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noun

Snuff n. The part of a candle wick charred by the flame, whether burning or not. "If the burning snuff happens to get out of the snuffers, you have a chance that it may fall into a dish of soup."

Snuff n.

The act of snuffing; perception by snuffing; a sniff.

Pulverized tobacco, etc., prepared to be taken into the nose; also, the amount taken at once.

Resentment, displeasure, or contempt, expressed by a snuffing of the nose. (Obs.)

Snuff dipping. See Dipping, n., 5.

Snuff taker, one who uses snuff by inhaling it through the nose.

To take it in snuff, to be angry or offended.

Up to snuff, not likely to be imposed upon; knowing; acute. (Slang)

verb

Snuff v. t. (past & past part. snuffed; pres. part. snuffing) To crop the snuff of, as a candle; to take off the end of the snuff of.

To snuff out, to extinguish by snuffing.

Snuff v. t.

To draw in, or to inhale, forcibly through the nose; to sniff. "He snuffs the wind, his heels the sand excite."

To perceive by the nose; to scent; to smell.

Snuff v. i.

To inhale air through the nose with violence or with noise, as do dogs and horses.

To turn up the nose and inhale air, as an expression of contempt; hence, to take offense. "Do the enemies of the church rage and snuff?"

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Etymology of 'Snuff'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Snuff" Quotes from Famous Books

... best in these days. His complexion was a bright blonde, and he dressed with the taste of Disraeli. Henry B. Stanton describes him as he appeared at church in Rochester on a Sunday during the campaign. "He wore an elegant snuff-colored broadcloth coat with velvet collar; his cravat was orange with modest lace tips; his vest was of a pearl hue; his trousers were white duck; his silk hose corresponded to the vest; his shoes were morocco; ...

— A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3 • DeAlva Stanwood Alexander

... have writ to you three or four times, to desire you would take notice of an impertinent Custom the Women, the fine Women, have lately fallen into, of taking Snuff. [1] This silly Trick is attended with such a Coquet Air in some Ladies, and such a sedate masculine one in others, that I cannot tell which most to complain of; but they are to me equally disagreeable. Mrs. Saunter is so impatient of ...

— The Spectator, Volume 2. • Addison and Steele

... mine. I created you for myself ten years ago. Not being able to live without you, I am not made of the stuff to leave you behind me. I shall take you and if there's another life on the other side, live it with you. If not, then we'll snuff out together. Like all great lovers, I'm selfish, you see. That's what I meant when I ...

— Who Cares? • Cosmo Hamilton

... anything of the sort," exclaimed Tom. "I never heard you utter her name till now, and I don't believe she cares the snuff of a ...

— Paddy Finn • W. H. G. Kingston

... had gone to bed and they were sewing by the fire. "Oh, ma! she told me more to-day about me insides than I would care to remember. Mind ye, ma, there's a sthring down yer back no bigger'n a knittin' needle, and if ye ever broke it ye'd snuff out before ye knowed what ye was doin', and there's a tin pan in yer ear that if ye got a dinge in it, it wouldn't be worth a dhirty postage stamp for hearin' wid, and ye mustn't skip ma, for it will disturb yer Latin parts, and ye mustn't ...

— Sowing Seeds in Danny • Nellie L. McClung

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