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Attended with peril; dangerous; as, a parlous cough. [Archaic] "A parlous snuffing." Beau. & Fl.

ecial fund for private and personal uses. A slight peculium only subtracted to supply his snuff box and tobacco pouch. Sir W. Scott.

uch as may be taken between the finger and thumb; any very small quantity; as, a pinch of snuff.

ins, but have a shorter snout. Called also harbor porpoise, herring hag, puffing pig, and snuffer.

A pungent kind of snuff made from the darker and ranker kinds of tobacco leaves.

Snuff. [Obs.] Howell.

The snuff, or burnt wick, of a candle. [Obs.] Bacon.

To draw air audibly up the nose; to snuff; -- sometimes done as a gesture of suspicion, offense, or contempt. So ye grow squeamish, gods, and sniff at heaven. M. Arnold.

To snuffle, as one does with a catarrh. [Prov. Eng.]

To sniff; to snuff; to smell. It now appears that they were still snifing and hankering after their old quarters. Landor.

To blow, as the nose; to snuff, as a candle. [Obs. or Scot.]

To run at the nose; to make a snuffling noise.

A waster in the snuff of a candle. Bp. Hall. Thief catcher. Same as Thief taker. -- Thief leader, one who leads or takes away a thief. L'Estrange. -- Thief taker, one whose business is to find and capture thieves and bring them to justice. -- Thief tube, a tube for withdrawing a sample of a liquid from a cask. -- T…

t (Nicotiana Tabacum) of the Nightshade family, much used for smoking and chewing, and as snuff. As a medicine, it is narcotic, emetic, and cathartic. Tobacco has a strong, peculiar smell, and an acrid taste.

native of Guiana. It has a peculiarly agreeable smell, and is employed in the scenting of snuff. Called also tiononquin bean. [Written also tonca bean, tonga bean.]

ht or reflection; thoughtless. With earnest eyes, and round unthinking face, He first the snuffbox opened, then the case. Pope. -- Un*think"ing*ly, adv. -- Un*think"ing*ness, n.

To snuff; to breathe or puff out; to snort. [Obs.] Spenser.