snuff

IPA(Pronunciation)

/snʌf/

Noun

countable uncountable obsolete

Finely ground or pulverized tobacco intended for use by being sniffed or snorted into the nose.

Japanese Meaning

鼻に吸い込む、あるいは嗅ぐことで使用するために、細かく挽かれたタバコ

He took a small pinch of snuff and sniffed it to wake himself up during the long meeting.

彼は長引く会議の間に目を覚ますため、嗅ぎたばこを少しつまんで鼻から吸い込んだ。

Sense（1）

Finely ground or pulverized tobacco intended for use by being sniffed or snorted into the nose.

Sense（2）

Dry snuffs are often adulterated with quicklime, and moist snuffs, as rappee, with ammonia, hellebore, pearl-ash, etc.

Sense（3）

A snort or sniff of fine-ground, powdered, or pulverized tobacco.

Sense（4）

The act of briskly inhaling by the nose; a sniff, a snort.

Sense（5）

Resentment or skepticism expressed by quickly drawing air through the nose; snuffling; sniffling.

Sense（6）

(obsolete) Snot, mucus.

Sense（7）

(obsolete) Smell, scent, odour.

snuffs

（ plural ）