Word Meanings - BESNUFF - Book Publishers vocabulary database
To befoul with snuff. Young.
Related words: (words related to BESNUFF)
- YOUNGISH
Somewhat young. Tatler. - YOUNG
, , AS. geong; akin to OFries. iung, iong, D. joing, OS., OHG., & G. jung, Icel. ungr, Sw. & Dan. ung, Goth. juggs, Lith. jaunas, Russ. iunuii, L. juvencus, juvenis, Skr. juva, juven. Junior, Juniper, 1. Not long born; still in the first part of - YOUNGTH
Youth. Youngth is a bubble blown up with breath. Spenser. - YOUNGNESS
The quality or state of being young. - SNUFFLER
One who snuffles; one who uses cant. - YOUNG ONE
A young human being; a child; also, a young animal, as a colt. - 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. - SNUFFY
1. Soiled with snuff. 2. Sulky; angry; vexed. Jamieson. - YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
An organization for promoting the spiritual, intellectual, social, and economic welfare of young women, originating in 1855 with Lady Kinnaird's home for young women, and Miss Emma Robert's prayer union for young women,in England, which - SNUFF
The part of a candle wick charred by the flame, whether burning or not. If the burning snuff happens to get out of the snuffers, you have a chance that it may fall into a dish of soup. Swift. - SNUFFER
The common porpoise. (more info) 1. One who snuffs. - YOUNGLING
A young person; a youth; also, any animal in its early life. "More dear . . . than younglings to their dam." Spenser. He will not be so willing, I think, to join with you as with us younglings. Ridley. - YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
An organization for promoting the spiritual, intellectual, social, and physical welfare of young men, founded, June 6, 1844, by George Williams in London. In 1851 it extended to the United States and Canada, and in 1855 representatives of similar - YOUNGGER
One who is younger; an inferior in age; a junior. "The elder shall serve the younger." Rom. ix. 12. - SNUFFINGLY
In a snuffing manner. - YOUNGLY
Like a young person or thing; young; youthful. Shak. - YOUNGTHLY
Pertaining to, or resembling, youth; youthful. Spenser. - SNUFFERS
An instrument for cropping and holding the snuff of a candle. - SNUFFBOX
A small box for carrying snuff about the person. - BEFOUL
Etym: 1. To make foul; to soil. 2. To entangle or run against so as to impede motion. - BESNUFF
To befoul with snuff. Young. - DUYOUNG
See DUGONG