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snuff-mull Sc. [See prec. 1, and mull n.6] A snuff-box.
1808Monthly Pantheon I. 598/2 He was..famous for making Highland dirks and snuff mulls. 1827Scott Two Drovers i, Some thrust out their snuff-mulls for the parting pinch. 1854H. Miller Sch. & Schm. v. (1857) 97 A number of curious little articles... Among the rest, Highland snuff-mulls. 1887McNeill Blawearie 101 He..drew his snuff-mull from his waistcoat pocket, gave three vicious taps on the lid of it [etc.]. |