snuftn.
dialect.† 1. (See quot. 1611.) Obsolete.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > state of being awake > [noun] > action, act, or state of waking or being wakened > specific waking or rousing > an act/instance of
cold pie1611
snuft1611
awakening1684
cold pig1870
shake1933
wake-up1975
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Camoufflet, a Snuft, or cold Pie; a smoakie paper held vnder the nose of a slug, or sleeper.
2. The snuff of a candle or the like.
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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
1657 T. Reeve God's Plea for Nineveh 126 The candle doth yet give a glorious light, we are loth to think of the snuft.
1879 E. Waugh Chimney Corner 146 He went out as quiet as th' snuft o' a candle.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
snuftv.
dialect.
intransitive. To smell, sniff.
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the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [verb (intransitive)] > exercise sense of smell
smellc1200
smella1300
snokec1380
smell1526
snuff1530
snuffle1601
whiff1635
sniff1788
nose1794
nuzzle1806
snuft1820
snuzzle1861
1820 J. Clare Poems Rural Life (ed. 3) 107 As snifting and snufting the clodhopper goes.
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