Lexicographical Neighbors of Snifted
Literary usage of Snifted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Andersen's Tales for Children by Hans Christian Andersen (1861)
"The Leap-frog said nothing, hut it was reported of him that he • thought all the
more ; and the House-dog, as soon as he had snifted at him, answered for it ..."
2. Tales for Children by Hans Christian Andersen, A. Wehnert (1869)
"The Leap-frog said nothing, but it was reported of him that he thought all the
more ; and the House-dog, as soon as he had snifted at him, answered for it, ..."
3. Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1891)
"If it is necessary, in special cases, for air to be "snifted in," this should be
regarded as a defect in the action of the pump, which should be noted by ..."
4. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1906)
"... and, when introduced in evidence in an action on a policy of life insurance, "at
once snifted the burden of proof upon the plaintiff." Spruill v. ..."
5. Steam Power Plant Engineering by George Frederick Gebhardt (1913)
"In trials for maximum duty, care should be taken that no air is snifted into the
pump cylinders, causing imperfect filling. In such cases, and indeed in all ..."
6. Potter's American Monthly (1880)
"At the same moment some more audible sound had evidently attracted the attention
of Gray Eagle, for he suddenly snifted the air and threw up his head like a ..."
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