[SNUFF sb.1 1.] A dish to hold the snuff of candles or lamps; a snuffer-tray.
1560. Bible (Geneva), Exod. xxxvii. 23. And he made for it seuen lampes with ye snuffers, & snufdishes thereof of pure gold. Ibid. (1611), Exod. xxv. 38. And the tongs thereof, and the snuffe dishes therof shalbe of pure gold.
1667. Pepys, Diary, 2 Feb. This night comes home my new silver snuffe-dish, which I do give myself for my closet.
1707. Lond. Gaz., No. 4379/4. One Pair of Snuffers and Snuff Dish.
1800. Mar. Edgeworth, Parent’s Assist. (1831), II. 207. I was hunting for the snuff-dish; as I knew it must be for candles.
