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English Dictionary: SNUFF by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
snuff
adj
  1. snuff colored; of a greyish to yellowish brown [syn: snuff, snuff-brown, mummy-brown, chukker-brown]
n
  1. the charred portion of a candlewick
  2. a pinch of smokeless tobacco inhaled at a single time
  3. finely powdered tobacco for sniffing up the nose
  4. sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose
    Synonym(s): sniff, snuff
v
  1. sniff or smell inquiringly
    Synonym(s): snuff, snuffle
  2. inhale audibly through the nose; "snuff coke"
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. 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\, 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]
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