▪ I. snuft, n. dial.
[variant of snuff n.1]
† a. (See quot. 1611.) Obs. b. The snuff of a candle or the like.
| 1611 Cotgr., Camoufflet, a Snuft, or cold Pie; a smoakie paper held vnder the nose of a slug, or sleeper. 1657 Reeve God's Plea 126 The candle doth yet give a glorious light, we are loth to think of the snuft. 1874 Waugh Chimney Corner (1879) 146 He went out as quiet as th' snuft o' a candle. 1881– in dial. glossaries (Lanc., Chesh., Nott., Leic.). |
▪ II. snuft, v. dial.
[var. of snuff v.2]
intr. To smell, sniff.
| 1820 Clare Rural Life (ed. 3) 107 As snifting and snufting the clodhopper goes. 1854– in dial. glossaries (Northampt., Leic., Chesh.). |