单词 | snuffing |
释义 | snuffingn.1 1. a. The action of removing the burnt part of a wick from a candle or lamp. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning other miscellaneous things > [noun] > cleaning wick of candle or lamp snuffing1591 1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Despavesadura The snuffing of a candle. 1638 F. Quarles Hieroglyphikes iv. 15 Too much snuffing makes a waste. 1657 W. Morice Coena quasi Κοινὴ xxi. 209 If the lights burn dimme, it is a wildness instead of snuffing to put them out. 1763 W. Lewis Commercium Philosophico-technicum 28 The Lamps require frequent snuffing and smoke much. 1837 P. Keith Bot. Lexicon 360 The candle burns with a clear and brilliant flame, and the wick needs no snuffing. 1884 E. Yates Recoll. & Experiences I. 44 Tallow-candles, which required snuffing..about every quarter of an hour. b. The burnt part of a wick which is removed with snuffers or otherwise. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > [noun] > wick > snuff gnastc1175 snuff1382 snitc1420 snotc1420 snitingc1440 candle-sniting1483 candle-snuff1552 snuffing?1575 snaste1592 snuft1657 ?1575 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Familiar Epist. (new ed.) 369 The bason of golde, wherin they should bestow the snuffings of the lampes. a1651 N. Culverwell Elegant Disc. Light of Nature (1652) i. xviii. 201 The snuffings of Nature and Reason will never make up a day. 1769 W. Buchan Domest. Med. ii. 181 Many out-of-the-way things..as cobwebs, snuffings of candles, &c. 1818 Ld. Byron Beppo lxxii. 37 These unquench'd snuffings of the midnight taper. 2. The action of putting out or extinguishing. ΚΠ 1881 Nation (N.Y.) 32 442 The snuffing out of the school by a parietary regulation. 1897 Advance (Chicago) 29 July 144/1 The great triumph of Parnell, and his sad, inglorious snuffing-out. 3. With out: dying. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > [noun] hensithOE qualmOE bale-sithea1000 endingc1000 fallOE forthsitheOE soulingOE life's endOE deathOE hethensithc1200 last end?c1225 forthfarec1275 dying1297 finec1300 partingc1300 endc1305 deceasec1330 departc1330 starving1340 passingc1350 latter enda1382 obita1382 perishingc1384 carrion1387 departing1388 finishmentc1400 trespassement14.. passing forthc1410 sesse1417 cess1419 fininga1425 resolutiona1425 departisona1450 passagea1450 departmentc1450 consummation?a1475 dormition1483 debt to (also of) naturea1513 dissolutionc1522 expirationa1530 funeral?a1534 change1543 departure1558 last change1574 transmigration1576 dissolving1577 shaking of the sheets?1577 departance1579 deceasure1580 mortality1582 deceasing1591 waftage1592 launching1599 quietus1603 doom1609 expire1612 expiring1612 period1613 defunctiona1616 Lethea1616 fail1623 dismissiona1631 set1635 passa1645 disanimation1646 suffering1651 abition1656 Passovera1662 latter (last) end1670 finis1682 exitus1706 perch1722 demission1735 demise1753 translation1760 transit1764 dropping1768 expiry1790 departal1823 finish1826 homegoing1866 the last (also final, great) round-up1879 snuffing1922 fade-out1924 thirty1929 appointment in Samarra1934 dirt nap1981 big chill1987 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > crushing, stifling, or overwhelming quench?c1225 stanchingc1400 suppressingc1400 suppression1528 suffocation1567 crushing1580 suffocating1621 pulverization1643 overwhelming1645 depression1656 stifling1805 burking1827 spiflication1839 restinction1891 stamping1897 submergence1898 snuffing1922 1922 P. A. Rollins Cowboy iii. 55 His demise was sometimes referred to as his ‘snuffing out’..or ‘passing in his checks’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2019). snuffingn.2 1. a. The action of drawing in air through the nose; sniffing, snuffling. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > inhalation > [noun] > through nose snoachinga1387 sniftingc1430 snivellingc1430 snuffing1540 sniffing1575 snuffling1580 snufflea1764 sniff1767 snuff1822 sniftera1835 sniffling1836 snivel1847 sniffle1880 1540 R. Morison tr. J. L. Vives Introd. Wysedome (new ed.) F iij b What snuffynge of the nose, what grennynge of the tethe. 