The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Snag \Snag\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snagged; p. pr. & vb. n. Snagging.] 1. To cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree; to hew roughly. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster] 2. To injure or destroy, as a steamboat or other vessel, by a snag, or projecting part of a sunken tree. [U. S.] [1913 Webster]