snuff

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Noun 1.1.1.1 Derived terms 1.1.1.2 Translations 1.1.2 Verb 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Derived terms 1.2.2 Verb 1.2.2.1 Derived terms 1.2.2.2 Translations 1.2.3 Adjective 1.2.3.1 Derived terms 1.3 References

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[edit] Etymology 1

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[edit] Noun

snuff (uncountable)

1. Finely ground or pulverized tobacco intended for use by being sniffed or snorted into the nose.
2. Fine-ground or minced tobacco, dry or moistened, intended for use by placing a pinch behind the lip or beneath the tongue.
   • 1896, Universal Dictionary of the English Language:

     Dry snuffs are often adulterated with quicklime, and moist snuffs, as rappee, with ammonia, hellebore, pearl-ash, etc.

3. A snort or sniff of fine-ground, powdered, or pulverized tobacco.
4. The act of briskly inhaling by the nose; a sniff, a snort.
5. Resentment or skepticism expressed by quickly drawing air through the nose; snuffling; sniffling.
6. (obsolete) Snot, mucus.
7. (obsolete) Smell, scent, odour.

[edit] Derived terms

• up to snuff

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to snuff (third-person singular simple present snuffs, present participle snuffing, simple past and past participle snuffed)

1. To inhale through the nose.

[edit] Etymology 2

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[edit] Noun

snuff (uncountable)

1. The burning part of a candle wick, or that which has been charred by the flame, whether burning or not. ^[1]
2. (obsolete) Leavings in a glass after drinking; heel-taps.^[2]

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• snuff-dish
• snuffter

[edit] Verb

to snuff (third-person singular simple present snuffs, present participle snuffing, simple past and past participle snuffed)

1. To extinguish a candle or oil-lamp flame by covering the burning end of the wick until the flame is suffocated.
2. (slang) To kill a person; to snuff out.

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• snuffer
• snuff it
• snuff out

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snuff (not comparable)

1. (slang) Of or pertaining to death.

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• snuff film/snuff movie

[edit] References

• Notes:

1. ^ Universal Dictionary of the English Language [UDE], 1896.
2. ^ Universal Dictionary of the English Language [UDE], 1896.