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snuff-mill
[snuff n.3 1.]
1. Sc. A snuff-box, snuff-mull.
a1689W. Cleland Poems (1697) 12 (Jam.), Right well mounted of their gear:—With durk, and snap-work, and snuff-mill. 1707Lady G. Baillie Household Bk. (1911) 18 For 3 snuf milnes {pstlg}4. 1715Mar's Lament in Roxb. Ball. (1888) VI. 621 Each man unto the spoyl he gat, some got plaids and snuff-mills in their pack. 1835D. Webster Rhymes 27 (E.D.D.), His snuff-mill was the horn o' ram.
2. A mill, or machine, for grinding tobacco into snuff.
1758in Jedburgh Gazette (1906) 29 Sept. 3 Snuff and Waulk Miln, [rent] {pstlg}7:0:0. 1839Ure Dict. Arts 1255 The sides of the snuff-mill have sharp ridges from the top to near the bottom. 1875Knight Dict. Mech. 2232/1 The snuff-mills of Holland are on a very large scale, and are impelled by wind. |