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as a verb: - 1
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as an adjective: - 1
snuff
noun
1 snuff
The charred portion of a candlewick.
Roget 392:
pungency,
piquance,
piquancy,
poignancy haut-gout,
strong taste,
twang,
race.
sharpness
etc.
adj.;
acrimony;
roughness
etc.
(sour)
392;
unsavoriness
etc.
395.
mustard,
cayenne,
caviare;
seasoning
etc.
(condiment)
393;
niter,
saltpeter,
brine
(saltiness)
392.1;
carbonate of ammonia;
sal ammoniac†,
sal volatile,
smelling salts;
hartshorn
(acridity)
401.1.
dram,
cordial,
nip.
nicotine,
tobacco,
snuff,
quid,
smoke;
segar†;
cigar,
cigarette;
weed;
fragrant weed,
Indian weed;
Cavendish,
fid†,
negro head,
old soldier,
rappee†,
stogy†.
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2 snuff
A pinch of smokeless tobacco inhaled at a single time.
3 snuff
Finely powdered tobacco for sniffing up the nose.
Dutch: snuif
4 snuff
Sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose.
synonym: sniff.
verb
1 snuff
Sniff or smell inquiringly.
synonym: snuffle.
Roget 349:
blow,
waft;
blow hard,
blow great guns,
blow a hurricane
etc.
n.;
wuther†;
stream,
issue.
respire,
breathe,
puff;
whiff,
whiffle;
gasp,
wheeze;
snuff,
snuffle;
sniff,
sniffle;
sneeze,
cough.
fan,
ventilate;
inflate,
perflate†;
blow up.
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Roget 398:
have an odor
etc.
n.;
smell,
smell of,
smell strong of;
exhale;
give out a smell
etc.
n.;
reek,
reek of;
scent.
smell,
scent;
snuff,
snuff up;
sniff,
nose,
inhale.
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Roget 388a:
go out,
die out,
burn out;
fizzle.
extinguish;
damp,
slack,
quench,
smother;
put out,
stamp out;
douse,
snuff,
snuff out,
blow out.
fireproof,
flameproof.
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2 snuff
Inhale (something) through the nose.
Dutch: snuiftabak, snuiven
adjective
1 snuff
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