snuffern.¹

Brit.

/ˈsnʌfə/, U.S.

/ˈsnəfər/

Forms: Also Middle English–1500s snoffer.

Etymology: < snuff v.¹

a. An instrument used for snuffing, or snuffing out, candles, etc. In later use only in plural form (also a pair of snuffers).

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [noun] > extinguishing light > that which extinguishes (candles or torches)

snitelc1000

candle-quencher1382

sniters1382

sniting tongsa1425

snuffer1465

sniting instrumentc1475

candle-shears1483

sniting iron1483

out-quencher1535

candle-snuffer1552

snufter1558

extinguisher1562

dout1573

douter1622

topper1688

link-extinguisher1859

squencher1871

α.

1465 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 492 Item, the same day my master bowt a snoffer to snoffe wyth candeles.

1517–18 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 296 Paid..for Snoffers of plate for to put owte the tapurs.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Exod. xxv. 38 Snoffers and out quenchers of pure golde.

1574 in H. J. F. Swayne Churchwardens' Accts. Sarum (1896) 82 The makynge of the Snoffer to serve candelles in the churche.

β. 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Emunctorium, an instrumente [etc.].., a snuffer.1656 tr. J. A. Comenius Latinæ Linguæ Janua Reserata: Gate Lat. Tongue Unlocked lxxvii. §722 The snuffers ready at hand, to snuff the wick ever and anon.1687 R. Charnock in J. R. Bloxham Magdalen Coll. & James II (1886) (modernized text) 232 Why did you tear the Buttery Book with the snuffers?1747 B. Franklin Let. 1 Sept. in Exper. & Observ. Electr. (1751) 16 We light candles, just blown out, by drawing a spark among the smoke between the wire and snuffers.1764 J. Ferguson Lect. Select Subj. iii. 33 To this kind of lever may be reduced several sorts of instruments, such as scissars, pinchers, snuffers.1860 H. Mayhew Upper Rhine Introd. 3 Here it is that our eyes are still cheered with the sight of a pair of snuffers.1885 Athenæum 7 Feb. 189 In [Hogarth's] ‘Night’ the small man..is known by the snuffers hanging at his girdle to be a drawer at a tavern.figurative.?1608 S. Lennard tr. P. Charron Of Wisdome i. Pref. 6 Sounding him to the quicke, entring into him with a candle and a snuffer.1642 J. Howell Instr. Forreine Travell xviii. 222 If these Lights grow dim, there is a Trienniall Snuffer for them.1827 J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare Guesses at Truth I. 25 A critic should be a pair of snuffers. He oftener is an extinguisher.

b. transferred. The finger and thumb as used for clearing or wiping the nose.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > digit > finger > [noun] > groups of

long fingerc1300

middle fingers1827

snuffer1843

1843 F. Marryat Narr. Trav. M. Violet II. x. 219 Employing..the pair of snuffers which natural instinct has supplied him with.

2. One who snuffs candles. (Cf. candle-snuffer n. 2.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [noun] > extinguishing light > one who extinguishes candles

snuffer1611

candle-snuffer1711

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Moucheur, a snyter, wiper, snuffer.

1699 A. Boyer Royal Dict. at Moucheur The Snuffer, He that snuffs the Candles at the Play-house.

1761 C. Churchill Rosciad 7 Then came..snuffer, sweeper, shifter, soldier, mute.

1762 S. Foote Orators i. 3 What is all this business about here? Snuffer. Can't say, Sir.

1814 W. Wilson Hist. Dissenting Churches iv. 78 Betty Gray had been a snuffer of candles at the playhouse.

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations (in sense 1), as snuffer(s)-box, snuffer(s)-dish, snuffer(s)-handle, snuffer(s)-pan, snuffer(s)-stand, snuffer(s)-tray; snuffers-maker.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > support or holder for a candle > [noun] > dish for holding candles

snuff-dish1560

snuffer(s)-dish1677

snuffer(s)-tray1830

1677 London Gaz. No. 1260/4 Two large silver Candlesticks, and Snuffer Pan.

1686 London Gaz. No. 2203/4 A Silver Snuffer~dish and Snuffers chain'd.

1773 London Chron. 7 Sept. 248/3 The following articles were assayed and marked;..bottle stands, snuffer pans [etc.].

1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd I. ii. i. 90 He took his cigar out of his mouth..trimming it on the edge of the snuffer-tray.

