Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Slight snow or sleet.
  • To sniff; snuff; sniffle; snivel.
  • To pass the breath through the nose in a petulant manner.
  • To snuff, as a candle.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Prov. Eng. A moment.
  • noun Prov. Eng. Slight snow; sleet.
  • intransitive verb obsolete To snort.
  • intransitive verb To sniff; to snuff; to smell.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun UK, dialect A moment.
  • noun UK, dialect, uncountable Slight snow; sleet.

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