snuff-boxn.

Etymology: snuff n.³ 1.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsnuff-box.

a. A box for holding snuff, usually small enough to be carried in the pocket.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > snuff > [noun] > snuff-box

milla1689

snuff-box1688

snuff-milla1689

joint1701

sneezer1725

mull?1762

snuff-mull1808

tabatière1823

taddy-box1907

1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. ii. sig. Qqq3^v/2 A Snuff-box, une Tabatiere.

1706 tr. J. B. Morvan de Bellegarde Refl. upon Ridicule 207 The Snuff-boxes she has in her Pockets, and the Profusion she makes of Snuff.

1710 ‘J. Touchwood’ Quixote Redivivus 3 I have heard the Lid of a Beaus Snuff-Box crack in his Pocket.

1786 F. Burney Diary 25 July (1842) III. 32 She had brought the Queen's snuff~box, to be filled with some snuff.

1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) ii. 15 Colonel Bulder and Sir Thomas Clubber exchanged snuff-boxes.

1837 J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire I. i. ii. 307 Those beautifully jointed and varnished wooden snuff-boxes, now in universal demand.

1882 W. Ballantine Some Exper. Barrister's Life xxiii. 221 The owner of the snuff-box is the proprietor of the hall.

b. musical snuff-box n. a snuff-box fitted with mechanism capable of playing tunes.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > musical box > [noun]

musical box1813

musical snuff-box1825

melodion1826

music box1827

barrel organ1842

harmoniphon1880

polyphon1892

1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. III. 139 It was actually handed round the room like a musical snuff-box, or any other indifferent trinket.

1852 R. S. Surtees Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour ix. l. 281 The child, who had been wound up like a musical snuff-box, then went off as follows.

1881 Grove's Dict. Music III. 542.

c. A puff-ball or similar fungus; usually devils' snuff-box (see devil n. Compounds 3c).

ΚΠ

1883– in Hampshire and Somerset glossaries.

2. slang. The nose.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > nose > [noun]

noseeOE

naseeOE

nebeOE

billa1000

nesec1175

grunyie?a1513

gnomon1582

nib1585

proboscis1631

handle to (also of, on) one's face1675

snot-gall1685

nozzle1689

bowsprit1690

smeller1699

snitch1699

trunk1699

vessel1813

index1817

conk1819

sneezer1820

scent box1826

snorter1829

snuff-box1829

bugle1847

beak1854

nasal1854

sniffer1858

boko1859

snoot1861

snorer1891

horn1893

spectacles-seat1895

razzo1899

beezer1915

schnozzle1926

schnozzola1929

schnozz1930

snozzle1930

honker1942

hooter1958

1829 P. Egan Boxiana New Ser. II. 251 He came up with a frown..and, without the slightest ceremony, opened with a fillip on the Gipsy's snuff-box.

1854 ‘C. Bede’ Further Adventures Mr. Verdant Green (ed. 2) iv. 31 There's a crack on your snuff-box.

Compounds

C1. attributive and in other combinations, as snuff-box maker, snuff-box painting, snuff-box wright.

ΚΠ

1714 London Gaz. No. 5268/10 Snuff-box-maker.

1765 H. Walpole Lett. (1840) V. 68 Snuff-box-wrights, milliners, &c.

1884 Athenæum 9 Aug. 183/3 After a trial of snuff-box painting at Mauchline, Leitch came to London.

C2.

snuff-box bean n. a species of sea-bean used medicinally, or the plant producing this.

snuff-box gourd n. a species of Lagenaria.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants, nuts, seeds, or fruits used as beads or vessels > [noun] > calabash fruit

calabash1596

bottle gourd1597

calabash fruit1707

jicara1859

snuff-box gourd1884

trumpet-gourd1884

snuff-gourd1901

1884 de Candolle's Orig. Cultivated Pl. 245 Other less common varieties have a flattened, very small fruit, like the snuff~box gourd.

Derivatives

ˈsnuff-boxer n. a seller of snuff-boxes.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > sellers of other specific things

