| slovo | definícia |
snuff
(mass) | snuff
- uhasiť |
snuff
(encz) | snuff,čenichat v: Zdeněk Brož |
snuff
(encz) | snuff,šňupací tabák Zdeněk Brož |
snuff
(encz) | snuff,šňupání n: Zdeněk Brož |
snuff
(encz) | snuff,šňupat v: Zdeněk Brož |
snuff
(encz) | snuff,šňupavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
snuff
(encz) | snuff,šňupnout v: Zdeněk Brož |
snuff
(encz) | snuff,uhasit v: Zdeněk Brož |
snuff
(encz) | snuff,vyhasnout v: Zdeněk Brož |
Snuff
(gcide) | Snuff \Snuff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snuffed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Snuffing.] [OE. snuffen. See Snuff of a candle Snuff to
sniff.]
To crop the snuff of, as a candle; to take off the end of the
snuff of.
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To snuff out, to extinguish by snuffing.
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Snuff
(gcide) | Snuff \Snuff\, v. t.[Akin to D. snuffen, G. schnupfen,
schnuppen, to snuff, schnupfen a cold in the head, schnuppen
to snuff (air), also, to snuff (a candle). Cf. Sniff,
Snout, Snub, v. i.]
1. To draw in, or to inhale, forcibly through the nose; to
sniff.
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He snuffs the wind, his heels the sand excite.
--Dryden.
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2. To perceive by the nose; to scent; to smell.
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Snuff
(gcide) | Snuff \Snuff\, v. i.
1. To inhale air through the nose with violence or with
noise, as do dogs and horses. --Dryden.
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2. To turn up the nose and inhale air, as an expression of
contempt; hence, to take offense.
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Do the enemies of the church rage and snuff? --Bp.
Hall.
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Snuff
(gcide) | Snuff \Snuff\, n. [Cf. G. schnuppe candle snuff, schnuppen to
snuff a candle (see Snuff, v. t., to snuff a candle), or
cf. Snub, v. t.]
The part of a candle wick charred by the flame, whether
burning or not.
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If the burning snuff happens to get out of the
snuffers, you have a chance that it may fall into a
dish of soup. --Swift.
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Snuff
(gcide) | 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.
[Slang]
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snuff
(wn) | snuff
adj 1: snuff colored; of a greyish to yellowish brown [syn:
snuff, snuff-brown, mummy-brown, chukker-brown]
n 1: the charred portion of a candlewick
2: a pinch of smokeless tobacco inhaled at a single time
3: finely powdered tobacco for sniffing up the nose
4: sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose [syn: sniff,
snuff]
v 1: sniff or smell inquiringly [syn: snuff, snuffle]
2: inhale audibly through the nose; "snuff coke" |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
snuff out
(mass) | snuff out
- uhasiť, zhasnúť |
snuffbox
(mass) | snuffbox
- tabatierka |
snuff it
(encz) | snuff it, v: |
snuff out
(encz) | snuff out,sfouknout v: Zdeněk Brožsnuff out,uhasit v: Zdeněk Brožsnuff out,zhasnout v: Zdeněk Brož |
snuff user
(encz) | snuff user, n: |
snuff-brown
(encz) | snuff-brown, adj: |
snuff-color
(encz) | snuff-color, n: |
snuff-colour
(encz) | snuff-colour, n: |
snuffbox
(encz) | snuffbox,tabatěrka n: Zdeněk Brož |
snuffbox fern
(encz) | snuffbox fern, n: |
snuffer
(encz) | snuffer,šňupák n: Zdeněk Brož |
snuffers
(encz) | snuffers, n: |
snuffle
(encz) | snuffle,posmrkávat v: Zdeněk Brož |
snuffled
(encz) | snuffled, |
snuffler
(encz) | snuffler, n: |
snuffling
(encz) | snuffling, |
snuffly
(encz) | snuffly, |
snuffs
(encz) | snuffs,šňupá v: Zdeněk Brož |
up to snuff
(encz) | up to snuff, |
Besnuff
(gcide) | Besnuff \Be*snuff"\, v. t.
To befoul with snuff. --Young.
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Snuff
(gcide) | Snuff \Snuff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snuffed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Snuffing.] [OE. snuffen. See Snuff of a candle Snuff to
sniff.]
To crop the snuff of, as a candle; to take off the end of the
snuff of.
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To snuff out, to extinguish by snuffing.
[1913 Webster]Snuff \Snuff\, v. t.[Akin to D. snuffen, G. schnupfen,
schnuppen, to snuff, schnupfen a cold in the head, schnuppen
to snuff (air), also, to snuff (a candle). Cf. Sniff,
Snout, Snub, v. i.]
