The Collaborative International Dictionary
To take it in snuff
Snuff \Snuff\, n.
The act of snuffing; perception by snuffing; a sniff.
Pulverized tobacco, etc., prepared to be taken into the nose; also, the amount taken at once.
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Resentment, displeasure, or contempt, expressed by a snuffing of the nose. [Obs.]
Snuff dipping. See Dipping, n., 5.
Snuff taker, one who uses snuff by inhaling it through the nose.
To take it in snuff, to be angry or offended.
--Shak.Up to snuff, not likely to be imposed upon; knowing; acute.