snuff-dishn.
A dish to hold the snuff of candles or lamps; a snuffer-tray.
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snuff-dish1560
snuffer(s)-dish1677
snuffer(s)-tray1830
1560 Bible (Geneva) Exod. xxxvii. 23 And he made for it seuen lampes with ye snuffers, & snufdishes thereof of pure gold.
1611 Bible (King James) Exod. xxv. 38 And the tongs thereof, and the snuffe dishes therof shalbe of pure gold. View more context for this quotation
1667 S. Pepys Diary 2 Feb. (1974) VIII. 40 This night comes home my new Silver Snuffe-dish which I do give myself for my closet.
1707 London Gaz. No. 4379/4 One Pair of Snuffers and Snuff Dish.
1800 M. Edgeworth Mimic in Parent's Assistant (ed. 3) IV. 82 I was hunting for the snuff-dish; as I knew it must be for candles.
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