'To snuff out' definitions:

Definition of 'To snuff out'

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  • 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]