v. [f. SNORT v. + -LE.]
1. intr. To snort. Now dial.
1577–82. Breton, Flourish upon Fancie, Wks. (Grosart), I. 6/2. To wallow almost like a Beare, and snortle like a Hog.
1635. Swan, Spec. Mundi, viii. § 1 (1643), 370. It is supposed that these monsters [i.e., mermen] are very devils … by their howling and snortling under the waters.
1807. J. Beresford, Miseries Hum. Life, XX. II. 244. Where long she lies tumbling,… And snortling, and grumbling.
1876. Robinson, Whitby Gloss., Snortle,… to puff through the nostrils as a person with a cold.
2. refl. To bring (oneself) into a certain condition by snorting.
1806. J. Beresford, Miseries Hum. Life, VI. (ed. 3), I. 120. The Monster—when … he has finally pumped, and panted, and snortled himself into tranquillity.
