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• Snuff bottle — Snuff bottles in the American Museum of Natural History collection Snuff bottles were used by the Chinese during the Qing Dynasty to contain powdered tobacco. Smoking tobacco was illegal during the Dynasty, but the use of snuff was allowed… …   Wikipedia

• 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. [1913 Webster] {To snuff out}, to extinguish by… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Snuff-Film — Als Snuff Film, kurz Snuff (englisch umgangssprachlich to snuff someone out = jemanden auslöschen), wird die filmische Aufzeichnung eines Mordes bezeichnet, der zum Zweck der Unterhaltung des Zuschauers in kommerzieller Absicht begangen wurde.[1] …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Snuff-Video — Als Snuff Film, kurz Snuff (englisch to snuff so. out = jemanden auslöschen), wird die filmische Aufzeichnung eines Mordes, der zum Zweck der Unterhaltung des Zuschauers in kommerzieller Absicht begangen wurde, bezeichnet.[1] Der Zweck des Mordes …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Snuff Pop Inc. — Infobox musical artist Name = Snuff Pop Inc Img capt = Img size = Landscape = Background = group or band Alias = SPI Origin = Copenhagen Denmark Genre = Alternative rock Years active = 1997 present Label = Liquid Records Associated acts = Mozart… …   Wikipedia

• 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

• Snuff Box — Infobox Television show name = Snuff Box caption = Berry and Fulcher walking down the corridor genre = Sketch show picture format = 16:9 runtime = 30 minutes creator = Matt Berry Rich Fulcher starring = Matt Berry Rich Fulcher network = BBC Three …   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 — I. /snʌf / (say snuf) verb (t) 1. to draw in through the nose by inhaling. 2. to perceive by or as by smelling. 3. to examine by smelling, as an animal does. –verb (i) 4. to draw air, etc., into the nostrils by inhaling, as in order to smell… …  

• The Lunatic Cafe (novel) — infobox Book | name = The Lunatic Cafe orig title = translator = image caption = 1996 cover author = Laurell K. Hamilton cover artist = Lee MacLeod (Ace edition) country = United States language = English series = Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter… …   Wikipedia

• snuff — I [[t]snʌf[/t]] v. t. 1) phl to draw in through the nose by inhaling 2) phl to perceive by or as if by smelling; sniff 3) to examine by smelling, as an animal does 4) to draw air into the nostrils by inhaling, as to smell something; snuffle 5) to …   From formal English to slang