Snuffed

Snuffed
Snuff Snuff, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Snuffed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Snuffing}.] [OE. snuffen. See {Snuff} of a candle {Snuff} to sniff.] To crop the snuff of, as a candle; to take off the end of the snuff of. [1913 Webster]

{To snuff out}, to extinguish by snuffing. [1913 Webster]


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