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Definition: Snuff dipping
Snuff
\Snuff\, n.
1. The act of snuffing; perception by snuffing; a sniff.
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2. Pulverized tobacco, etc., prepared to be taken into the
nose; also, the amount taken at once.
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3. Resentment, displeasure, or contempt, expressed by a
snuffing of the nose. [Obs.]
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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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