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SNUFF, n. [allied to snub, neb, nib.]

1. The burning part of a candle wick, or that which has been charred by the flame, whether burning or not.

2. A candle almost burnt out.

3. Pulverized tobacco, taken or prepared to be taken into the nose.

4. Resentment; huff, expressed by a snuffing of the nose.


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SNUFF, n. [allied to snub, neb, nib.]

1. The burning part of a candle wick, or that which has been charred by the flame, whether burning or not.

2. A candle almost burnt out.

3. Pulverized tobacco, taken or prepared to be taken into the nose.

4. Resentment; huff, expressed by a snuffing of the nose.

SNUFF, n. [D. snuf, whence snuffen, to snuff, to scent; G. schnuppe; allied to snub, neb, nib.]

  1. The burning part of a candle wick, or that which has been charred by the flame, whether burning or not. Addison.
  2. A candle almost burnt out. – Shak.
  3. Pulverized tobacco and various other powders, taken or prepared to be taken into the nose.
  4. Resentment; huff, expressed by a snuffing of the nose. – Bacon.

SNUFF, v.i.

  1. To snort; to inhale air with violence or with noise; as dogs and horses. – Dryden.
  2. To turn up the nose and inhale air in contempt. – Mal. ii.
  3. To take offense.

SNUFF, v.t. [D. snuffen; G. schnupfen, to take snuff; schnuppen, to snuff a candle.]

  1. To draw in with the breath; to inhale; as, to snuff the wind. – Dryden.
  2. To scent; to smell; to perceive by the nose. – Dryden.
  3. To crop the snuff, as of a candle; to take off the end of the snuff. – Swift.

Snuff
  1. 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. Swift.

  2. To crop the snuff of, as a candle] to take off the end of the snuff of.

    To snuff out, to extinguish by snuffing.

  3. To draw in, or to inhale, forcibly through the nose; to sniff.

    He snuffs the wind, his heels the sand excite. Dryden.

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

    Dryden.
  5. The act of snuffing; perception by snuffing; a sniff.
  6. To perceive by the nose; to scent; to smell.
  7. 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? Bp. Hall.

  8. Pulverized tobacco, etc., prepared to be taken into the nose; also, the amount taken at once.
  9. 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. Shak. -- Up to snuff, not likely to be imposed upon; knowing; acute. [Slang]

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Snuff

SNUFF, noun [allied to snub, neb, nib.]

1. The burning part of a candle wick, or that which has been charred by the flame, whether burning or not.

2. A candle almost burnt out.

3. Pulverized tobacco, taken or prepared to be taken into the nose.

4. Resentment; huff, expressed by a snuffing of the nose.

SNUFF, verb transitive

1. To draw in with the breath; to inhale; as, to snuff the wind.

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

3. To crop the snuff as of a candle; to take off the end of the snuff

SNUFF, verb intransitive

1. To snort; to inhale air with violence or with noise; as dogs and horses.

2. To turn up the nose and inhale air in contempt. Malachi 1:13.

3. To take offense.

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