snuffing

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Snuff \Snuff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Snuffed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Snuffing}.] [OE. snuffen. See {Snuff} of a candle {Snuff} to
   sniff.]
   To crop the snuff of, as a candle; to take off the end of the
   snuff of.
   [1913 Webster]

   {To snuff out}, to extinguish by snuffing.
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