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Snuffle
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. The act of snuffing; a sound made by the air passing through the nose when obstructed. This dread sovereign, Breath, in its passage, gave a snort or snuffle. Coleridge.
2. An affected nasal twang; hence, cant; hypocrisy.
3. Obstruction of the nose by mucus; nasal catarrh of infants or children. [Colloq.]
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound. One clad in purple Eats, and recites some lamentable rhyme . . . Snuffling at nose, and croaking in his throat. Dryden.