Word Meanings - SNIFT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. To snort. "Resentment expressed by snifting." Johnson. 2. To sniff; to snuff; to smell. It now appears that they were still snifing and hankering after their old quarters. Landor.

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• STILLY
  Still; quiet; calm. The stilly hour when storms are gone. Moore.
• SNIFT
  1. To snort. "Resentment expressed by snifting." Johnson. 2. To sniff; to snuff; to smell. It now appears that they were still snifing and hankering after their old quarters. Landor.
• AFTERCAST
  A throw of dice after the game in ended; hence, anything done too late. Gower.
• SNIFTING
  from Snift. Snifting valve, a small valve opening into the atmosphere from the cylinder or condenser of a steam engine, to allow the escape of air when the piston makes a stroke; -- so called from the noise made by its action.
• AFTER
  To ward the stern of the ship; -- applied to any object in the rear part of a vessel; as the after cabin, after hatchway. Note: It is often combined with its noun; as, after-bowlines, after- braces, after-sails, after-yards, those on the mainmasts
• STILLBIRTH
  The birth of a dead fetus.
• AFTERPAINS
  The pains which succeed childbirth, as in expelling the afterbirth.
• SNIFFING
  A rapid inspiratory act, in which the mouth is kept shut and the air drawn in through the nose.
• SMELLING
  1. The act of one who smells. 2. The sense by which odors are perceived; the sense of smell. Locke. Smelling bottle, a small bottle filled with something suited to stimulate the sense of smell, or to remove faintness, as spirits of ammonia.
• STILLSTAND
  A standstill. Shak.
• STILLING
  A stillion.
• HANKERINGLY
  In a hankering manner.
• STILLAGE
  A low stool to keep the goods from touching the floor. Knight.
• SNUFFLER
  One who snuffles; one who uses cant.
• AFTERSHAFT
  The hypoptilum.
• AFTERPIECE
  The heel of a rudder. (more info) 1. A piece performed after a play, usually a farce or other small entertainment.
• STILLION
  A stand, as for casks or vats in a brewery, or for pottery while drying.
• SNUFFLE
  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.
• JOHNSONIANISM
  A manner of acting or of writing peculiar to, or characteristic of, Dr. Johnson.
• STILLROOM
  1. A room for distilling. 2. An apartment in a house where liquors, preserves, and the like, are kept. Floors are rubbed bright, . . . stillroom and kitchen cleared for action. Dickens.
• INSTILL
  To drop in; to pour in drop by drop; hence, to impart gradually; to infuse slowly; to cause to be imbibed. That starlight dews All silently their tears of love instill. Byron. How hast thou instilled Thy malice into thousands. Milton. Syn. -- To
• PISTILLIFEROUS
  Pistillate.
• DISTILLABLE
  Capable of being distilled; especially, capable of being distilled without chemical change or decomposition; as, alcohol is distillable; olive oil is not distillable.
• DISTILLATION
  The separation of the volatile parts of a substance from the more fixed; specifically, the operation of driving off gas or vapor from volatile liquids or solids, by heat in a retort or still, and the condensation of the products as far as possible
• FINESTILLER
  One who finestills.
• INSTILLATOR
  An instiller.
• INEXPRESSIBLY
  In an inexpressible manner or degree; unspeakably; unutterably. Spectator.
• PISTILLATION
  The act of pounding or breaking in a mortar; pestillation. Sir T. Browne.
• CRAFTER
  a creator of great skill in the manual arts. Syn. -- craftsman.