.

VII. Snatch ·vi To attempt to seize something suddenly; to Catch;

— often with at; as, to snatch at a rope.

snatch
A hasty repast; a snack. Scottish.--Jamieson. Our kind host and hostess would not go before taking ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
snatch
Any open lead for a rope: if not furnished with a sheave, it is termed a dumb snatch, as on the bows...

The Sailor's Word-Book
Snatch block
·- a kind of block with an opening in one side to receive the bight of a rope. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
snatch cly
A thief who snatches women's pockets. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
snatch-block
A single iron-bound block, with an opening in one side above the sheave, in which the bight of a rop...

The Sailor's Word-Book