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ed and brought into trouble. If thou retire, the Dauphin, well appointed, Stands with the snares of war to tangle thee. Shak.

One who lays snares, or entraps.

To catch in a snare. See Insnare.

To catch in a snare; to entrap; to take by artificial means. "Insnare a gudgeon." Fenton.

One who insnares.

y surprise. Hence: A lying in wait, and concealed in any situation, for a like purpose; a snare laid for an enemy; an ambush.

n enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station. Hence: Unseen peril; a device to entrap; a snare. Heaven, whose high walls fear no assault or siege Or ambush from the deep. Milton.

n rush of armed men; to attack with unlawful or insulting physical violence or menaces. Insnared, assaulted, overcome, led bound. Milton.

To entrap; to insnare. [Obs.] Grafton.

ubstance, esp. food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, inclosure, or net.

To catch; to grasp; to insnare. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To besmear or insnare with birdlime.

To catch in a net; to insnare. Shak.

To draw into, or catch in, a trap; to insnare; to circumvent. Gower.

this substance it will hold small birds which may light upon it. Hence: Anything which insnares. Not birdlime or Idean pitch produce A more tenacious mass of clammy juice. Dryden.

revious notice; as money on deposit. -- Call bird, a bird taught to allure others into a snare. -- Call boy (a) A boy who calls the actors in a theater; a boy who transmits the orders of the captain of a vessel to the engineer, helmsman, etc. (b) A waiting boy who answers a cal, or cames at the ringing of a bell; a b…

Fitted to harass, perplex, or insnare; insidious; troublesome. Captious restraints on navigation. Bancroft.

Taken prisoner; made captive; insnared; charmed. Women have been captivate ere now. Shak.

To take captive, as in a snare or net, or on a hook; as, to catch a bird or fish.

Tending to catch or insnare; entangling; -- usually used fig.; as, a catchy question.