1609 W. M. Man in Moone sig. C He..keepeth such a snuffing and puffing. a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Custome of Countrey iv. v, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Cc2/1 You seem to have a snuffing in your head Sir, A parlous snuffing. 1661 J. Evelyn Fumifugium i. 10 Is there under Heaven such Coughing and Snuffing to be heard, as in the London Churches and Assemblies of People..? 1860 M. Reid Hunters' Feast (new ed.) xxii I heerd now and then the snuffin' o' the bar. b. plural. Mucus collected in this way. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > secretory organs > secretion > mucus > [noun] > of nose snivel14.. snotc1425 snottery1598 snuffings1598 snotter1787 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Mocci, the snots or snuffings of ones nose. 2. The action or practice of taking snuff. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > snuff > [noun] > taking snuff snuffing1691 snuff-dipping1860 1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses II. 419 Intoxicated with bibbing, but more with talking, and snuffing with powder. 1830 F. Marryat King's Own II. xv. 228 Snuffing's a vile habit,—I wish I could leave it off. 1859 Habits Good Society vii. 252 Sneezing brings me to snuffing, which is an obsolete custom, retained only by a few old gentlemen. 1860 H. B. Tristram Great Sahara xii. 203 Hence the prohibition of smoking, snuffing, and coffee. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). snuffingadj. That snuffs, in various senses. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > [adjective] > contemptuous > by sniffing snuffing1548 sniffing1833 the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > inhalation > [adjective] > through nose snuffing1548 snufflinga1586 snivelling1615 sniffling1631 sniftering1790 snuffly1873 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. ccxlij He was a man, that..could not abide the snoffyng pride of some prelates. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 1360/1 These snuffing Prelates..hee could neuer abyde. a1618 J. Sylvester Iob Triumphant in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Diuine Weekes & Wks. (1621) 947 Canst Thou his tongue with steely Crotchets thrill; Or with a Thorn his snuffing Nose, or Guill? 1683 London Gaz. No. 1800/4 At the [sign of the] Jessamine-Tree and Snuffing-Gentleman. 1744 E. Moore Fables for Female Sex vi. 90 Fear wings his flight; the marsh he sought, The snuffing dogs are set at fault. 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’. Derivatives ˈsnuffingly adv. in a snuffing manner. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > [adverb] > contemptuously lightlyOE scornlichec1300 despitouslyc1320 hokerfullyc1330 scornfullyc1380 despisantly1389 deignouslyc1440 scorninglyc1440 contemningly1471 a-scornc1485 disdaininglyc1485 despiteouslya1500 disdainouslya1513 disdainishly?1529 a-swash1530 contemptuously1530 disdainfullya1533 despitefully1535 disdainedly1535 contemptibly1577 snuffingly1577 floutingly1580 despisingly1591 slightly1601 indignantly1602 contemptedly1605 overly1610 slightfully1627 despicably1637 slightingly1654 contemnibly1702 sneeringly1711 slightily1740 snottily1864 sniffingly1873 sufficiently1893 sniffily1902 pooh-poohingly1903 dismissively1922 the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > inhalation > [adverb] > through nose snufflingly1619 snuffingly1891 1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande i. f. 3/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I Here percase some snappish carper will..snuffingly snibbe me. 1891 Harper's Mag. Jan. 228/1 The dogs..went about with inquisitive, drooping noses..amongst the various gear which they snuffingly recognized. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1?1575n.21540adj.1548 |
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