▪ I. † snufter, n. Obs.
[Cf. snuft n.]
A snuffer.
| 1558 Lanc. Wills (Chetham) I. 176 On snufter for candelle. |
▪ II. ˈsnufter, v. dial.
[var. of snifter v.]
intr. To sniff, snuff. Hence ˈsnuftering vbl. n.
| 1611 Cotgr., Esbrouëment,..a snurting, or snuftering with the nose. Esbrouër des narines, to snurt, or snufter. 1632 Sherwood, To snuffe, or snufter often, renifler, ressimer. 1876– in dial. glossaries (Northumbld., Yorksh.). |