Snuff
Snuff , noun
[Compare German schnuppe candle snuff, schnuppen to snuff a candle (see Snuff, transitive verb, to snuff a candle), or compare Snub, transitive verb]
The part of a candle wick charred by the flame, whether burning or not.
If the burning snuff happens to get out of the snuffers, you have a chance that it may fall into a dish of soup.
Snuff , transitive verb
[Old English snuffen. See Snuff of a candle Snuff to sniff.]
To crop the snuff of, as a candle; to take off the end of the snuff of.
Collocations (1)
To snuff out , to extinguish by snuffing.
Snuff , transitive verb
[Akin to Dutch snuffen, German schnupfen, schnuppen, to snuff, schnupfen a cold in the head, schnuppen to snuff (air), also, to snuff (a candle). Compare Sniff, Snout, Snub, v. i.]
1.
To draw in, or to inhale, forcibly through the nose; to sniff.
He snuffs the wind, his heels the sand excite.
2.
To perceive by the nose; to scent; to smell.
Snuff , intransitive verb
1.
To inhale air through the nose with violence or with noise, as do dogs and horses. — Dryden
2.
To turn up the nose and inhale air, as an expression of contempt; hence, to take offense.
Do the enemies of the church rage and snuff?
Snuff , noun
1.
The act of snuffing; perception by snuffing; a sniff.
2.
Pulverized tobacco, etc., prepared to be taken into the nose; also, the amount taken at once.
3.
Resentment, displeasure, or contempt, expressed by a snuffing of the nose. [Obsolete]
Collocations (4)
Snuff dipping , See Dipping, n., 5.
Snuff taker , one who uses snuff by inhaling it through the nose.
To take it in snuff , to be angry or offended. — Shakespeare
Up to snuff , not likely to be imposed upon; knowing; acute. [Slang]