資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Snuff \Snuff\, n.
1. The act of snuffing; perception by snuffing; a sniff.
2. Pulverized tobacco, etc., prepared to be taken into the
nose; also, the amount taken at once.
3. Resentment, displeasure, or contempt, expressed by a
snuffing of the nose. [Obs.]
{Snuff dipping}. See {Dipping}, n., 5.
{Snuff taker}, one who uses snuff by inhaling it through the
nose.
{To take it in snuff}, to be angry or offended. --Shak.
{Up to snuff}, not likely to be imposed upon; knowing; acute.
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