snuff

nuuskaus

nuuhkaisu

nuuskata, nuuskia

nuuskanvärinen finely Finely grind ground or pulverized tobacco intended for use by being sniffed or snorted into the nose.
Fine-ground or minced tobacco, dry or moistened, intended for use by placing a pinch behind the lip or beneath the tongue; see also snus.
1896, Universal Dictionary of the English Language:

Dry snuffs are often adulterated with quicklime, and moist snuffs, as rappee, with ammonia, hellebore, pearl-ash, etc.

He snuffs the wind, his heels the sand excite.

Napoleon paced to and fro in silence, occasionally snuffing at the ground.

Do the enemies of the church rage and snuff?

his memory stinks like the snuff of a candle when it is put out ….

If the burning snuff happens to get out of the snuffers, you have a chance that it may fall into a dish of soup.

The cops are chasing their own asses on the St Christopher case, so how about a “Are You St Christopher's Next Slaying?” piece? Profiles of all the snuffs to date and reconstructions of the victims' last minutes.

The dimness of the light her candle emitted made her turn to it in alarm; but there was no danger of its sudden extinction, it had yet some hours to burn; and that she might not have any greater difficulty in distinguishing the writing than what its ancient date might occasion, she hastily snuffed it. Alas! it was snuffed and extinguished in one.