1. (v. i.) To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound.

2. (n.) The act of snuffing; a sound made by the air passing through the nose when obstructed.

3. (n.) An affected nasal twang; hence, cant; hypocrisy.

4. (n.) Obstruction of the nose by mucus; nasal catarrh of infants or children.

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