1. To draw in, or to inhale, forcibly through the nose; to
sniff.
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He snuffs the wind, his heels the sand excite.
--Dryden.
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2. To perceive by the nose; to scent; to smell.
[1913 Webster]Snuff \Snuff\, v. i.
1. To inhale air through the nose with violence or with
noise, as do dogs and horses. --Dryden.
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2. To turn up the nose and inhale air, as an expression of
contempt; hence, to take offense.
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Do the enemies of the church rage and snuff? --Bp.
Hall.
[1913 Webster]Snuff \Snuff\, n. [Cf. G. schnuppe candle snuff, schnuppen to
snuff a candle (see Snuff, v. t., to snuff a candle), or
cf. Snub, v. t.]
The part of a candle wick charred by the flame, whether
burning or not.
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If the burning snuff happens to get out of the
snuffers, you have a chance that it may fall into a
dish of soup. --Swift.
[1913 Webster]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.
[Slang]
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Snuff dipping
(gcide) | 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.
[Slang]
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snuff snuff-brown snuff-color snuff-colour snuff-colored snuff-coloured mummy-brown chukker-brown
(gcide) | colorful \colorful\ adj.
1. having striking color. Opposite of colorless.
Note: [Narrower terms: {changeable, chatoyant, iridescent,
shot}; deep, rich; flaming; fluorescent, glowing;
prismatic; psychedelic; {red, ruddy, flushed,
empurpled}]
Syn: colourful.
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2. striking in variety and interest. Opposite of colorless
or dull. [Narrower terms: brave, fine, gay, glorious;
flamboyant, resplendent, unrestrained; {flashy, gaudy,
jazzy, showy, snazzy, sporty}; picturesque]
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3. having color or a certain color; not black, white or grey;
as, colored crepe paper. Opposite of colorless and
monochrome.
Note: [Narrower terms: tinted; touched, tinged; {amber,
brownish-yellow, yellow-brown}; amethyst; {auburn,
reddish-brown}; aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden;
azure, cerulean, sky-blue, bright blue; {bicolor,
bicolour, bicolored, bicoloured, bichrome}; {blue,
bluish, light-blue, dark-blue}; {blushful,
blush-colored, rosy}; bottle-green; bronze, bronzy;
brown, brownish, dark-brown; buff; {canary,
canary-yellow}; caramel, caramel brown; carnation;
chartreuse; chestnut; dun; {earth-colored,
earthlike}; fuscous; {green, greenish, light-green,
dark-green}; jade, jade-green; khaki; {lavender,
lilac}; mauve; moss green, mosstone; {motley,
multicolor, culticolour, multicolored, multicoloured,
painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied,
varicolored, varicoloured}; mousy, mouse-colored;
ocher, ochre; olive-brown; olive-drab; olive;
orange, orangish; peacock-blue; pink, pinkish;
purple, violet, purplish; {red, blood-red, carmine,
cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red,
scarlet}; red, reddish; rose, roseate; rose-red;
rust, rusty, rust-colored; {snuff, snuff-brown,
snuff-color, snuff-colour, snuff-colored,
snuff-coloured, mummy-brown, chukker-brown}; {sorrel,
brownish-orange}; stone, stone-gray; {straw-color,
straw-colored, straw-coloured}; tan; tangerine;
tawny; ultramarine; umber; {vermilion,
vermillion, cinibar, Chinese-red}; yellow, yellowish;
yellow-green; avocado; bay; beige; {blae
bluish-black or gray-blue)}; coral; creamy; {cress
green, cresson, watercress}; hazel; {honey,
honey-colored}; hued(postnominal); magenta;
maroon; pea-green; russet; sage, sage-green;
sea-green] [Also See: chromatic, colored, dark,
light.]
Syn: colored, coloured, in color(predicate).
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Snuff taker
(gcide) | 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.
[Slang]
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Snuffbox
(gcide) | Snuffbox \Snuff"box`\, n.
A small box for carrying snuff about the person.
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Snuffed
(gcide) | Snuff \Snuff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snuffed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Snuffing.] [OE. snuffen. See Snuff of a candle Snuff to
sniff.]
To crop the snuff of, as a candle; to take off the end of the
snuff of.
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To snuff out, to extinguish by snuffing.
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Snuffer
(gcide) | Snuffer \Snuff"er\, n.
1. One who snuffs.
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2. (Zool.) The common porpoise.