1843 Ainsworth's Mag. 3 180 Spectacle cases and snuffer-stands.

1844 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 7 130 Moulded per gross, like..snuffer-dishes, inkstands, metal buttons, and brads!

1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Snuffers'-maker, a manufacturer of metal snuffers.

1898 G. B. Shaw Man of Destiny 203 With a couple of candles alight, and a broad snuffers tray in the other.

1952 B. Hughes & T. Hughes Three Cent. Eng. Domest. Silver v. 82 The upright snuffer stand, with a vertical socket to receive the snuffer box, was a late Charles II innovation.

1952 B. Hughes & T. Hughes Three Cent. Eng. Domest. Silver v. 84 An immense amount of ingenuity now began to be lavished upon the ornamentation of snuffer handles.

1960 H. Hayward Connoisseur's Handbk. Antique Collecting 260/1 Snuffer-tray, oblong or oval tray with or without small feet and scroll and ring handle at side for holding snuffers.

1971 Country Life 10 June 1434/1 A snuffers tray inscribed four years after it was made ‘In Memory of Mrs. Jane Parsons, Oct. 11th, 1750’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

snuffern.²

Brit.

/ˈsnʌfə/, U.S.

/ˈsnəfər/

Etymology: < snuff v.²

1. One who snuffs, or who sniffs disdainfully.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > [noun] > contemptuous person > by sniffing

snuffer1592

sniffer1864

1592 G. Babington Certaine Comfortable Notes Genesis (xxxi.) f. 126 Let all snuffers and browbeaters of honest men consider this.

1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een Snuyver, a Snuffer, or one that Wipe off the Snot or Drivell from his Nose.

†2. slang or dialect. In plural. The nostrils. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

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

nasethirleOE

nostrilOE

nesethirla1275

nose-thirla1333

thirla1350

narea1398

thrilla1400

nose-holl?a1425

nose-holec1450

throlla1475

narel1486

snot-hole1648

snuffera1658

snurl1691

naris1693

smeller1854

prenaris1882

a1658 J. Cleveland Sing-song xxvi Sybill so sweet, Whose Cheeks on each side of her Snuffers did meet, As round and as plump as a Codlin.

1703 R. Thoresby Let. 27 Apr. in J. Ray Corr. (1848) 427 Snuffers, for the nose, or nostrils.

3. One who takes snuff.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > snuff > [noun] > taking snuff > one who

snuff-dipper1845

snuffer1882

1882 J. Snodgrass tr. H. Heine Relig. & Philos. in Germany ii. 89 You know that he [sc. Frederick the Great] composed French verses,..was a prodigious snuffer, and believed in nothing but cannon.

1889 F. E. Gretton Memory's Harkback 99 I knew an elderly gentleman who was a great snuffer.

1903 R. Lawson in R. Wallace Life & Last Leaves 628 He was an inveterate snuffer.

4. U.S. local. A porpoise.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > suborder Odontoceti > [noun] > family Phocaenidae (porpoise)

