Snell /(?)/

Snell

a.
  1. Active; brisk; nimble; quick; sharp. [Archaic or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
    That horny-handed, snell, peremptory little man.
    — Dr. J. Brown.

Snell

n.
  1. A short line of horsehair, gut, etc., by which a fishhook is attached to a longer line.