[snout] n [ME snute; akin to MD snut snout, G Schnauze] (13c) 1 a (1): a long projecting nose (as of a swine) (2): an anterior prolongation of the head of various animals (as a weevil): rostrum b: the human nose esp. when large or grotesque
2: something resembling an animal's snout in position, function, or shape: as a: prow b: nozzle c: the terminal face of a glacier -- snout.ed adj -- snout.ish adj -- snouty adj