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snoff Cornish mining. [A survival of the early form of snuff n.1] (See quots.)1860 Eng. & For. Mining Gloss. (ed. 2) 23 Snoff, or Match,..brown paper, or other slowly combustible substance, which is ignited at one end, the other being in contact with the rush or train in blasting. 1881 Raymond Minin...
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▪ I. snuff, n.1 (snʌf) Forms: 4–6 snoffe, 5 snof, 9 dial. snoff; 4–7 snuffe, 7 snuf; 6– snuff. [Of obscure origin: G. schnuppe († snupe), which agrees in sense, does not correspond phonetically.] I. 1. a. That portion of a wick, etc., which is partly consumed in the course of burning to give light, ...
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