dial. [variant of SNUFF sb.1] † a. (See quot. 1611.) Obs. b. The snuff of a candle or the like.
1611. Cotgr., Camoufflet, a Snuft, or cold Pie; a smoakie paper held vnder the nose of a slug, or sleeper.
1657. Reeve, God’s Plea, 126. The candle doth yet give a glorious light, we are loth to think of the snuft.
1874. Waugh, Chimney Corner (1879), 146. He went out as quiet as th’ snuft o’ a candle.
1881–. in dial. glossaries (Lanc., Chesh., Nott., Leic.).
