snuff 2 (snuf)

t. [ E. dial. snop, crop, as cattle do young shoots: see snop, and cf. snubl.] To crop the snuff of, as a candle; take off the end of the snuff from. If it be nece arie in one houre three or four times to snuffe the candel, it shall not be ouermuch that euery weeke, at the leaste, once or twice to purge and snuffe the soule. Guevara, Letters (tr. by Hellowes, 1577), p. 355. This candle burns not clear; 'tis I must snuff it; Then out it goes. Shak., Hen. VIII., iii. 2. 95. To snuff out, to extinguish by snuffing; hence, figuratively, to put an end to suddenly and completely: as, my hopes were quickly snuffed out. 'Tis strange the mind, that very fiery particle, Should let itself be snuff'd out by an article. Byron, Don Juan, xi. 60. IMG:content-1435.png:[blocks in formation] The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary IMG:content-1437.png:[blocks in formation] snuff3 (snuf), n. In mining , same as smift . snuff-bottle (snuf'bot'l), n. A bottle designed or used to contain snuff. It is a matter of politene to pa around the snuff - bot tle , just as their husbands and brothers pa around the whiskey-flask. W. M. Baker, New Timothy, p. 75. snuff-box (snuf'boks), n. 1. A box for holding snuff, especially one small enough to be carried in the pocket. When it was customary to take snuff, as in the eighteenth century, a snuff-box was a common IMG:content-1438.png:[blocks in formation] 2. A puffball: same as devil's snuff - box (which see, under devil ). See also Lycoperdon . - Anatomist's snuff-box, the depre ion formed on the back of the hand at the root of the thumb, when the thumb is strongly bent back by the action of the extensor muscles, whose tendons then rise in two ridges, the one nearest the border of the wrist formed by the two tendons of the extensor metacarpi and extensor primi inter nodi i pollicis, and other formed by the tendon of the extensor secund i inter nodi i pollicis. snuff-color (snuf'kul or), n. A cool or yellowish brown, generally of a dark shade. The doors and windows were painted some sort of snuff . colour . M. W. Savage, Reuben Medlicott, viii. 1. snuff-dipper (snuf'dip"ėr), n. One who practises snuff-dipping. 5738 snuffer-tray (snuf'er-trā), n. A tray made to receive the snuffers when not in use. snuff-headed (snuf'hed"ed), a . Having a snuffy or reddish-brown head: as, the snuff -headed widgeon, the pochard, Fuligula ferina . [Local, Eng.] snuffine (snuf'i-nes), n. The state or char- acter of being snuffy, in any sense. snuffing-iront (snuf'ing-i"ėrn), n. A pair of snuffers. snuffing-pig (snuf'ing-pig), n. A porpoise or puffing-pig; a snuffer. snuffkint (snuf'kin), n. A muff for the hands. Cath . Ang . , p. 347; Cotgrave . Also snuftkin . snuffle (snuf'l), v . i.; pret. and pp. snuffled , ppr. snuffling . [ snuffelen = Sw. snöfla = Dan. snövle , snuffle: see snivel , sniffle , and snuff1 .] 1. To breathe hard through the nose, or through the nose when obstructed; draw the breath noisily on account of obstruc- tions in the nasal pa ages; snuff up mucus in the nose by short catches of breath; speak through the nose: sometimes used, especially in the present participle, of affected, canting talk or persons: as, a snuffling fellow. Some sensele Phillis, in a broken note, Snuffling at nose, and croaking in his throat. Dryden, tr. of Persius's Satires, i. 75. Which... they would not stick to call, in their snuffling cant, the judgment of Providence. Scott , Abbot, II. 152. 2. To take offense. And making a speech on a time to his souldiors all armed, when they snuffled and became unruly, he threat- ened that he would betake himselfe to a private life againe unle e they left their mutiny. Holland , tr. of Ammianus Mar cell in us (1609). ( Nares .) [ snuffle , v.] 1. A sound snuffle (snuf'l), n. made by the pa age of air through the nostrils; the audible drawing up of air or of mucus by in- halation, especially in short catches of breath. A snort or snuffle . Cole ridge. (Imp. Dict.) 2. pl . Troublesome mucous discharge from the nostrils. Also sniffles . First the Queen deserts us; then Prince Royal begins coughing; then Prince August a gets the snuffles . Mme. D'Arblay , Diary, III. 180. ( Davies .) 