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Definition of Snuffs

Snuff
Snuff Snuff, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snuffed; p. pr. & vb. n. Snuffing.] [OE. 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. To snuff out, to extinguish by snuffing.
Snuff
Snuff Snuff, v. t.[Akin to D. snuffen, G. schnupfen, schnuppen, to snuff, schnupfen a cold in the head, schnuppen to snuff (air), also, to snuff (a candle). Cf. 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. --Dryden. 2. To perceive by the nose; to scent; to smell.
Snuff
Snuff Snuff, n. [Cf. G. schnuppe candle snuff, schnuppen to snuff a candle (see Snuff, v. t., to snuff a candle), or cf. Snub, v. t.] 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. --Swift.
Snuff
Snuff Snuff, v. i. 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? --Bp. Hall.
Snuff
Snuff Snuff, n. 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. [Obs.] 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. --Shak. Up to snuff, not likely to be imposed upon; knowing; acute. [Slang]

Meaning of Snuffs from wikipedia

- Look up snuff in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Snuff may refer to: Snuff (tobacco), fine-ground tobacco, sniffed into the nose Moist snuff or dipping...
- A snuff film, snuff movie, or snuff video is a theoretical type of film, produced for profit or financial gain, that shows, or purports to show, scenes...
- (very dry) to very moist. Often drier snuffs are ground more finely. There is also a range of tobacco-free snuffs, such as Pöschl's Weiss (White), made...
- Snuff 102 is a 2007 horror film written and directed by Mariano Peralta. Animal experimentation footage is shown, followed by a video of a man dismembering...
- Snuff the Punk is the debut studio album by Christian nu metal band P.O.D. The album was released on January 25, 1994, on Rescue Records, which was owned...
- Snuff bottles were used during the Qing dynasty to contain powdered tobacco. Smoking tobacco was illegal during the Qing dynasty, but the use of snuff...
- Creamy snuff is a snuff paste consisting of tobacco, clove oil, glycerin, spearmint, menthol, and camphor, and sold in a toothpaste tube. It is packaged...
- Snuff-Movie is a 2005 gothic horror film written and directed by British director Bernard Rose. It stars Jeroen Krabbé as horror filmmaker Boris Arkadin...
- S.N.U.F.F. is a science fiction novel by Russian writer Victor Pelevin published in 2011. The plot's setting is a post-apocalyptic world where the majority...
- Snuff is a 1976 splatter film directed by Michael Findlay and Horacio Fredriksson. Originally an exploitation film loosely based on the 1969 murders committed...