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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Snuffle

Snŭff'le, v. i.

verbintransitive

(snŭf'fl), v. i. [imp. & p. p. SNUFFLED; p. pr. & vb. n. SNUFFLING.] [L. Ger. snuffeln, H. Ger. schnüffeln, D. snuffelen, Sw. snuffa, Dan. snövle.] To speak through the nose; to breathe hard through the nose, or through the nose when obstructed.

Some senseless Phillis, in a broken note, Snuffling at nose. Dryden.

Snŭff'le, n.

noun

n. 1. A sound made by the passage of air through the nostrils.

This dread sovereign, Breath, in its passage, gave a snort or snuffle. (Coleridge.)

Sense 2. An affected nasal twang; hence, cant.