3. A speaking through the nose, especially with short audible breaths; an affected nasal twang; hence, cant. snuffler (snuf'lėr), n. [ snuffle + -er1.] 1. One who snuffles. See snuffle , v.-2. One who makes a pretentious a umption of religion; a religious canter. snuff-dipping (snuf'dip"ing), n. A mode of taking tobacco practised by some women of the lower cla in the southern United States, consisting in wetting a stick or sort of brush, putting it into snuff, and rubbing the teeth and fling; fling; in a snuffling manner. You know I never was a snuffler ; but this sort of life makes one serious, if one has any reverence at all in one. T. Hughes, Tom Brown at Oxford, xliv. gums with it. snuff-dish1 (snuf'dish), n . to hold snuff. A small open dish 1. A dish used to snuff-dish2 (snuf'dish), n . hold the snuff of the lamps of the tabernacle. In the authorized version of the Bible this is the render- ing of a Hebrew word ( machtah ) elsewhere represented by 'censer' and 'fire-pan.' The same name seems to have applied both to a dish for carrying live coals to the altar of incense and to a dish used for the snuff of the lamps. The snuff dishes thereof shall be of pure gold. Ex. xxv. 38. 2. A tray to hold the snuff of candles, or to hold snuffers; a snuffer-tray. This night comes home my new silver snuffe - dish , which I do give myself for my closet. Pepys, Diary, III. 54. snuffer1 (snuf'er), n. [ snuff1 + -er1.] 1. One who snuffs.-2. A snuffing-pig or porpoise. snuffer2 (snuf'er), n. [ pl . An instrument for cropping the snuff of a can IMG:content-1439.png:[blocks in formation] snufflingly (snuf'ling-li), adv. 1. With snuf Nor practize snufflingly to speake. Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 293. pl. snuffmen (-men). Medlicott, viii. 1. 2. Cantingly; hypocritically. snuffman (snuf'man), n.; pl. snuff [ M. W. Savage , Reuben Medlicott, snuff-mill (snuf'mil), n . 1. A mill or machine for grinding tobacco into the powder known as snuff.-2. Same as nuff - box , snu 2. Also snuff - mull . snuff-rasp (snuf'råsp), n. Arasp for snuff. See the quotation under rappee . A fine snuff rasp of ivory, given me by Mrs. St. John for Dingley, and a large roll of tobacco, which she must hide, or cut shorter out of modesty. Swift , Journal to Stella, Oct. 23, 1711. snuff-spoon (snuf'spön), n. A spoon, some- times of ivory, used to take snuff out of a snuff- box or-dish. Baker , An Act at Oxford, iii. snuff-taker (snuf'tā"ker), n. 1. One who takes snuff, or inhales it into the nose.-2. The surf- scoter or surf-duck, Edemia ( Pelionetta ) per- spic ill at a : so called because the variegated col- ors of the beak suggest a carele snuff-taker's nose. See cut under Pelionetta. G. Trumbull , 1888. [Connecticut.] snuff-taking (snuf'tā"king), n. The habit of taking snuff. snuffy (snuf'i), a . [ Georgius Secund us was then alive- Snufy old drone from the German hive. O. W. Holmes, One-Ho Shay. 3. Offended; displeased. snuftkint (snuft'kin), n . Same as snuffkin . snug (snug), a . and n. [E. dial. also snog and snig ; snöggr , smooth, short (noting hair, wool, gra , etc.), = OŚw. snygg, smooth, cropped, trim, neat, Sw. snygg , trim, neat, gen- teel, Norw. snögg , short, quick, = ODan. IMG:content-1440.png:[blocks in formation] Prior, The Ladle. O 'tis a snug little island! A right little, tight little island! T. Dibdin , The Snug Little Island. 2. Fitting close, but not too close; of just the size to accommodate the person or thing contained: as, a snug coat; a snug fit.