SNUB (3)

Snub, n. 1. 1. A knot; a protuberance; a song.
with ragged snubs and knotty grain. Spenser. 2. 2. A check or rebuke; an intended slight. J. Foster.
Snub nose, a short or flat nose. — Snub post, or Snubbing post (Naut.), a post on a dock or shore, around which a rope is thrown to check the motion of a vessel.