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Snifting
Snifting \Snift"ing\, a. & n. 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.
Snifting
Snift \Snift\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Snifted; p. pr. & vb. n. Snifting.] [From Sniff.]
To snort. [Obs.] ``Resentment expressed by snifting.''
--Johnson.-
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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Usage examples of "snifting".
And no matter how resourceful Herberts was at snifting any small item he might find, he was no match for someone intent on causing harm.