-3. Lying close; closely, securely, and comfortably placed or circumstanced: as, the baby lay snug in its cradle. Two briefle barristers and a tithe le parson; the former are now lords, and the latter is a snug prebendary. Whipple , E . and Rev., I. 10. 4. Close-concealed; not exposed to notice. Did I not see you, rascal, did I not, When you lay snug to snap young Damon's goats? Dryden, tr. of Virgil's Pastorals, iii. 24. Congreve, Way of the World, i. 9. Snug's the Word; I shrug and am silent. 5. Cozy; agreeable owing to exclusion of disagreeable circumstances and persons; also, loosely, agreeable in general. There is a very snug little dinner to-day at Brompton. Sydney Smith , To Lady Holland. Duluth has a cool salubrious summer, and a snug winter climate. Harper's Mag ., LXXVI. 562. As snug as a bug in a rug, in a state of comfort due to cozy surroundings. [Colloq.] I find it in 1769 in the comedy of "The Str at ford Jubilee" (ridiculing Garrick's vagary as it was called), Act II. sc. i. p. 32. An Irish captain says of a rich widow, "If she has the mopus's, I'll have her, as snug as a bug in a rug ." F. J. Furnivall , N. and Q., 7th ser., VII. 126. II. n. 1. In mach ., a projection or abutment which holds firmly or binds by a wedge-like action another piece in contact with it, or which limits the motion of a part in any direction.2. In a steam-engine, one of the catches on the eccentric pulley and intermediate shaft, by means of which the motion of the shaft is transmitted through the eccentric to the slide-valves. E. H. Knight. snug (snug), adv . [ Snug , and without Noise. Quoted in Ashton's Social Life in Reign of Queen [Anne, I. 36. snug (snug), v.; pret. and pp. snugged , ppr. snugging. [ in trans . To move so as to lie close; snuggle: often with up and to : as, a child snugs (up) to its bedfellow; also, to move so as to be close. IMG:content-1441.jpg:[graphic] I will snug close. Middle ton, Blurt, Master-Constable, iv. 3. The Summer Clouds, snugging in laps of Flowers. J. Beaumont , Psyche, ii. 6. II. trans. 1. To make smooth and compact; in rope - manuf ., to finish (rope) by rubbing down the fuzzy projecting fibers. Also slick and finish . E. H. Knight .-2. To put in a snug position; place snugly; bring or move close; snuggle: often reflexive. You must know, sir, every woman carries in her hand a stove with coals in it, which, when she sits, she snugs under her petticoats. Goldsmith, To Rev. T. Contarine (1754). To snug up, to make snug and trim; put in order. She had no sister to nestle with her, and snug her up . S. Judd , Margaret, i. 17. The tent was shut, and everything snugged up . The Century , XXXVI. 617. snugger (snug'er), n. [ Е. Н. Knight. snuggery (snug'èr-i), n.; pl. snuggeries (-iz). [ "Vere are they?" said Sam. "In the snuggery ," rejoined Mr. Weller. "Catch the red-nosed man agoin' any vere but vere the liquors is; not he, Samivel, not he." Dickens , Pickwick, xlv. Knowing simply that Mr. Fare brother was a bachelor, he had thought of being ushered into a snuggery , where the chief furniture would probably be books. George Eliot , Middle march, xvii. snuggle (snug'l), v .; pret. and pp. snuggled , ppr. snuggling. [Freq. of snug.] I. in trans. To move one way and the other to get close to The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary snuggle something or some one; lie close for warmth or from affection; cuddle; nestle. We were friends in a minute - young Newcome snug gling by my side, his father opposite. Thackeray, New comes, i. II. trans. To bring close for comfort or for affection; cuddle; nestle. snugify (snug'i-fi), v. t. [ Cole ridge, I devoutly wish that Fortune, who has made sport with you so long, may play one freak more, throw you into London, or some spot near it, and there snugify you for life. Lamb, To Cole ridge. snugly (snug'li), adv. In a snug manner; closely; comfortably.