snuff (2), snoffe, snuf

[SNUFF (2), v.] 1. The burning part of a candle-wick, or that which has been charred by the flame, whether burning or not. "Virgil says, 'as the young women are plying their evening tasks, they are sensible of the winter season, from the oil sparkling in the lamp, and the snuff hardening.""-Cooke: A View of the Works and Days. *2. Leavings in a gla after drinking; heel-taps. "Meantime, those very snuffs which your exce procured, would have been sweet drops to many poor thirsty souls, who for want of drink have fainted."-R. Braith . waite: The Penitent Pilgrim. *snuff-dish, *snuf-dish, s. Jew. Antiq .: A dish for the snuff of the lamps of the tabernacle. "And he made for it seven lamps with the snuffers and snuf-dishes thereof of pure gold."- Exodus xxxviii. (1583.) *4. To take offense. ( Bp . Hall .) snuff (2), v . t . [Sw. dial. snóppa =to snip or cut off; Dan. snubbe to snub (q. v.).] To cut, clip, or take off the snuff of, as of a candle. " Snuff the candles at supper as they stand on the table." -Swift : Directions to Servants . To snuff out : To extinguish by snuffing; hence, to annihilate. "They will be snufed out ; nobody will listen to them before seven or after nine." - London Daily Telegraph . snuff-box, s . [ Eng.snuff (1), s., and box .] A box for carrying snuff about the person. They are made of every variety of pattern and material. "Says the pipe to the snuffbox I can't understand What the ladies and gentlemen see in your face." Cowper: Letter to Rev. Mr. Newton. snüff-er, s. [Eng. snuff (1), v.; -er.] One who snuffs.