'Snuff taker' definitions:

Definition of 'Snuff taker'

From: GCIDE
  • Snuff \Snuff\, n.
  • 1. The act of snuffing; perception by snuffing; a sniff. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Pulverized tobacco, etc., prepared to be taken into the nose; also, the amount taken at once. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Resentment, displeasure, or contempt, expressed by a snuffing of the nose. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Snuff dipping. See Dipping, n., 5.
  • Snuff taker, one who uses snuff by inhaling it through the nose.
  • To take it in snuff, to be angry or offended. --Shak.
  • Up to snuff, not likely to be imposed upon; knowing; acute. [Slang] [1913 Webster]