n. [ ca. 2000 ]
n. A snipe. [ Obs. or Scot. ] Carew. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ Icel. snīfa. See Snout. ] To blow, as the nose; to snuff, as a candle. [ Obs. or Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; thrice + E. nitrate. ] (Chem.) A nitrate formed from three molecules of nitric acid; also, less properly, applied to certain basic nitrates;