DEFINITIONS CONTINUED NOUN 5. one who takes snuff 6. a porpoise (American) NOTE: in the plural form SNUFFERS = the nostrils or the nose (Eng. dial or slang) CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES from snuff (vb.) to free (a candle, wick, etc.) from the snuff, by pinching or cutting it off, or removing it with a special instrument a 1465 - (definition 1) Manners and Household Expenses of England; see below From: Manners and Household Expenses of England in the Thirteenth and Fifteenth Centuries Illustrated by Original Records Printed 1841 P. 492 (for definition 2)
From: Narrative of the Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet By Frederick Marryat Volume II, 1843 Chapter X P. 219
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