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Definition of snuff:

(n) : fine-ground or pulverized tobacco intended for use by being sniffed or snorted into the nose; fine-ground or minced tobacco moistened and intended for use by placing a pinch ('placing a pinch' = dipping) behind the lip or beneath the tongue
"dry snuffs are often adulterated with quicklime, and moist snuffs, as rappee, with ammonia, hellebore, pearl-ash, etc."
(v) : to inhale through the nose; to extinguish a candle or oil-lamp flame by covering the burning end of thewick until the flame is suffocated
(adj) : relating to death
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Definition of snuff:

(n) : fine-ground or pulverized tobacco intended for use by being sniffed or snorted into the nose; fine-ground or minced tobacco moistened and intended for use by placing a pinch ('placing a pinch' = dipping) behind the lip or beneath the tongue
"dry snuffs are often adulterated with quicklime, and moist snuffs, as rappee, with ammonia, hellebore, pearl-ash, etc."
(v) : to inhale through the nose; to extinguish a candle or oil-lamp flame by covering the burning end of thewick until the flame is suffocated
(adj) : relating to death

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