Hypertext Webster Gateway: "snifting"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Snift \Snift\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Snifted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Snifting}.] [From {Sniff}.]
1. To snort. [Obs.] ``Resentment expressed by snifting.''
--Johnson.
2. To sniff; to snuff; to smell.
It now appears that they were still snifing and
hankering after their old quarters. --Landor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Snifting \Snift"ing\,
a. & n. from {Snift}.
{Snifting valve}, a small valve opening into the atmosphere
from the cylinder or condenser of a steam engine, to allow
the escape of air when the piston makes a stroke; -- so
called from the noise made by its action.
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