Definition of "snift" []

• A moment. (noun)
• Slight snow; sleet. (noun)

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• "I would sooner snift thy farthing candle than sustain that nasal cadence ever more. '"
• "He shall neither strike, or pinch, or tickle — or bite, or cut his nails, or hawk, or spit, or snift, or drum with his feet or fingers in company; — nor (according to Erasmus) shall he speak to any one in making water, — nor shall he point to carrion or excrement. —"
• "Deed an 'I wasn't goin' t 'let yo' hab so much as a snift at it,"