smutchin

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsmʌt͡ʃɪn/

Noun

smutchin (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) snuff
   • 1655, James Howell, “to Henry Hopkins, Esq.”, in Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ. Familiar Letters Domestic and Forren. […], 3rd edition, volume (please specify the page), London: […] Humphrey Mos[e]ley, […], →OCLC:

     The Spaniards and Irish take it [tobacco] most in Powder or Smutchin, and it mightily refreshes the Brain, and I believe there's as much taken this Way in Ireland as there is in Pipes in England

References

“smutchin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.