[snair] 
noun, verb, snared, snar⋅ing.| 1. | a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game. |
| 2. | anything serving to entrap or entangle unawares; trap. |
| 3. | Surgery. a wire noose for removing tumors or the like by the roots or at the base. |
| 4. | to catch with a snare; entangle. |
| 5. | to catch or involve by trickery or wile: to snare her into going. |
[snair] | one of the strings of gut or of tightly spiraled metal stretched across the skin of a snare drum. |
| snare 1 (snâr) n.
To trap with or as if with a snare. See Synonyms at catch. [Middle English, from Old English snearu and from Old Norse snara.] snar'er n. |
| snare 2 (snâr) n.
[Probably from Dutch snaar, string, from Middle Dutch snāre.] |
snare (snâr)
n.
A surgical instrument with a wire loop controlled by a mechanism in the handle, used to remove growths, such as tumors and polyps.
Snare
The expression (Amos 3:5), "Shall one take up a snare from the earth?" etc. (Authorized Version), ought to be, as in the Revised Version, "Shall a snare spring up from the ground?" etc. (See GIN.)