to sniff tobacco

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• snuff — English has three words snuff, all probably going back ultimately to a prehistoric Germanic base *snuf , imitative of the sound of drawing air noisily in through the nose. Snuff ‘powdered tobacco for inhaling’ [17] was borrowed from Dutch snuf.… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• snuff — English has three words snuff, all probably going back ultimately to a prehistoric Germanic base *snuf , imitative of the sound of drawing air noisily in through the nose. Snuff ‘powdered tobacco for inhaling’ [17] was borrowed from Dutch snuf.… …   Word origins

• snoose — /snoohs, snoohz/, n. finely powdered tobacco; snuff. [1910 15; < Sw snusa, Dan, Norw snuse, short for Sw, Dan, Norw snustobak(k) snuff (sniff) tobacco] * * * …   Universalium

• List of English words of Dutch origin — This is a list of words of Dutch language origin. However, note that this list does also include some words of which the etymology is uncertain, and that some may have been derived from Middle Low German equivalents instead or as well. Some of… …   Wikipedia

• snuff — I. noun Etymology: Middle English snoffe Date: 14th century 1. the charred part of a candlewick 2. a. obsolete umbrage, offense b. chiefly Scottish huff II …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• snuff — snuff1 snuffingly, adv. /snuf/, v.t. 1. to draw in through the nose by inhaling. 2. to perceive by or as by smelling; sniff. 3. to examine by smelling, as an animal does. v.i. 4. to draw air into the nostrils by inhaling, as to smell something;… …   Universalium

• Inhalant abuse — This article is about non medical use of inhalants. For medical inhalants, see List of medical inhalants. Huffing redirects here. For other meanings, see Huff (disambiguation). Sniffing glue redirects here. For the punk zine, see Sniffin Glue.… …   Wikipedia

• snuff — {{11}}snuff (n.) powdered tobacco to be inhaled, 1680s, from Du. or Flem. snuf, shortened form of snuftabak snuff tobacco, from snuffen to sniff, snuff (see SNUFF (Cf. snuff) (v.2)). The practice became fashionable in England c.1680. Snuff box is …   Etymology dictionary

• Life Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Zoology       In 2008 several zoological studies provided new insights into how species life history traits (such as the timing of reproduction or the length of life of adult individuals) are derived in part as responses to… …   Universalium

• snuff — snuff1 [snuf] n. [ME < ?] the charred end of a candlewick vt. [ME snuffen < the n.] 1. to trim off the charred end of (a candlewick) 2. to put out (a candle) with snuffers or by pinching 3. Slang to kill; murder adj …   English World dictionary

• Nicotine —    Warnings about smoking came long after the life of Jean Nicot, the man from whose name the word nicotine, a poisonous water soluble alkaloid, was derived.    Jean Nicot s role in popularizing tobacco began by chance. Nicot (1530 1600) was sent …   Dictionary of eponyms