SNUFFLE
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Snuf"fle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Snuffled(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Snuffling (?).] [Freq. of snuff, v.i.; akin to LG. snuffeln, G. schn&ü;ffeln, D. snuffeln, Dan. sn&ö;vle. Cf. Sniffle.] To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound.
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One clad in purple
Eats, and recites some lamentable rhyme . . .
Snuffling at nose, and croaking in his throat.
Dryden.
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Snuf"fle, n. 1. The act of snuffing; a sound made by the air passing through the nose when obstructed.
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This dread sovereign, Breath, in its passage, gave a snort or snuffle.
Coleridge.
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2. An affected nasal twang; hence, cant; hypocrisy.
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3. pl. Obstruction of the nose by mucus; nasal catarrh of infants or children. [Colloq.]
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