Snuff"ers (?), n. pl. An instrument for cropping and holding the snuff
of a candle.
Snuff"ing*ly, adv. In a snuffing manner.
Snuf"fle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Snuffled(?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Snuffling (?).] [Freq. of snuff, v.i.; akin to LG. snuffeln, G.
schnüffeln, D. snuffeln, Dan. snövle. Cf. Sniffle.] 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.
Snuf"fle, 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.