snuggery

[Eng.snug: -ery.] A snug, warm room or place. (Often used of a bar-parlor.) "We in Meath had a pleasant time in Mi Murphy's snuggery."- Field, Feb. 13, 1886. snug-ging, 8. [SNUG, a.] The operation of rubKnown also as slicking or finishing. *3. To turn up the nose and inhale air in contempt; bing down the fibers of rope to improve its finish. to sniff contemptuously. "Ye said, what a wearine is it, and ye have snuffed at To make religion sad, and sour, and snubbish?" Hood: An Open Question. *snub-by, a . [Eng.snub,s.;-y.] Short and flat at the bridge, and somewhat turned up at the tip. "Both have snubby noses." Thackeray: Peg of Limavaddy. *snŭdge, v . i . [A softened form of snug (q. v.).] To lie close and still; to snug. "Now eat his bread in peace, And snudge in quiet. Herbert: Giddine . *snŭdge, s. [SNUDGE. v .] A miser; a sneaking, niggardly fellow. "And thus your husband rye, me thincke, is more like the life of a covetous snudge , that ofte very evill proves." -Ascham: Toxophilus , bk. i. *snŭdg-ing, a. [Eng.snudge, s.;- ing .] Miserly, niggardly. "Snudging penie fathers would take him vp verie roughlie."-Holinshed: Deser, of Ireland , ch. iii. snuff (1) s. [SNUFF (1), v.] 1. The act of inhaling by the nose; a sniff. *2. Snot, mucus. IMG:content-1669.png:[blocks in formation] "He went away in snuff ."-Ben Jonson: Silent Woman, iv. 2. 5. A powdered preparation of tobacco inhaled through the nose. The leaves of the tobacco-plant, having undergone fermentation by moisture and warmth, are chopped, well dried, and then ground in mortars or mills. The amount of drying gives the peculiar flavor of high-dried snuffs, such as the Welsh, Irish, and Scotch. Snuffs are scented in various ways to suit the fancies of the users. Dry snuffs are often adulterated with quicklime, and moist snuffs, as rappee, with ammonia, hellebore, pearl-ash, . [TOBACCO.] *(1) To take a thing in snuff : To take offense at a thing. "I tell you true, I take it highly in snuff , to learn how to entertain gentlefolks of you, at these years, i' faith." -Ben Jonson: Poetaster , ii. 1. (2) Up to snuff : Knowing, sharp, wide-awake; not easily taken in or imposed upon. snuff-dipping, subst. A mode of taking tobacco practiced by some women, consisting of dipping a dogwood twig, chewed at one end into a brush. among snuff, and rubbing the teeth and gums with it.