| 单词 |
snuff-dish |
| 释义 |
snuff-dish [snuff n.1 1.] A dish to hold the snuff of candles or lamps; a snuffer-tray.
1560Bible (Geneva) Exod. xxxvii. 23 And he made for it seuen lampes with ye snuffers, & snufdishes thereof of pure gold. 1611― Exod. xxv. 38 And the tongs thereof, and the snuffe dishes therof shalbe of pure gold. 1667Pepys Diary 2 Feb., This night comes home my new silver snuffe⁓dish, which I do give myself for my closet. 1707Lond. Gaz. No. 4379/4 One Pair of Snuffers and Snuff Dish. 1800M. Edgeworth Parent's Assist. (1831) II. 207, I was hunting for the snuff-dish; as I knew it must be for candles. |

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