[1913 Webster]Porpoise \Por"poise\, n. [OE. porpeys, OF. porpeis, literally,
hog fish, from L. porcus swine + piscis fish. See Pork, and
Fish.]
1. (Zool.) Any small cetacean of the genus Phoc[ae]na,
especially Phoc[ae]na communis, or {Phoc[ae]na
phoc[ae]na}, of Europe, and the closely allied American
species (Phoc[ae]na Americana). The color is dusky or
blackish above, paler beneath. They are closely allied to
the dolphins, but have a shorter snout. Called also
harbor porpoise, herring hag, puffing pig, and
snuffer.
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2. (Zool.) A true dolphin (Delphinus); -- often so called
by sailors.
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Skunk porpoise, or Bay porpoise (Zool.), a North American
porpoise (Lagenorhynchus acutus), larger than the common
species, and with broad stripes of white and yellow on the
sides. See Illustration in Appendix.
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snuffer
(gcide) | Snuffer \Snuff"er\, n.
1. One who snuffs.
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2. (Zool.) The common porpoise.
[1913 Webster]Porpoise \Por"poise\, n. [OE. porpeys, OF. porpeis, literally,
hog fish, from L. porcus swine + piscis fish. See Pork, and
Fish.]
1. (Zool.) Any small cetacean of the genus Phoc[ae]na,
especially Phoc[ae]na communis, or {Phoc[ae]na
phoc[ae]na}, of Europe, and the closely allied American
species (Phoc[ae]na Americana). The color is dusky or
blackish above, paler beneath. They are closely allied to
the dolphins, but have a shorter snout. Called also
harbor porpoise, herring hag, puffing pig, and
snuffer.
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2. (Zool.) A true dolphin (Delphinus); -- often so called
by sailors.
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Skunk porpoise, or Bay porpoise (Zool.), a North American
porpoise (Lagenorhynchus acutus), larger than the common
species, and with broad stripes of white and yellow on the
sides. See Illustration in Appendix.
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Snuffers
(gcide) | Snuffers \Snuff"ers\, n. pl.
An instrument for cropping and holding the snuff of a candle.
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Snuffing
(gcide) | Snuff \Snuff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snuffed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Snuffing.] [OE. snuffen. See Snuff of a candle Snuff to
sniff.]
To crop the snuff of, as a candle; to take off the end of the
snuff of.
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To snuff out, to extinguish by snuffing.
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Snuffingly
(gcide) | Snuffingly \Snuff"ing*ly\, adv.
In a snuffing manner.
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Snuffle
(gcide) | Snuffle \Snuf"fle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Snuffled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Snuffling.] [Freq. of snuff, v.i.; akin to LG. snuffeln,
G. schn["u]ffeln, D. snuffeln, Dan. sn["o]vle. Cf.
Sniffle.]
To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when
it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound.
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One clad in purple
Eats, and recites some lamentable rhyme . . .
Snuffling at nose, and croaking in his throat.
--Dryden.
[1913 Webster]Snuffle \Snuf"fle\, n.
1. The act of snuffing; a sound made by the air passing
through the nose when obstructed.
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This dread sovereign, Breath, in its passage, gave a
snort or snuffle. --Coleridge.
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2. An affected nasal twang; hence, cant; hypocrisy.
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3. pl. Obstruction of the nose by mucus; nasal catarrh of
infants or children. [Colloq.]
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Snuffled
(gcide) | Snuffle \Snuf"fle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Snuffled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Snuffling.] [Freq. of snuff, v.i.; akin to LG. snuffeln,
G. schn["u]ffeln, D. snuffeln, Dan. sn["o]vle. Cf.
Sniffle.]
To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when
it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound.
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One clad in purple
Eats, and recites some lamentable rhyme . . .
Snuffling at nose, and croaking in his throat.
--Dryden.
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Snuffler
(gcide) | Snuffler \Snuf"fler\, n.
One who snuffles; one who uses cant.
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Snuffling
(gcide) | Snuffle \Snuf"fle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Snuffled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Snuffling.] [Freq. of snuff, v.i.; akin to LG. snuffeln,
G. schn["u]ffeln, D. snuffeln, Dan. sn["o]vle. Cf.
Sniffle.]
To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when
it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound.
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One clad in purple
Eats, and recites some lamentable rhyme . . .
Snuffling at nose, and croaking in his throat.
--Dryden.
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Snuffy
(gcide) | Snuffy \Snuff"y\, a.
1. Soiled with snuff.
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2. Sulky; angry; vexed. [Obs. or Scot.] --Jamieson.
