snuff

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• Snuff

  ·noun The act of snuffing; perception by snuffing; a sniff. II. Snuff ·vt The part of a candle wick...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• to dip snuff

  A mode of taking tobacco, practised by women in some parts of the United States, and particularly at...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• Snuff Yard, Houndsditch

  See Fleur de lis Court, Houndsditch. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• up to snuff

  To be flash; to be shrewd. Up to snuff and a pinch above it, is a common cant phrase.--Grose. Both t...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.