Definition of snuff

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Snuff (v. t.) The part of a candle wick charred by the flame, whether burning or not..

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Snuffbox :: Snuffbox (n.) A small box for carrying snuff about the person.
Besnuff :: Besnuff (v. t.) To befoul with snuff.
Snuffed :: Snuffed (imp. & p. p.) of Snuf.
Sniff :: Sniff (v. t.) To perceive as by sniffing; to snuff, to scent; to smell; as, to sniff danger..
Snuff :: Snuff (v. i.) To perceive by the nose; to scent; to smell.
Snuff :: Snuff (v. i.) To draw in, or to inhale, forcibly through the nose; to sniff..
Snuff :: Snuff (v. t.) To crop the snuff of, as a candle; to take off the end of the snuff of..
Snuff :: Snuff (v. i.) To inhale air through the nose with violence or with noise, as do dogs and horses..
Sniffle :: Sniffle (v. i.) To snuffle, as one does with a catarrh..
Snuffle :: Snuffle (n.) An affected nasal twang; hence, cant; hypocrisy..
Mull :: Mull (n.) A snuffbox made of the small end of a horn.
Snuffer :: Snuffer (n.) The common porpoise.
Snuff :: Snuff (n.) Pulverized tobacco, etc., prepared to be taken into the nose; also, the amount taken at once..
Rappee :: Rappee (v.) A pungent kind of snuff made from the darker and ranker kinds of tobacco leaves.
Porpoise :: Porpoise (n.) Any small cetacean of the genus Phocaena, especially P. communis, or P. phocaena, of Europe, and the closely allied American species (P. Americana). The color is dusky or blackish above, paler beneath. They are closely allied to the dolphins, but have a shorter snout. Called also harbor porpoise, herring hag, puffing pig, and snuffer..
Erthine :: Erthine (n.) A medicine designed to be snuffed up the nose, to promote discharges of mucus; a sternutatory..
Snivel :: Snivel (v. i.) To cry or whine with snuffling, as children; to cry weakly or whiningly..
Tonka Bean :: Tonka bean () The seed of a leguminous tree (Dipteryx odorata), native of Guiana. It has a peculiarly agreeable smell, and is employed in the scenting of snuff. Called also tonquin bean..
Asarabacca :: Asarabacca (n.) An acrid herbaceous plant (Asarum Europaeum), the leaves and roots of which are emetic and cathartic. It is principally used in cephalic snuffs..
Bergamot :: Bergamot (n.) A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot.
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