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To dip snuff
(gcide) | Dip \Dip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dippedor Dipt (?); p. pr. &
vb. n. Dipping.] [OE. dippen, duppen, AS. dyppan; akin to
Dan. dyppe, Sw. doppa, and to AS. d?pan to baptize, OS.
d?pian, D. doopen, G. taufen, Sw. d["o]pa, Goth. daupjan,
Lith. dubus deep, hollow, OSlav. dupl? hollow, and to E.
dive. Cf. Deep, Dive.]
1. To plunge or immerse; especially, to put for a moment into
a liquid; to insert into a fluid and withdraw again.
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The priest shall dip his finger in the blood. --Lev.
iv. 6.
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[Wat'ry fowl] now dip their pinions in the briny
deep. --Pope.
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While the prime swallow dips his wing. --Tennyson.
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2. To immerse for baptism; to baptize by immersion. --Book of
Common Prayer. Fuller.
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3. To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten. [Poetic]
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A cold shuddering dew
Dips me all o'er. --Milton.
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4. To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.
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He was . . . dipt in the rebellion of the Commons.
--Dryden.
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5. To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other
receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; -- often
with out; as, to dip water from a boiler; to dip out
water.
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6. To engage as a pledge; to mortgage. [Obs.]
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Live on the use and never dip thy lands. --Dryden.
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Dipped candle, a candle made by repeatedly dipping a wick
in melted tallow.
To dip snuff, to take snuff by rubbing it on the gums and
teeth. [Southern U. S.]
To dip the colors (Naut.), to lower the colors and return
them to place; -- a form of naval salute.
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To snuff out
(gcide) | Snuff \Snuff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snuffed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Snuffing.] [OE. snuffen. See Snuff of a candle Snuff to
sniff.]
To crop the snuff of, as a candle; to take off the end of the
snuff of.
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To snuff out, to extinguish by snuffing.
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To take it in snuff
(gcide) | 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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Up to snuff
(gcide) | 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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[1913 Webster]Up \Up\ ([u^]p), adv. [AS. up, upp, [=u]p; akin to OFries. up,
op, D. op, OS. [=u]p, OHG. [=u]f, G. auf, Icel. & Sw. upp,
Dan. op, Goth. iup, and probably to E. over. See Over.]
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1. Aloft; on high; in a direction contrary to that of
gravity; toward or in a higher place or position; above;
-- the opposite of down.
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But up or down,
By center or eccentric, hard to tell. --Milton.
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2. Hence, in many derived uses, specifically:
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(a) From a lower to a higher position, literally or
figuratively; as, from a recumbent or sitting
position; from the mouth, toward the source, of a
river; from a dependent or inferior condition; from
concealment; from younger age; from a quiet state, or
the like; -- used with verbs of motion expressed or
implied.
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But they presumed to go up unto the hilltop.
--Num. xiv.
44.
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I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth
up. --Ps.
lxxxviii. 15.
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Up rose the sun, and up rose Emelye. --Chaucer.
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We have wrought ourselves up into this degree of
Christian indifference. --Atterbury.
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(b) In a higher place or position, literally or
figuratively; in the state of having arisen; in an
upright, or nearly upright, position; standing;
mounted on a horse; in a condition of elevation,
prominence, advance, proficiency, excitement,
insurrection, or the like; -- used with verbs of rest,
situation, condition, and the like; as, to be up on a
hill; the lid of the box was up; prices are up.
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And when the sun was up, they were scorched.
--Matt. xiii.
6.
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Those that were up themselves kept others low.
--Spenser.
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Helen was up -- was she? --Shak.
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Rebels there are up,
And put the Englishmen unto the sword. --Shak.
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His name was up through all the adjoining
provinces, even to Italy and Rome; many desiring
to see who he was that could withstand so many
years the Roman puissance. --Milton.
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Thou hast fired me; my soul's up in arms.
--Dryden.
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Grief and passion are like floods raised in
little brooks by a sudden rain; they are quickly
up. --Dryden.
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A general whisper ran among the country people,
that Sir Roger was up. --Addison.
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Let us, then, be up and doing,
With a heart for any fate. --Longfellow.
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(c) To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not
short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, or
the like; -- usually followed by to or with; as, to be
up to the chin in water; to come up with one's
companions; to come up with the enemy; to live up to
engagements.
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As a boar was whetting his teeth, up comes a fox
to him. --L'Estrange.
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(d) To or in a state of completion; completely; wholly;
quite; as, in the phrases to eat up; to drink up; to
burn up; to sum up; etc.; to shut up the eyes or the
mouth; to sew up a rent.
