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Meaning:
Adjective:
- slang Of or pertaining to death.
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Noun:
- A snort or sniff of fine-ground, powdered, or pulverized tobacco.
- Fine-ground or minced tobacco, dry or moistened, intended for use by placing a pinch behind the lip or beneath the tongue.
- Finely ground or pulverized tobacco intended for use by being sniffed or snorted into the nose.
- obsolete Leavings in a glass after drinking; heel-taps.
[''Universal Dictionary of the English Language'' [UDE], 1896.] - obsolete Smell, scent, odour.
- obsolete Snot, mucus.
- Resentment or skepticism expressed by quickly drawing air through the nose; snuffling; sniffling.
- The act of inhaling by the nose; a sniff, a snort.
- The burning part of a candle wick, or that which has been charred by the flame, whether burning or not.
[''Universal Dictionary of the English Language'' [UDE], 1896.]
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Verb:
- slang To kill a person; to snuff out.
- To extinguish a candle or oil-lamp flame by covering the burning end of the wick until the flame is suffocated.
- To inhale through the nose.
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