snuff taker

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

1.The act of snuffing; perception by snuffing; a sniff. [1913 Webster]

2.Pulverized tobacco, etc., prepared to be taken into the nose; also, the amount taken at once. [1913 Webster]

3.Resentment, displeasure, or contempt, expressed by a snuffing of the nose. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

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. [Slang] [1913 Webster]