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Note: Some phrases of this kind are now obsolete; as, to
spend up (--Prov. xxi. 20); to kill up (--B. Jonson).
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(e) Aside, so as not to be in use; as, to lay up riches;
put up your weapons.
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Note: Up is used elliptically for get up, rouse up, etc.,
expressing a command or exhortation. "Up, and let us be
going." --Judg. xix. 28.
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Up, up, my friend! and quit your books,
Or surely you 'll grow double. --Wordsworth.
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It is all up with him, it is all over with him; he is lost.
The time is up, the allotted time is past.
To be up in, to be informed about; to be versed in.
"Anxious that their sons should be well up in the
superstitions of two thousand years ago." --H. Spencer.
To be up to.
(a) To be equal to, or prepared for; as, he is up to the
business, or the emergency. [Colloq.]
(b) To be engaged in; to purpose, with the idea of doing
ill or mischief; as, I don't know what he's up to.
[Colloq.]
To blow up.
(a) To inflate; to distend.
(b) To destroy by an explosion from beneath.
(c) To explode; as, the boiler blew up.
(d) To reprove angrily; to scold. [Slang]
To bring up. See under Bring, v. t.
To come up with. See under Come, v. i.
To cut up. See under Cut, v. t. & i.
To draw up. See under Draw, v. t.
To grow up, to grow to maturity.
Up anchor (Naut.), the order to man the windlass
preparatory to hauling up the anchor.
Up and down.
(a) First up, and then down; from one state or position to
another. See under Down, adv.
Fortune . . . led him up and down. --Chaucer.
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(b) (Naut.) Vertical; perpendicular; -- said of the cable
when the anchor is under, or nearly under, the hawse
hole, and the cable is taut. --Totten.
Up helm (Naut.), the order given to move the tiller toward
the upper, or windward, side of a vessel.
Up to snuff. See under Snuff. [Slang]
What is up? What is going on? [Slang]
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candlesnuffer
(wn) | candlesnuffer
n 1: an implement with a small cup at the end of a handle; used
to extinguish the flame of a candle |
snuff it
(wn) | snuff it
v 1: pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and
functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from
cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient
went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age
of 102" [syn: die, decease, perish, go, exit,
pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, {cash in
one's chips}, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost,
drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it] [ant:
be born] |
snuff out
(wn) | snuff out
v 1: put an end to; kill; "The Nazis snuffed out the life of
many Jewish children" [syn: snuff out, extinguish]
2: put out, as of fires, flames, or lights; "Too big to be
extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be
contained"; "quench the flames"; "snuff out the candles"
[syn: snuff out, blow out, extinguish, quench] [ant:
ignite, light] |
snuff user
(wn) | snuff user
n 1: a person who uses snuff [syn: snuffer, snuff user] |
snuff-brown
(wn) | snuff-brown
adj 1: snuff colored; of a greyish to yellowish brown [syn:
snuff, snuff-brown, mummy-brown, chukker-brown] |
snuff-color
(wn) | snuff-color
n 1: dark yellowish brown [syn: snuff-color, snuff-colour] |
snuff-colour
(wn) | snuff-colour
n 1: dark yellowish brown [syn: snuff-color, snuff-colour] |
snuffbox
(wn) | snuffbox
n 1: a small ornamental box for carrying snuff in your pocket |
snuffbox fern
(wn) | snuffbox fern
n 1: fern of northeastern North America [syn: snuffbox fern,
meadow fern, Thelypteris palustris pubescens,
Dryopteris thelypteris pubescens] |
snuffer
(wn) | snuffer
n 1: a cone-shaped implement with a handle; for extinguishing
candles
2: a person who snuffs out candles
3: a person who uses snuff [syn: snuffer, snuff user] |
snuffers
(wn) | snuffers
n 1: scissors for cropping and holding the snuff of a candlewick |
snuffle
(wn) | snuffle
n 1: the act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the
nose is congested) [syn: snuffle, sniffle, snivel]
v 1: sniff or smell inquiringly [syn: snuff, snuffle]
2: snuff up mucus through the nose [syn: snuffle, snivel]
3: cry or whine with snuffling; "Stop snivelling--you got
yourself into this mess!" [syn: snivel, sniffle,
blubber, blub, snuffle] |
snuffler
(wn) | snuffler
n 1: a person who breathes noisily (as through a nose blocked by
mucus) |
snuffling
(wn) | snuffling
adj 1: liable to sniffle [syn: sniffly, snuffling,
snuffly] |
snuffly
(wn) | snuffly
adj 1: liable to sniffle [syn: sniffly, snuffling,
snuffly] |
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