单词 | to take the whiff |
释义 | > as lemmasto take the whiff a. An inhalation of tobacco-smoke; smoke so inhaled; in early use also, †the ‘taking’ of tobacco, smoking ( to take the whiff, to smoke). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > smoking > [noun] > a smoke or inhalation whiff1600 quiff1617 draught1621 puffing1675 draw1823 shoch1831 pull1841 blow1855 reek1876 drag1914 inhale1934 the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > smoking > use as material for smoking [verb (transitive)] > use in the act of smoking drone1600 to take the whiff1600 whiffc1616 puff1664 smoke1707 fuff1786 blow1808 burn1929 chuff1940 1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor Dram. Pers. sig. Aiv Shift... His cheef exercises are taking the Whiffe, squiring a Cocatrice, and making priuie searches for Imparters. View more context for this quotation 1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor iii. i. sig. Iiv Sog... Doe you professe these sleights in Tabacco?.. Punt. But you cannot bring him to the Whiffe so soone? View more context for this quotation 1601 J. Marston et al. Iacke Drums Entertainm. i. sig. B3 Iust like a whiffe of Tabacco, no sooner in at the mouth, but out at the nose. 1606 N. Breton Poste with Packet Madde Lett. (new ed.) II. sig. B3 Tobacco is like to grow a great commoditie, for there is not an Ostler, nor a Tapster, but will be at his whiffe or two. 1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse ix. 54 Tobacco..must needs be very pernicious in regard of the immoderate & too ordinary whiffe. 1690 J. Stevens Jrnl. (1912) 139 Seven or eight will gather to the smoking of a pipe and each taking two or three whiffs gives it to his neighbour. a1718 M. Prior Epigr.: Frank carves very Ill Four Pipes after Dinner he constantly smokes; And seasons his Whifs with impertinent Jokes. 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews II. iv. xvi. 299 Gaffer Andrews..complained bitterly, that he wanted his pipe, not having had a Whiff that Morning. View more context for this quotation 1814 B. Heyne Tracts on India 392 The Malays..roll a little tobacco in a small piece of plantain leaf,..and after it is lighted, take only a few whifs, and throw the rest away. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge i. 238 He had taken his pipe from his lips, after a very long whiff to keep it alight. 1886 G. R. Sims Ring o' Bells Prol. 1 He took a couple of whiffs at his long churchwarden. < as lemmas |
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