sniftn.

Etymology: < snift v.; compare dialect snift a scent, whiff, etc.

technical.

(See quot. 1890 and snifting n.)

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the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of aerated or carbonated drink > [noun] > excess air allowed to escape from bottle

snift1890

1890 Times 7 Aug. 10/2 The whole of the ‘snift’ (which is the waste in bottling aerated waters) is saved by this machine.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

sniftv.

/snɪft/

Etymology: Imitative: compare snifter v., and older Danish snifte, snyfte (Danish snøfte), Swedish snyfta, (Middle Swedish snypta, snöpta).

Now chiefly dialect.

a. intransitive. To sniff, in various senses.The verbal noun is recorded much earlier.

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the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > inhalation > inhale [verb (intransitive)] > through nose

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snifterc1340

snavelc1480

snuff1530

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snot1662

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snotter1710

snuff1714

sniffle1819

snoach1844

1703 R. Thoresby Let. 27 Apr. in J. Ray Corr. (1848) 427 Snift, to draw the wind smartly up the nose.

1744 J. T. Desaguliers Course Exper. Philos. II. xii. 474 The Air makes a Noise..like a Man snifting with a Cold.

1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VI. v. 15 He shall neither..hawk, or spit, or snift.

1801 H. F. Cary Mem. I. 186 With her mouth and nose drawn up on one side, and snifting through the latter, which..is the highest elevation of her mirth and gladness.

a1845 R. H. Barham Brothers of Birchington in Ingoldsby Legends (1847) 3rd Ser. 266 Father Richard..At once began coughing, and snifting, and sneezing.

1893 R. Kipling Many Inventions 13 More steamers came along snorting and snifting at the buoys.

b. figurative. (With after or at.)

ΚΠ

1824 Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1825) 304 He has seen ‘Life’, and dum vivimus vivamus is a motto not to be snifted at.

1826 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. (ed. 2) I. xi. 214 It now appears that they were still snifting and hankering after their old quarters.

c. Of an engine, etc.: To blow out air or steam.

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the world > matter > gas > air > moving air > move (of air) [verb (intransitive)] > produce current of air > blow out air or steam

snift1865

1865 S. Smiles Lives Boulton & Watt 135 The machine snifted at many openings.

2. transitive. To draw up by sniffing; to sniff the smell of. rare.

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the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [verb (transitive)] > exercise the sense of smell

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to run up1815

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snuff1858

smellsip1922

1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ I. (at cited word) To snift up, mucum resorbere.

1796 F. Burney Camilla II. iv. viii. 410 I would sooner snift thy farthing candle once a day, than sustain that nasal cadence ever more.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	snift
释义	sniftn. Etymology: < snift v.; compare dialect snift a scent, whiff, etc. technical. (See quot. 1890 and snifting n.) ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of aerated or carbonated drink > [noun] > excess air allowed to escape from bottle snift1890 1890 Times 7 Aug. 10/2 The whole of the ‘snift’ (which is the waste in bottling aerated waters) is saved by this machine. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2019). sniftv. /snɪft/ Etymology: Imitative: compare snifter v., and older Danish snifte, snyfte (Danish snøfte), Swedish snyfta, (Middle Swedish snypta, snöpta). Now chiefly dialect. 1. a. intransitive. To sniff, in various senses.The verbal noun is recorded much earlier. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > inhalation > inhale [verb (intransitive)] > through nose sniffc1340 snifterc1340 snavelc1480 snuff1530 snuffle1611 snufter1632 whiff1635 snot1662 snift1703 snotter1710 snuff1714 sniffle1819 snoach1844 1703 R. Thoresby Let. 27 Apr. in J. Ray Corr. (1848) 427 Snift, to draw the wind smartly up the nose. 1744 J. T. Desaguliers Course Exper. Philos. II. xii. 474 The Air makes a Noise..like a Man snifting with a Cold. 1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VI. v. 15 He shall neither..hawk, or spit, or snift. 1801 H. F. Cary Mem. I. 186 With her mouth and nose drawn up on one side, and snifting through the latter, which..is the highest elevation of her mirth and gladness. a1845 R. H. Barham Brothers of Birchington in Ingoldsby Legends (1847) 3rd Ser. 266 Father Richard..At once began coughing, and snifting, and sneezing. 1893 R. Kipling Many Inventions 13 More steamers came along snorting and snifting at the buoys. b. figurative. (With after or at.) ΚΠ 1824 Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1825) 304 He has seen ‘Life’, and dum vivimus vivamus is a motto not to be snifted at. 1826 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. (ed. 2) I. xi. 214 It now appears that they were still snifting and hankering after their old quarters. c. Of an engine, etc.: To blow out air or steam. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > air > moving air > move (of air) [verb (intransitive)] > produce current of air > blow out air or steam snift1865 1865 S. Smiles Lives Boulton & Watt 135 The machine snifted at many openings. 2. transitive. To draw up by sniffing; to sniff the smell of. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [verb (transitive)] > exercise the sense of smell snevec1200 snokec1380 savoura1382 thevea1400 whiff1635 nesea1637 scent1638 venta1640 taste1656 snift1736 sniff1792 olfact1805 to run up1815 smell1831 sniffa1845 snuff1858 smellsip1922 1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ I. (at cited word) To snift up, mucum resorbere. 1796 F. Burney Camilla II. iv. viii. 410 I would sooner snift thy farthing candle once a day, than sustain that nasal cadence ever more. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1890v.1703
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