snell

A length of fine fishing line that connects a hook to a heavier line; a leader.

The knot used to affix such a length of line to a hook.

To affix a snell to (a hook).

Active; brisk; nimble; spirited.

Keen; piercing; sharp; severe; hard: as, a snell frost.

A short piece of gut, gimp, or sea-grass on which fishhooks are tied; a snood.

To tie or fasten to a line or gut, as a hook for angling.

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

Active; brisk; nimble; quick; sharp.

Active, brisk or nimble; Lively.