swineeOE

mereswineeOE

pellock1331

sea-swine1398

porpoisea1425

brownswinec1440

bassinatc1540

pollantine1558

sea-hog1580

hogfish1611

tursion1655

tumbler1694

sea-pig1826

snuffer1829

puffing pig1845

puff-pig1861

puffer1884

1829 T. C. Haliburton Hist. & Statist. Acct. Nova-Scotia II. ix. 404 (table) Fish—Whale Species... Snuffer.

1884 G. B. Goode in G. B. Goode et al. Fisheries U.S.: Sect. I 14 On the Atlantic coast occurs most abundantly the little Harbor Porpoise, Phocæna brachycion Cope, known to the fishermen as ‘Puffer’, ‘Snuffer’, ‘Snuffing Pig’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	snuffer
释义	snuffern.¹ Brit. /ˈsnʌfə/, U.S. /ˈsnəfər/ Forms: Also Middle English–1500s snoffer. Etymology: < snuff v.¹ 1. a. An instrument used for snuffing, or snuffing out, candles, etc. In later use only in plural form (also a pair of snuffers). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [noun] > extinguishing light > that which extinguishes (candles or torches) snitelc1000 candle-quencher1382 sniters1382 sniting tongsa1425 snuffer1465 sniting instrumentc1475 candle-shears1483 sniting iron1483 out-quencher1535 candle-snuffer1552 snufter1558 extinguisher1562 dout1573 douter1622 topper1688 link-extinguisher1859 squencher1871 α. 1465 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 492 Item, the same day my master bowt a snoffer to snoffe wyth candeles. 1517–18 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 296 Paid..for Snoffers of plate for to put owte the tapurs. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Exod. xxv. 38 Snoffers and out quenchers of pure golde. 1574 in H. J. F. Swayne Churchwardens' Accts. Sarum (1896) 82 The makynge of the Snoffer to serve candelles in the churche. β. 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Emunctorium, an instrumente [etc.].., a snuffer.1656 tr. J. A. Comenius Latinæ Linguæ Janua Reserata: Gate Lat. Tongue Unlocked lxxvii. §722 The snuffers ready at hand, to snuff the wick ever and anon.1687 R. Charnock in J. R. Bloxham Magdalen Coll. & James II (1886) (modernized text) 232 Why did you tear the Buttery Book with the snuffers?1747 B. Franklin Let. 1 Sept. in Exper. & Observ. Electr. (1751) 16 We light candles, just blown out, by drawing a spark among the smoke between the wire and snuffers.1764 J. Ferguson Lect. Select Subj. iii. 33 To this kind of lever may be reduced several sorts of instruments, such as scissars, pinchers, snuffers.1860 H. Mayhew Upper Rhine Introd. 3 Here it is that our eyes are still cheered with the sight of a pair of snuffers.1885 Athenæum 7 Feb. 189 In [Hogarth's] ‘Night’ the small man..is known by the snuffers hanging at his girdle to be a drawer at a tavern.figurative.?1608 S. Lennard tr. P. Charron Of Wisdome i. Pref. 6 Sounding him to the quicke, entring into him with a candle and a snuffer.1642 J. Howell Instr. Forreine Travell xviii. 222 If these Lights grow dim, there is a Trienniall Snuffer for them.1827 J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare Guesses at Truth I. 25 A critic should be a pair of snuffers. He oftener is an extinguisher. b. transferred. The finger and thumb as used for clearing or wiping the nose. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > digit > finger > [noun] > groups of long fingerc1300 middle fingers1827 snuffer1843 1843 F. Marryat Narr. Trav. M. Violet II. x. 219 Employing..the pair of snuffers which natural instinct has supplied him with. 2. One who snuffs candles. (Cf. candle-snuffer n. 2.) ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [noun] > extinguishing light > one who extinguishes candles snuffer1611 candle-snuffer1711 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Moucheur, a snyter, wiper, snuffer. 1699 A. Boyer Royal Dict. at Moucheur The Snuffer, He that snuffs the Candles at the Play-house. 1761 C. Churchill Rosciad 7 Then came..snuffer, sweeper, shifter, soldier, mute. 1762 S. Foote Orators i. 3 What is all this business about here? Snuffer. Can't say, Sir. 1814 W. Wilson Hist. Dissenting Churches iv. 78 Betty Gray had been a snuffer of candles at the playhouse. Compounds attributive and in other combinations (in sense 1), as snuffer(s)-box, snuffer(s)-dish, snuffer(s)-handle, snuffer(s)-pan, snuffer(s)-stand, snuffer(s)-tray; snuffers-maker. