snuff

Definitions

• Finely ground or pulverized tobacco intended for use by being sniffed or snorted into the nose.
• Fine-ground or minced tobacco, dry or moistened, intended for use by placing a pinch behind the lip or beneath the tongue; see also snus.
• A snort or sniff of fine-ground, powdered, or pulverized tobacco.
• The act of briskly inhaling by the nose; a sniff, a snort.
• Resentment or skepticism expressed by quickly drawing air through the nose; snuffling; sniffling.
• (obsolete) Snot, mucus.
• (obsolete) Smell, scent, odour.