Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Snuffing"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Snuff \Snuff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Snuffed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Snuffing}.] [OE. snuffen. See {Snuff} of a candle {Snuff} to
sniff.]
To crop the snuff of, as a candle; to take off the end of the
snuff of.
{To snuff out}, to extinguish by snuffing.
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