soaper?c1225

oilman1275

smear-monger1297

upholder1333

basket-seller?1518

broom-seller?1518

upholster1554

rod-woman1602

starchwoman1604

pin manc1680

colour seller1685

potato-woman1697

printseller1700

rag-seller1700

Greenwich barber1785

sandboy1821

iceman1834

umbrella man1851

fly-boy1861

snuff-boxera1871

pedlar1872

snake-boy1873

bric-a-brac man1876

tinwoman1884

resurrectionist1888

butch1891

paanwallah1955

a1871 A. De Morgan Budget of Paradoxes (1872) 153 Fifty years ago a fashionable snuff-boxer would be under inducement..to have a stock with very objectionable pictures.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	snuff-box
释义	snuff-boxn. Etymology: snuff n.³ 1.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsnuff-box. 1. a. A box for holding snuff, usually small enough to be carried in the pocket. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > snuff > [noun] > snuff-box milla1689 snuff-box1688 snuff-milla1689 joint1701 sneezer1725 mull?1762 snuff-mull1808 tabatière1823 taddy-box1907 1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. ii. sig. Qqq3^v/2 A Snuff-box, une Tabatiere. 1706 tr. J. B. Morvan de Bellegarde Refl. upon Ridicule 207 The Snuff-boxes she has in her Pockets, and the Profusion she makes of Snuff. 1710 ‘J. Touchwood’ Quixote Redivivus 3 I have heard the Lid of a Beaus Snuff-Box crack in his Pocket. 1786 F. Burney Diary 25 July (1842) III. 32 She had brought the Queen's snuff~box, to be filled with some snuff. 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) ii. 15 Colonel Bulder and Sir Thomas Clubber exchanged snuff-boxes. 1837 J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire I. i. ii. 307 Those beautifully jointed and varnished wooden snuff-boxes, now in universal demand. 1882 W. Ballantine Some Exper. Barrister's Life xxiii. 221 The owner of the snuff-box is the proprietor of the hall. b. musical snuff-box n. a snuff-box fitted with mechanism capable of playing tunes. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > musical box > [noun] musical box1813 musical snuff-box1825 melodion1826 music box1827 barrel organ1842 harmoniphon1880 polyphon1892 1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. III. 139 It was actually handed round the room like a musical snuff-box, or any other indifferent trinket. 1852 R. S. Surtees Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour ix. l. 281 The child, who had been wound up like a musical snuff-box, then went off as follows. 1881 Grove's Dict. Music III. 542. c. A puff-ball or similar fungus; usually devils' snuff-box (see devil n. Compounds 3c). ΚΠ 1883– in Hampshire and Somerset glossaries. 2. slang. The nose. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > nose > [noun] noseeOE naseeOE nebeOE billa1000 nesec1175 grunyie?a1513 gnomon1582 nib1585 proboscis1631 handle to (also of, on) one's face1675 snot-gall1685 nozzle1689 bowsprit1690 smeller1699 snitch1699 trunk1699 vessel1813 index1817 conk1819 sneezer1820 scent box1826 snorter1829 snuff-box1829 bugle1847 beak1854 nasal1854 sniffer1858 boko1859 snoot1861 snorer1891 horn1893 spectacles-seat1895 razzo1899 beezer1915 schnozzle1926 schnozzola1929 schnozz1930 snozzle1930 honker1942 hooter1958 1829 P. Egan Boxiana New Ser. II. 251 He came up with a frown..and, without the slightest ceremony, opened with a fillip on the Gipsy's snuff-box. 1854 ‘C. Bede’ Further Adventures Mr. Verdant Green (ed. 2) iv. 31 There's a crack on your snuff-box. Compounds C1. attributive and in other combinations, as snuff-box maker, snuff-box painting, snuff-box wright. ΚΠ 1714 London Gaz. No. 5268/10 Snuff-box-maker. 1765 H. Walpole Lett. (1840) V. 68 Snuff-box-wrights, milliners, &c. 1884 Athenæum 9 Aug. 183/3 After a trial of snuff-box painting at Mauchline, Leitch came to London. C2. snuff-box bean n. a species of sea-bean used medicinally, or the plant producing this. snuff-box gourd n. a species of Lagenaria. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants, nuts, seeds, or fruits used as beads or vessels > [noun] > calabash fruit calabash1596 bottle gourd1597 calabash fruit1707 jicara1859 snuff-box gourd1884 trumpet-gourd1884 snuff-gourd1901 1884 de Candolle's Orig. Cultivated Pl. 245 Other less common varieties have a flattened, very small fruit, like the snuff~box gourd. Derivatives ˈsnuff-boxer n. a seller of snuff-boxes. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > sellers of other specific things soaper?c1225 oilman1275 smear-monger1297 upholder1333 basket-seller?1518 broom-seller?1518 upholster1554 rod-woman1602 starchwoman1604 pin manc1680 colour seller1685 potato-woman1697 printseller1700 rag-seller1700 Greenwich barber1785 sandboy1821 iceman1834 umbrella man1851 fly-boy1861 snuff-boxera1871 pedlar1872 snake-boy1873 bric-a-brac man1876 tinwoman1884 resurrectionist1888 butch1891 paanwallah1955 a1871 A. De Morgan Budget of Paradoxes (1872) 153 Fifty years ago a fashionable snuff-boxer would be under inducement..to have a stock with very objectionable pictures. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1688
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