snuff¹ /snuf/

1. To draw in air violently and noisily through the nose
2. To sniff
3. To smell at anything doubtfully
4. To take snuff

1. To draw into the nose
2. To smell, to examine, suspect, or detect by smelling

1. A powdered preparation of tobacco or other substance for inhaling through the nose
2. A pinch of snuff or act of snuffing
3. A sniff
4. Resentment, huff

snuffˈer noun

snuffˈiness noun

snuffˈing noun and adjective

snuffˈy adjective

1. Like, smelling of, soiled with or showing traces of, snuff
2. Touchy, huffy

snuffˈbox noun

A small lidded (usu metal) box for snuff

snuffbox bean noun

The cacoon

snuffˈ-colour or snuffˈ-brown noun

A yellowish or greyish brown, slightly paler than bistre

snuffˈ-coloured adjective

snuffˈ-dipper noun

snuffˈ-dipping noun

1. Orig in the USA, the practice of rubbing the teeth and gums with a wet stick dipped in snuff
2. Now, the practice of sucking a pinch or sachet of snuff held between the gum and the inside of the cheek

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