snoffn.

Etymology: A survival of the early form of snuff n.¹

Cornish mining.

(See quots.)

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > mining equipment > [noun] > fuses, etc., used in blasting

smift1839

snoff1860

straw1860

strum1880

squib1881

1860 Eng. & Foreign Mining Gloss. (new ed.) 23 Snoff, or Match,..brown paper, or other slowly combustible substance, which is ignited at one end, the other being in contact with the rush or train in blasting.

1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 177 Snoff, a short candle-end, put under a fuse to light it.

1891 J. H. Pearce Esther Pentreath i. i Dick having charged the hole with powder, set fire to the train with a ‘snoff’ from his candle.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	snoff
释义	snoffn. Etymology: A survival of the early form of snuff n.¹ Cornish mining. (See quots.) ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > mining equipment > [noun] > fuses, etc., used in blasting smift1839 snoff1860 straw1860 strum1880 squib1881 1860 Eng. & Foreign Mining Gloss. (new ed.) 23 Snoff, or Match,..brown paper, or other slowly combustible substance, which is ignited at one end, the other being in contact with the rush or train in blasting. 1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 177 Snoff, a short candle-end, put under a fuse to light it. 1891 J. H. Pearce Esther Pentreath i. i Dick having charged the hole with powder, set fire to the train with a ‘snoff’ from his candle. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1860
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