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > support or holder for a candle > [noun] > dish for holding candles snuff-dish1560 snuffer(s)-dish1677 snuffer(s)-tray1830 1677 London Gaz. No. 1260/4 Two large silver Candlesticks, and Snuffer Pan. 1686 London Gaz. No. 2203/4 A Silver Snuffer~dish and Snuffers chain'd. 1773 London Chron. 7 Sept. 248/3 The following articles were assayed and marked;..bottle stands, snuffer pans [etc.]. 1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd I. ii. i. 90 He took his cigar out of his mouth..trimming it on the edge of the snuffer-tray. 1843 Ainsworth's Mag. 3 180 Spectacle cases and snuffer-stands. 1844 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 7 130 Moulded per gross, like..snuffer-dishes, inkstands, metal buttons, and brads! 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Snuffers'-maker, a manufacturer of metal snuffers. 1898 G. B. Shaw Man of Destiny 203 With a couple of candles alight, and a broad snuffers tray in the other. 1952 B. Hughes & T. Hughes Three Cent. Eng. Domest. Silver v. 82 The upright snuffer stand, with a vertical socket to receive the snuffer box, was a late Charles II innovation. 1952 B. Hughes & T. Hughes Three Cent. Eng. Domest. Silver v. 84 An immense amount of ingenuity now began to be lavished upon the ornamentation of snuffer handles. 1960 H. Hayward Connoisseur's Handbk. Antique Collecting 260/1 Snuffer-tray, oblong or oval tray with or without small feet and scroll and ring handle at side for holding snuffers. 1971 Country Life 10 June 1434/1 A snuffers tray inscribed four years after it was made ‘In Memory of Mrs. Jane Parsons, Oct. 11th, 1750’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2022). snuffern.² Brit. /ˈsnʌfə/, U.S. /ˈsnəfər/ Etymology: < snuff v.² 1. One who snuffs, or who sniffs disdainfully. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > [noun] > contemptuous person > by sniffing snuffer1592 sniffer1864 1592 G. Babington Certaine Comfortable Notes Genesis (xxxi.) f. 126 Let all snuffers and browbeaters of honest men consider this. 1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een Snuyver, a Snuffer, or one that Wipe off the Snot or Drivell from his Nose. †2. slang or dialect. In plural. The nostrils. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > nose > [noun] > nostril nasethirleOE nostrilOE nesethirla1275 nose-thirla1333 thirla1350 narea1398 thrilla1400 nose-holl?a1425 nose-holec1450 throlla1475 narel1486 snot-hole1648 snuffera1658 snurl1691 naris1693 smeller1854 prenaris1882 a1658 J. Cleveland Sing-song xxvi Sybill so sweet, Whose Cheeks on each side of her Snuffers did meet, As round and as plump as a Codlin. 1703 R. Thoresby Let. 27 Apr. in J. Ray Corr. (1848) 427 Snuffers, for the nose, or nostrils. 3. One who takes snuff. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > snuff > [noun] > taking snuff > one who snuff-dipper1845 snuffer1882 1882 J. Snodgrass tr. H. Heine Relig. & Philos. in Germany ii. 89 You know that he [sc. Frederick the Great] composed French verses,..was a prodigious snuffer, and believed in nothing but cannon. 1889 F. E. Gretton Memory's Harkback 99 I knew an elderly gentleman who was a great snuffer. 1903 R. Lawson in R. Wallace Life & Last Leaves 628 He was an inveterate snuffer. 4. U.S. local. A porpoise. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > suborder Odontoceti > [noun] > family Phocaenidae (porpoise) swineeOE mereswineeOE pellock1331 sea-swine1398 porpoisea1425 brownswinec1440 bassinatc1540 pollantine1558 sea-hog1580 hogfish1611 tursion1655 tumbler1694 sea-pig1826 snuffer1829 puffing pig1845 puff-pig1861 puffer1884 1829 T. C. Haliburton Hist. & Statist. Acct. Nova-Scotia II. ix. 404 (table) Fish—Whale Species... Snuffer. 1884 G. B. Goode in G. B. Goode et al. Fisheries U.S.: Sect. I 14 On the Atlantic coast occurs most abundantly the little Harbor Porpoise, Phocæna brachycion Cope, known to the fishermen as ‘Puffer’, ‘Snuffer’, ‘Snuffing Pig’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1465n.²1592
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snuffern.1

Compounds

snuffern.2

snuffern.¹

snuffern.²