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单词 snush
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snushn.

Etymology: perhaps imitative of a sneezing sound, but compare Danish and Swedish snus . See also snish sneesh n.
Obsolete.
1. Snuff. (Frequently c1680–1700.)
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > snuff > [noun]
sneeze1632
sneezing1648
smutchin1650
snush1671
snuff1683
nose gunpowder1706
pulvil1706
sneeshing1714
macouba1827
dip1853
snoose1912
snous1962
1671 J. Crowne Juliana iii. 33 Some snush would purge your simple brain.
1698 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 20 7 He had Snush on his Hand, as if just ready to take it.
1700 G. Farquhar Constant Couple ii. v. 22 (stage direct.) Throws Snush into his eyes.
1716 M. Davies Diss. Author & Oecon. Lat. Drama 31 in Athenæ Britannicæ III To see six or seven Spanish and Italian Priestly Converts..Carrying of Snush, like Jews, from Door to Door.
1767 W. Meston Poems (ed. 6) 82 Bedaub'd with soot, and snush and bubblings.
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Snush, snuff, a term still used by old people, Aberd[een].
2. A pinch, or small quantity, of snuff.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > snuff > [noun] > pinch of
sneeshing1686
snush1703
snuff1724
sneesh1817
1703 M. Martin Descr. W. Islands Scotl. 14 They will tug at the Oar all day long upon Bread and Water, and a snush of Tobacco.
3. attributive, as snush-box, snush-tobacco.
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1682 London Gaz. No. 1757/4 A round Gold Snush-box.
1691 A. Gavin Observ. Journy to Naples 204 The Gentlemen that Travell'd with me, having presented them with a Paper of Bononia Snush-Tobacco.
1702 T. Morer Short Acct. Scotl. 20 They are fond of Tobacco, but more from the Snush-Box than pipe.
1709 M. Prior Cupid & Ganymede 13 A Snush-Box, set with bleeding Hearts, Rubies, all pierc'd with Diamond Darts.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

snushv.

Etymology: Compare snush n.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To snuff, snuff up (tobacco); to take as snuff.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > snuff > take snuff [verb (transitive)]
snush1703
1703 M. Martin Descr. W. Islands Scotl. 40 She took a Quill with which she ordinarily snushed her Tobacco.
a1704 T. Brown Highlander in Wks. (1707) I. i. 159 Then filling his short Pipe, he blows a Blast, And does the burning Weed to Ashes wast, Which when its cool he snushes up his Nose.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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