snagging

from 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.
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   2. To injure or destroy, as a steamboat or other vessel, by a
      snag, or projecting part of a sunken tree. [U. S.]
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