Hypertext Webster Gateway: "snuff"
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Snuff \Snuff\, v. t.[Akin to D. snuffen, G. schnupfen,
schnuppen, to snuff, schnupfen a cold in the head, schnuppen
to snuff (air), also, to snuff (a candle). Cf. {Sniff},
{Snout}, {Snub}, v. i.]
1. To draw in, or to inhale, forcibly through the nose; to
sniff.
He snuffs the wind, his heels the sand excite.
--Dryden.
2. To perceive by the nose; to scent; to smell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Snuff \Snuff\, n. [Cf. G. schnuppe candle snuff, schnuppen to
snuff a candle (see {Snuff}, v. t., to snuff a candle), or
cf. {Snub}, v. t.]
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Snuff \Snuff\, v. i.
1. To inhale air through the nose with violence or with
noise, as do dogs and horses. --Dryden.
2. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Snuff \Snuff\, n.
1. The act of snuffing; perception by snuffing; a sniff.
2. Pulverized tobacco, etc., prepared to be taken into the
nose; also, the amount taken at once.
3. 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]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
snuff
adj : snuff colored; grayish to yellowish brown [syn: {snuff-brown},
{mummy-brown}, {chukker-brown}]
n 1: finely powdered tobacco for sniffing up the nose
2: a charred candlewick
3: sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose [syn: {sniff}]
v : sniff or smell inquiringly [syn: {snuffle}]
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