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snuff

(n): the charred portion of a candlewick

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(n): a charred substance

(n): a pinch of smokeless tobacco inhaled at a single time

(n): a slight but appreciable amount

(n): finely powdered tobacco for sniffing up the nose

(n): leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion

(n): sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose

(n): the act of perceiving the odor of something

(v): sniff or smell inquiringly

(v): inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense

(v): inhale audibly through the nose

(v): draw in (air)

(adj): snuff colored; of a greyish to yellowish brown

(adj): vs. achromatic) -- (being or having or characterized by hue

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about 1 month ago yarb said:

...with one nostril he unthinkingly snuffed the sugary musk from the Bashee isles...

- Melville, Moby-Dick, ch. 111

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