Definition of snuff

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Snuff (v. i.) To turn up the nose and inhale air, as an expression of contempt; hence, to take offense..

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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..
Jasper :: "Jasper (n.) An opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and other dull colors, breaking with a smooth surface. It admits of a high polish, and is used for vases, seals, snuff boxes, etc. When the colors are in stripes or bands, it is called striped / banded jasper. The Egyptian pebble is a brownish yellow jasper..
Snuffy :: Snuffy (a.) Sulky; angry; vexed.
Dipping :: Dipping (n.) The practice of taking snuff by rubbing the teeth or gums with a stick or brush dipped in snuff.
Snuffle :: Snuffle (n.) An affected nasal twang; hence, cant; hypocrisy..
Dip :: Dip (v. i.) To dip snuff.
Snuffling :: Snuffling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Snuffl.
Snuffer :: Snuffer (n.) The common porpoise.
Snift :: Snift (v. i.) To sniff; to snuff; to smell.
Sniff :: Sniff (v. t.) To draw air audibly up the nose; to snuff; -- sometimes done as a gesture of suspicion, offense, or contempt..
Mull :: Mull (n.) A snuffbox made of the small end of a horn.
Snuff :: Snuff (v. i.) To inhale air through the nose with violence or with noise, as do dogs and horses..
Niopo :: Niopo (n.) A kind of snuff prepared by the natives of Venezuela from the roasted seeds of a leguminous tree (Piptadenia peregrina), thence called niopo tree..
Snuff :: Snuff (v. i.) To perceive by the nose; to scent; to smell.
Snuffle :: Snuffle (n.) The act of snuffing; a sound made by the air passing through the nose when obstructed.
Sniff :: Sniff (v. t.) To perceive as by sniffing; to snuff, to scent; to smell; as, to sniff danger..
Snuff :: Snuff (n.) Pulverized tobacco, etc., prepared to be taken into the nose; also, the amount taken at once..
Snuffingly :: Snuffingly (adv.) In a snuffing manner.
Smutchin :: Smutchin (n.) Snuff.
Rappee :: Rappee (v.) A pungent kind of snuff made from the darker and ranker kinds of tobacco leaves.
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