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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1604-1605
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Snuf(e, n. [MDu. snuf, snof snuffing, snuffling cold in the head, etc. Cf. e.m.E. snuffe (1570) disdain, (1613) a puff, blast; cf. also mod. north. Eng. dial. snuff (1902) a disease of sheep characterised by persistent snuffling.] A disease, ? = mod. north. Eng. dial. snuff. — a1605 Montg. Flyt. 302 (T).
The snuf [H. snufe], the snoir, the scheippisch, the schanker
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