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(1):

(v. i.) To inhale air through the nose with violence or with noise, as do dogs and horses.

(2):

(v. i.) To turn up the nose and inhale air, as an expression of contempt; hence, to take offense.

(3):

(v. t.) The part of a candle wick charred by the flame, whether burning or not.

(4):

(v. t.) To crop the snuff of, as a candle; to take off the end of the snuff of.

(5):

(v. i.) To draw in, or to inhale, forcibly through the nose; to sniff.

(6):

(v. i.) To perceive by the nose; to scent; to smell.

(7):

(n.) Resentment, displeasure, or contempt, expressed by a snuffing of the nose.

(8):

(n.) The act of snuffing; perception by snuffing; a sniff.

(9):

(n.) Pulverized tobacco, etc., prepared to be taken into the nose; also, the amount taken at once.