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snuff 1, verb(dictionary)
snuff 2, noun(dictionary)

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snuff verb2. LME.
[Middle Dutch snuffen snuffle.]
I. verb intrans.
Draw air into the nostrils or clear one's nose by inhalation; sniff (at). LME.
Express scorn, disdain, or contempt by sniffing (at). M16-E19.
Take snuff. L17.
II. verb trans.
Inhale. Freq. foll. by in, up. E16.
V. Woolf 'The air's..delicious.' She snuffed it like a racehorse.
Detect, perceive, or anticipate by inhaling the odour of. L17.
Smell at, examine by smelling. M19.
snuffingly adverb in a snuffing manner L16.