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▪ I. snuft, n. dial.
[variant of snuff n.1]
†a. (See quot. 1611.) Obs.
b. The snuff of a candle or the like.
1611Cotgr., Camoufflet, a Snuft, or cold Pie; a smoakie paper held vnder the nose of a slug, or sleeper. 1657Reeve God's Plea 126 The candle doth yet give a glorious light, we are loth to think of the snuft. 1874Waugh Chimney Corner (1879) 146 He went out as quiet as th' snuft o' a candle. 1881–in dial. glossaries (Lanc., Chesh., Nott., Leic.).
▪ II. snuft, v. dial.
[var. of snuff v.2]
intr. To smell, sniff.
1820Clare Rural Life (ed. 3) 107 As snifting and snufting the clodhopper goes. 1854–in dial. glossaries (Northampt., Leic., Chesh.). |